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  1. Making the Medieval Relevant
    Contributor: Kostick, Conor (Publisher); Jones, Chris (Publisher); Oschema, Klaus (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

    When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present in a myriad of ways and... more

     

    When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present in a myriad of ways and medievalists can, and should, use their research to address the concerns and interests of contemporary society. This volume presents a number of carefully commissioned essays that demonstrate the fertility and originality of recent work in Medieval Studies. Above all, they have been selected for relevance. Most contributors are in the earlier stages of their careers and their approaches clearly reflect how interdisciplinary methodologies applied to Medieval Studies have potential repercussions and value far beyond the boundaries of the Middles Ages. These chapters are powerful demonstrations of the value of medieval research to our own times, both in terms of providing answers to some of the specific questions facing humanity today and in terms of much broader considerations. Taken together, the research presented here also provides readers with confidence in the fact that Medieval Studies cannot be neglected without a great loss to the understanding of what it means to be human.

     
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    Source: OAPEN
    Contributor: Kostick, Conor (Publisher); Jones, Chris (Publisher); Oschema, Klaus (Publisher)
    Language: French
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783110546484; 9783110545302
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    Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Medieval history; Society & social sciences; Gender studies, gender groups
    Other subjects: Interdisciplinarity relevance
    Scope: 1 electronic resource (297 p.)
  2. Making the medieval relevant
    how medieval studies contribute to improving our understanding of the present
    Contributor: Jones, Christopher B. (Publisher); Kostick, Conor (Publisher); Oschema, Klaus (Publisher)
    Published: [2019]; © 2020
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin ; Boston

    When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present in a myriad of ways and... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
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    When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present in a myriad of ways and medievalists can, and should, use their research to address the concerns and interests of contemporary society. This volume presents a number of carefully commissioned essays that demonstrate the fertility and originality of recent work in Medieval Studies. Above all, they have been selected for relevance. Most contributors are in the earlier stages of their careers and their approaches clearly reflect how interdisciplinary methodologies applied to Medieval Studies have potential repercussions and value far beyond the boundaries of the Middles Ages. These chapters are powerful demonstrations of the value of medieval research to our own times, both in terms of providing answers to some of the specific questions facing humanity today and in terms of much broader considerations. Taken together, the research presented here also provides readers with confidence in the fact that Medieval Studies cannot be neglected without a great loss to the understanding of what it means to be human

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Jones, Christopher B. (Publisher); Kostick, Conor (Publisher); Oschema, Klaus (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783110546316; 9783110546484; 3110546310; 3110546485
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    RVK Categories: NB 3300 ; NM 1300
    Series: Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte ; 6
    Subjects: Interdisciplinarity; Interdisziplinarität; Relevanz; relevance; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical; Civilization, Medieval; Middle Ages; Mediävistik; Aktualität
    Scope: 1 online resource (VI, 297 pages)
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    Why should we care about the Middle Ages? : putting the case for the relevance of studying Medieval Europe / Chris Jones, Conor Kostick, and Klaus Oschema -- Science. Providing reliable data? : combining scientific and historical perspectives on flooding events in medieval and early modern Nuremberg (1400-1800) / Tobias Kluge and Maximilian Schuh -- Medieval history, explosive volcanism, and the geoengineering debate / Conor Kostick and Francis Ludlow -- The Middle Ages in the genetics lab / Jörg Feuchter -- Could medieval medicine help the fight against antimicrobial resistance? / Freya Harrison and Erin Connelly -- Education. The contemporary delegitimization of (medieval) history -- and of the traditional university curriculum as a whole / Julien Demade -- Pacific perspectives : why study Europe's Middle Ages in Aotearoa New Zealand? / Chris Jones and Madi Williams -- How to be a time traveller : exploring Venice with a fifteenth-century pilgrimage guide / Laura Grazia Di Stefano. Society. Heaven can tell ... late medieval astrologers as experts -- and what they can teach us about contemporary financial expertise / Klaus Oschema -- Eoin MacNeill's early medieval Ireland : a scholarship for politics or a politics of scholarship? / Elva Johnston -- What's in a word? : naming 'muslims' in medieval Christian Iberi / Hélène Sirantoine -- The enduring power of the cult of relics : an Irish perspective / Niamh Wycherley -- Resilience and society in medieval Southampton : an archaeological approach to anticipatory action, politics and economy / Ben Jervis. Reflections. Studying the Middle Ages : historical food for thought in the present day / Pierre Monnet -- Notes on contributors -- Index
  3. Making the Medieval Relevant
    How Medieval Studies Contribute to Improving our Understanding of the Present
    Contributor: Jones, Chris (Herausgeber); Kostick, Conor (Herausgeber); Oschema, Klaus (Herausgeber)
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

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  4. Making the medieval relevant
    how medieval studies contribute to improving our understanding of the present
    Contributor: Jones, Chris (Herausgeber); Kostick, Conor (Herausgeber); Oschema, Klaus (Herausgeber)
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin

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  5. Move
    Author: Kostick, Conor
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  The O'Brien Press, New York

    Everything comes with a price ? What if you could live in a universe where you were always the winner? Pushed to his limits by a horrific accident, Liam discovers he has an amazing ability: he can ?move' to parallel universes where things always turn... more

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    Everything comes with a price ? What if you could live in a universe where you were always the winner? Pushed to his limits by a horrific accident, Liam discovers he has an amazing ability: he can ?move' to parallel universes where things always turn out just the way he wants. But every time he moves the fabric of the metaverse begins to tear. And something evil begins to find its way in ... A gripping fantasy adventure story of the battle between a teenage boy and a terrible demon. It is also the deeper tale of how Liam changes, emerging from the final crisis a much wiser person than the boy

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781847170101
    Scope: Online-Ressource (224 p)
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    Cover; Reviews; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; 1 : Blue Plastic Sandals; 2 : Learning to 'Move'; 3 : Steering Towards Trouble; 4 : Girls; 5 : A Cruel Valentine; 6 : Buddhism and Biscuits; 7 : Easy Come …; 8 : Mutiny; 9 : Hunted or Hunter?; 10 : At Swim, One Boy; 11 : A Tear in the Fabric of the Metaverse; 12 : Alekhine's Defence; 13 : A Strategy Meeting; 14 : Two Tales of Master Yo-Kong Shen; 15 : On the Irish Sea; 16 : The Demon and the Maiden; 17 : In the Realm of Demons; 18 : Untrammelled Appetites; 19 : Trudging through Hell; 20 : Of Mountains and Murder; 21 : Coda

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  6. Saga
    Author: Kostick, Conor
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  The O'Brien Press, New York

    How do we know we are real and not just some character in an elaborate game? In the virtual world of Saga, Ghost is a fifteen-year-old airboarding anarcho-punk, with no past, no memories, only a growing realisation of her own strange abilities. But... more

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    How do we know we are real and not just some character in an elaborate game? In the virtual world of Saga, Ghost is a fifteen-year-old airboarding anarcho-punk, with no past, no memories, only a growing realisation of her own strange abilities. But who is she really and why is she becoming embroiled in a battle with the warped leader of Saga -- the Dark Queen? How have Erik and Cindella Dragonslayer fared since their adventures in Epic? And what happens if you dare to reach outside your world, or to question your identity? Is that simply the road to madness, death and destruction?

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780862789794
    Scope: Online-Ressource (371 p)
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    Cover; Reviews; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface : Contact; Chapter 1 : A Ghost in the City; Chapter 2 : Mall Raiders; Chapter 3 : Mayhem and Magic; Chapter 4 : Infection; Chapter 5 : Going Underground; Chapter 6 : The Birth of Defiance; Chapter 7 : Death and the Maiden; Chapter 8 : The Defiance Manifesto; Chapter 9 : Prelude to a Party; Chapter 10 : Dangerous Waters; Chapter 11 : Refutation and the Boot; Chapter 12 : Reprogrammed Autonomous Lifeforms; Chapter 13 : Addiction; Chapter 14 : A Tank Afloat; Chapter 15 : Blastimus Maximus; Chapter 16 : Death on a Black Airbike

    Chapter 17 : The Setting of a TrapChapter 18 : Heslington House; Chapter 19 : A Long Reach; Chapter 20 : One Step Beyond; Chapter 21 : The Assassin Who Would be King; Chapter 22 : Alliance; Chapter 23 : The Broken-Winged Butterfly; Chapter 24 : Storming the Airwaves; Chapter 25; Chapter 26 : Humiliation; Chapter 27 : Revenge is Best Served Hot; Chapter 28 : Flickering Light; Chapter 29 : The Taste of Victory; Chapter 30 : Across the Universes; Chapter 31 : Scattered Orchids; Chapter 32 : Rage and Despair; Chapter 33 : Wax Before Fire; Chapter 34 : The Stars; About the Author; Copyright;
  7. Edda
    Author: Kostick, Conor
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  The O'Brien Press, New York

    Edda is a 'virtual' world ruled by the electronic intelligence of Lord Scanthax. Penelope is a teenager ensnared in Edda. Can she uncover the truth about her human past and gain her freedom? And are there other humans still 'out there'? A fast-moving... more

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    Edda is a 'virtual' world ruled by the electronic intelligence of Lord Scanthax. Penelope is a teenager ensnared in Edda. Can she uncover the truth about her human past and gain her freedom? And are there other humans still 'out there'? A fast-moving fantasy from the author of internationally acclaimed Epic and Saga. Edda has all the exciting elements of avatars, mythical beings, magic, and cataclysmic battles, but also challenges the older reader to think deeply about humanity and power. 'A captivating page-turner.' School Library Journal, starred review of Epic, Conor Kostick's first novel

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781847171658
    Scope: Online-Ressource (444 p)
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    Cover; Reviews; Title Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 : How to Motivate a Princess; Chapter 2 : Happiness: A Warm Gun; Chapter 3 : Beyond the Air Lock; Chapter 4 : Of Love and Emptiness; Chapter 5 : Ghost; Chapter 6 : To the Portal; Chapter 7 : A Vote for War; Chapter 8 : Bows and Bullets; Chapter 9 : A Realm of Magic and Monsters; Chapter 10 : Beneath the Sign of the Black Lion; Chapter 11 : Cruel Fingers; Chapter 12 : At Swim, a Swan; Chapter 13 : The Lemura's Curse; Chapter 14 : Of Avatars and Masks; Chapter 15 : Breathless in Anguish; Chapter 16 : Harsh Reappraisals

    Chapter 17 : Secrets by NightChapter 18 : A Sapphire in the Sky; Chapter 19 : Charred and Lifeless; Chapter 20 : The War Council; Chapter 21 : The Princess and the Pauper; Chapter 22 : Scattered Bullets Flow; Chapter 23 : Harald and Erik; Chapter 24 : Blind Polyphemus; Chapter 25 : Epic; Chapter 26 : Sing Again, Siren; Chapter 27 : Elementals Unleashed; Chapter 28 : Penelope; Chapter 29 : Th3*vQo3; Chapter 30 : The Battle in the Hall; Chapter 31 : A Death Foretold; Chapter 32 : Understanding; About the Author; Copyright
  8. Epic
    Author: Kostick, Conor
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  The O'Brien Press, New York

    On New Earth, Epic is not just a computer game, it's a matter of life and death. If you lose, you lose everything; if you win the world is yours for the taking. Seeking revenge for the unjust treatment of his parents, Erik subverts the rules of the... more

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    On New Earth, Epic is not just a computer game, it's a matter of life and death. If you lose, you lose everything; if you win the world is yours for the taking. Seeking revenge for the unjust treatment of his parents, Erik subverts the rules of the game, and he and his friends are drawn into a world of power-hungry dangerous players. Suggested level: secondary

    #WELCOME TO EPIC: PRESS START TO PLAY#. On New Earth, Epic is not just a computer game, it's a matter of life and death. If you lose, you lose everything; if you win, the world is yours for the taking. Seeking revenge for the unjust treatment of his parents, Erik subverts the rules of the game, and he and his friends are drawn into a world of power-hungry, dangerous players. Now they must fight the ultimate masters of the game -- The Committee. But what Erik doesn't know is that The Committee has a sinister, deadly secret, and challenging it could destroy the whole world of Epic.

     
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    ISBN: 9780862788773
    Scope: Online-Ressource (377 p)
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    Cover; Reviews; Title Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 : A Death in the Family; Chapter 2 : In Praise of Beauty; Chapter 3 : A Note, a Map and Some Advice; Chapter 4 : The Law of Violence; Chapter 5 : A Glitter of Metal Panels; Chapter 6 : Duels in the Arena; Chapter 7 : The First Signs of Discord; Chapter 8 : Behold, the Executioner; Chapter 9 : Fever and Distress; Chapter 10 : Harald Unmasked; Chapter 11 : Broken Glass; Chapter 12 : Nobody Kills Dragons; Chapter 13 : The Dragon's Lair; Chapter 14 : The Committee Divided; Chapter 15 : Two Strange Introductions; Chapter 16 : A Bribe

    Chapter 17 : A Dangerous PhilosophyChapter 18 : A New Cause for Concern; Chapter 19 : A Motley Crew; Chapter 20 : Danger at Sea; Chapter 21 : The Gloating Pirate; Chapter 22 : A Cruel Dismissal; Chapter 23 : Landscape Painting; Chapter 24 : Arguing with a Vampyre; Chapter 25 : An Unexpected Visitor; Chapter 26 : The King of the Mermen; Chapter 27 : A Very Thorough Coup; Chapter 28 : fines facere mundo; Chapter 29 : The Call to Arms; Chapter 30 : War; Chapter 31 : The Touch of the Vampyre; Chapter 32 : Epicus Ultima; Chapter 33 : A Party; About the Author; Copyright; Other Books