Sword and Spirit: Bushido in Practice from the Late Sengoku Era through the Edo Period
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.
The Image of the Oriental: Western and Byzantine Perceptions
This article explores the aspects of both absence and presence in the representation of “Otherness” in medieval iconography of the Bible.
In Search of Ibn Sina’s ”Oriental Philosophy“ in Medieval Castile
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Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk
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Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara
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