Handbook of Medieval Culture. Volume 2 - De Gruyter Reference

Marc Notes: Thanks to extensive research, our understanding of medieval culture has virtually exploded over the last decades. Medieval society embraced a complex set of values that must be discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective. This handbook offers articles on central topics defining the medieval world and culture. The topics covered are, for example, love and marriage, transportation, medicine, Church and religions, literature, and the arts.

Contributor Bio:  Classen, Albrecht Originating from Germany, Albrecht Classen is a medievalist in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has published more than 40 scholarly monographs, editions, anthology, translations, and textbooks, and close to 400 scholarly articles. He is the editor of "Tristania" and co-editor of "Mediaevistik," Currently Classen is preparing a new volume on "Words of Love and Love of Words in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance," and he is editing a three-volume "Handbook of Medieval Studies" for de Gruyter. In 2004 he received the rank of University Distinguished Professor, and was also awarded the "Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band" (Order of Merit), the highest award given to a civilian by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, in recognition of his contributions to the teaching and support of German culture, language, and literature.