This study of the medieval rites of peace and reconciliaton highlights the role of ritual as a strategic device in the attempts of the medieval church and state to monopolize political sovereignty and
In The Anxieties of a Citizen Class Kiril Petkov reveals the uses of religious symbolism and miracle metaphors for the expression and alleviation of the social anxieties accompanying the formation of
The 22 essays of this volume (six are in French) offer a new assessment of the remarkable 14th-century personality, a French noble who traveled widely, becoming chancellor of Cyprus for the Crusader k
