Medievalists.net » Oriental http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Sword and Spirit: Bushido in Practice from the Late Sengoku Era through the Edo Period http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/sword-and-spirit-bushido-in-practice-from-the-late-sengoku-era-through-the-edo-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/sword-and-spirit-bushido-in-practice-from-the-late-sengoku-era-through-the-edo-period/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 12:34:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46141 Bushido’s derivative word, bushi, was the original term for the upper warrior classes. The spiritual aspects of it arose from two main sources: Buddhism and Shintoism. Buddhism provided the necessary components for bravery in the face of death.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/sword-and-spirit-bushido-in-practice-from-the-late-sengoku-era-through-the-edo-period/feed/ 0 The Image of the Oriental: Western and Byzantine Perceptions http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/15/the-image-of-the-oriental-western-and-byzantine-perceptions/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/15/the-image-of-the-oriental-western-and-byzantine-perceptions/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:51:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27139 This article explores the aspects of both absence and presence in the representation of “Otherness” in medieval iconography of the Bible.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/15/the-image-of-the-oriental-western-and-byzantine-perceptions/feed/ 0 In Search of Ibn Sina’s ”Oriental Philosophy“ in Medieval Castile http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/02/in-search-of-ibn-sinas-%e2%80%9doriental-philosophy%e2%80%9c-in-medieval-castile/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/02/in-search-of-ibn-sinas-%e2%80%9doriental-philosophy%e2%80%9c-in-medieval-castile/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:17:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23726 In Search of Ibn Sina’s ”Oriental Philosophy“ in Medieval Castile Szpiech, Ryan (University of Michigan) Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, Vol.20, (2010) Abstract Scholars have long debated the possibility of a mystical or illuminationist strain of thought in Ibn Sīnā’s body of writing. This debate has often focused on the meaning and contents of his partly […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/02/in-search-of-ibn-sinas-%e2%80%9doriental-philosophy%e2%80%9c-in-medieval-castile/feed/ 0 Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/spenser-and-the-search-for-asian-silk/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/spenser-and-the-search-for-asian-silk/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:09:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17834 Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk Murrin, Michael Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene follows the Arthurian tradition of travel eastward. Because the poem distributes its narrative onto a scene of action that forms part of the Muscovy Company’s activities in Central Asia in the 1560s, The Faerie Queene can be understood […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/spenser-and-the-search-for-asian-silk/feed/ 0 Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/06/coin-in-jewellery-from-bukhara/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/06/coin-in-jewellery-from-bukhara/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:13:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16636 Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara NIYAZOVA, MAKHSUMA I. Numismática oriental / Oriental Numismatics Actas del XIII Congreso Internacional de Numismática (2003) From ancient times coins used as currency and as element of adornment or amulet. The shell known as “kauri” was a currency and ornament in the same time. Pierced coins famous from archaeological excavations in […]

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