Manmade marvels in medieval culture and literature / Scott Lightsey.

Manmade marvels of the later medieval courts, animated golden birds, mechanical angels, and other fantastic machines, were not merely amusing distractions, but also agents of social negotiation and political import. In Manmade Marvels, the dancing metal peacocks, animated statuary, and spectacular i...

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Main Author: Lightsey, Scott (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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505 0 |a Clever devices -- By Angel's hand: "Piers Plowman" and London's crowning gesture -- Chaucer and the culture of commodified Mirabilia -- Chaucer's body: the subject of technology -- Monstrous body politic(s): Alexander in the Confessio amantis -- Craft and idolatry: "Sotylle" devices in Mandeville's Travels -- Marvelous craft. 
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