Medievalists.net » The Voyage of Bran http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/01/that-melodious-linguist-eloquence-and-piety-in-christian-and-islamic-songbirds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/01/that-melodious-linguist-eloquence-and-piety-in-christian-and-islamic-songbirds/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:52:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42560 That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds Cam Lindley Cross University of Chicago, December 8 (2010) Abstract “Birds,” writes Albertus Magnus, “generally call more than other animals. This is due to the lightness of their spirits.” Although Albertus here employs “lightness” (levitas) as a technical term, the broader valences of the word […]

The post That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/01/that-melodious-linguist-eloquence-and-piety-in-christian-and-islamic-songbirds/feed/ 0 Other World Characters in the Immrama and Anglo-French Stories http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/other-world-characters-in-the-immrama-and-anglo-french-stories/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/other-world-characters-in-the-immrama-and-anglo-french-stories/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:30:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19785 The immrama, an Irish sea voyaging genre contains such characters, as well as certain Anglo-French poetry and prose.

The post Other World Characters in the Immrama and Anglo-French Stories appeared first on Medievalists.net.

]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/other-world-characters-in-the-immrama-and-anglo-french-stories/feed/ 0