Clark examines the book of hours in the context of medieval culture, the book trade in Paris, and the role of Paris as an international center of illumination.

New essays on topics from love and sexuality to physical handicaps, old age, good and bad fortune, women's virtues, art and literature, and the writing of manus

Historical background and publication of Baffin's recorded Arctic voyages.

William Baffin, geboren 1584, war englischer Entdecker und Seefahrer. Seine Reisen, die der Auffindung und Entdeckung der Nordwestpassage dienten, führten ihn