In a masterly synthesis of historical and literary analysis, Giuseppe Mazzotta shows how medieval knowledge systems--the cycle of the liberal arts, ethics, poli

The Description for this book, Dante, Poet of the Desert: History and Allegory in the DIVINE COMEDY, will be forthcoming.

Accessible and informative account of Dante's great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries.

From emperors and queens to artists and world travelers, from popes and scholars to saints and heretics, Key Figures in Medieval Europe brings together in one v

First published in 2006, Key Figures in Medieval Europe, brings together in one volume the most important people who lived in medieval Europe between 500 and 15