Passion and Action explores the place of the emotions in seventeenth-century
understandings of the body and mind, and the role they were held to play in reasoning and …

Augustine of Hippo, a central figure in the history of Western thought, is also the author of a
theory of reading that has had a profound influence on Western letters from the ages of …

First Published in 2002. A History of Curiosity examines the early methodology of
anthropological and social research from a criticalhistorical perspective. The three principal …

Understanding the senses is indispensable for comprehending the Middle Ages because
both a theoretical and a practical involvement with the senses played a central role in the …

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages explores the response by medieval society to
tales of marvels and the supernatural, which ranged from firm belief to outright rejection, and …

In the popular imagination, curiosity is a natural, desirable intellectual trait. We praise the
curiosity of children and laud the scientist, scholar, or artist who against all odds has …

Although Columbus was certainly not unlearned, there is an artlessness and directness
about his remark that suggest that whatever Columbus may have meant by “the secrets of …

The history of collecting in the Middle Ages has only rarely been the subject of sustained
research. Historical research is fundamentally interested in the transformation of the …

Yenilikçi iş davranışı, işletmelerin yaratıcı ve yenilikçi yönlerini ön plana çıkarmaları için
önemli bir basamak olarak görülmektedir. İnsan kaynağının yeni bir fikir, süreç, mal veya …

An examination of four written accounts of medieval pilgrimages to Jerusalem. What do the
bursar of Eton College, a canon of Mainz Cathedral, a young knight from near Cologne, and …