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The Lingua Ignota, "brought forth" by the twelfth-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen, provides 1012 neologisms for praise of Church and new expression of the things of her world. Noting her visionary metaphors, her music, and various medieval linguistic philosophies, Higley examines how the "Unknown Language" makes arid signifiers green again. This text, however, is too often seen in too narrow a context: glossolalia, angelic language, secret code. Higley provides an edition and English translation of its glosses in the Riesencodex (with assistance from the Berlin MS) , but also places it ...

Vivencias amorosas de nuestros antepasados: jóvenes enamoradas a quienes se impide casarse; parejas mal avenidas que dirimen sus diferencias violentamente; cónyuges infieles que buscan el amor venal; esposos que, desoyendo las normas institucionalizadas del bien amar, caen en la bigamia; clérigos y religiosas que ante el imperioso llamado del amor de pareja, hacen a un lado sus votos de servir a Dios. Amplia gama de sentimientos que produce en el ser humano la difícil e imprescindible tarea de amar.

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?La cocina del Cid, de Miguel Ángel Almodóvar, es mucho más que un libro de cocina: sus casi 80 recetas diseminadas a lo largo de la obra no son más que una apetitosa y dulce excusa para hablar con gran acierto de la vida, usos, costumbres y convivencia de los hombres y mujeres de la Edad Media.? (Web Literateando) ?Miguel Ángel Almodóvar ofrece un estudio original, con referencias a las Cruzadas (y la cocina de los cruzados) y la situación política europea del momento. La Peste Negra y la reacción europea, con cambios que llevaran a Europa a acabar dominando el mundo. Las...