Alasdair A MacDonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 5400307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alasdair A MacDonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alasdair A |
| FAMILY NAME | MacDonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen /University of Glasgow Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Colkelbie Sow and Northern Europe
This anonymous, late-medieval Scottish poem has presented editors and critics with many challenges. One such concerns a list of placenames pertaining to northern Germany and the Baltic. Corruption in the (unique) manuscript source is likely, and detailed arguments are proposed for emendations to the text. It is suggested that the anonymous poet’s evident interest in the north-German/Scandinavian area may owe something to the marriage (1469) of Ma…
The Fall of the Leaf, and Autumnal Tints
A well-known marker of the difference between British and American English is the choice between fall or autumn for the third season of the year. This note explores the evolution of the difference, and suggests that fall may have had an original reference to the seasonal discoloration, rather than to the dropping, of leaves
Christian Humanism
Introduction Notes on Contributors CHRISTIANITY AND HUMANISM Coluccio Salutati in the Footsteps of the Ancients, Ron Witt Christlicher Humanismus und Liturgie: Heinrich Bebel, Johannes Casselius und Leonhard Clemens verfassen Offizien zu den Festen des heiligen Hieronymus und der heiligen Anna, Volker Honemann Ruhmende Memoria: der Zusammenhang von Verdiesseitigung und Religiositat in der Gedachtnispflege der Humanisten, Berndt Hamm Religion as e…
Princes and Princely Culture 1450-1650, Volume 1
This book contains thirteen essays on European princes and princely culture between 1450 and 1650. Many products of medieval and renaissance culture – literature, music, political ideology, social and governmental structures, the fine arts, and even forms of devotional practice – found their best expression in the context of the courts of greater and lesser princes. This volume, the first of two concentrating on the late Middle Ages and the Early…
Centres of Learning
FROM AN ANTIQUE LAND On the Old Babylonian Eduba Curriculum, H.L.J. Vanstiphout Learning and Power during the Sargonid Period', M.E. Vogelzang The Family and Other Centres of Religious Learning in Antiquity, Jan N. Bremmer The Christian 'School' of Alexandria in the Second and Third Centuries, Roelof van den Broek The School of Edessa: Greek Learning and Local Culture, Han J.W. Drijvers EX ORIENTE LUX Eastward and Westward Transmission of Classic…
Centres of Learning
Centres of Learning deals with the relation between learning and the locations in which that learning is carried out. It is the editors' belief that the character (and, in part, the content) of a particular aspect of learning is determined — or at least influenced — by the circumstances in which the learning process takes place. The contributions in this book deal with various aspects of learning, in a broad historical and geographical perspectiv…
William Dunbar, mediaeval cosmography, and the alleged first reference to the new world in English literature∗
Brief mention
The Index of Middle English Prose. Handlist I: Henry E. Huntingdon Library. Ed. by Ralph Hanna III. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 1984. xiii + 81 pp. Price £ 19.50. Angus Cameron, Allison Kingsmll, Ashley Crandell Amos,Old English Word Studies: A Preliminary Author and Word Index, Toronto Old English Series 9 (University of Toronto Press 1983), xvi + 192 pp. and 5 microfiches. £ 51.00 or $ 78.00 hb
Some recent work on the early English drama
Three Tudor Classical Interludes (Tudor Interludes III). Edited by Marie Axton. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 1982. viii + 237 pp. Price £ 19.50. Dramatic Design in the Chester Cycle. By Peter W. Travis. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 1982. xvi + 310 pp. Price £ 9.95. Fifteenth‐century English Drama. By W. A. Davenport. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 1982. viii + 152 pp. Price £ 17.50. The Drama of the Middle Ages. Edited by Clifford D…
Brief mention
Chaucer's Franklin in the Canterbury Tales: The Social and Literary Background of a Chaucerian Character. Henrik Specht. Publications of the Department of English, University of Copenhagen, Vol. X. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag. 1981. 206 pp. D.kr. 120.00
Some recent work on George Buchanan
Buchanan. By I. D. Mcfarlane. London: Duckworth. 1981. xviii + 574 pp. Price £ 45.00. George Buchanan: Prince of Poets. By Philip J. Ford. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. 1982. x + 213 pp. Price £ 16.50
Poetry, politics, and reformation censorship in sixteenth‐century Scotland∗
No prominent works on this page.
Poetry, politics, and reformation censorship in sixteenth‐century Scotland∗
Brief mention
Chaucer's Franklin in the Canterbury Tales: The Social and Literary Background of a Chaucerian Character. Henrik Specht. Publications of the Department of English, University of Copenhagen, Vol. X. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag. 1981. 206 pp. D.kr. 120.00
Some recent work on George Buchanan
Buchanan. By I. D. Mcfarlane. London: Duckworth. 1981. xviii + 574 pp. Price £ 45.00. George Buchanan: Prince of Poets. By Philip J. Ford. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. 1982. x + 213 pp. Price £ 16.50
Brief mention
The Index of Middle English Prose. Handlist I: Henry E. Huntingdon Library. Ed. by Ralph Hanna III. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 1984. xiii + 81 pp. Price £ 19.50. Angus Cameron, Allison Kingsmll, Ashley Crandell Amos,Old English Word Studies: A Preliminary Author and Word Index, Toronto Old English Series 9 (University of Toronto Press 1983), xvi + 192 pp. and 5 microfiches. £ 51.00 or $ 78.00 hb
Some recent work on the early English drama
Three Tudor Classical Interludes (Tudor Interludes III). Edited by Marie Axton. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 1982. viii + 237 pp. Price £ 19.50. Dramatic Design in the Chester Cycle. By Peter W. Travis. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 1982. xvi + 310 pp. Price £ 9.95. Fifteenth‐century English Drama. By W. A. Davenport. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 1982. viii + 152 pp. Price £ 17.50. The Drama of the Middle Ages. Edited by Clifford D…
William Dunbar, mediaeval cosmography, and the alleged first reference to the new world in English literature∗
Centres of Learning
FROM AN ANTIQUE LAND On the Old Babylonian Eduba Curriculum, H.L.J. Vanstiphout Learning and Power during the Sargonid Period', M.E. Vogelzang The Family and Other Centres of Religious Learning in Antiquity, Jan N. Bremmer The Christian 'School' of Alexandria in the Second and Third Centuries, Roelof van den Broek The School of Edessa: Greek Learning and Local Culture, Han J.W. Drijvers EX ORIENTE LUX Eastward and Westward Transmission of Classic…
Centres of Learning
Centres of Learning deals with the relation between learning and the locations in which that learning is carried out. It is the editors' belief that the character (and, in part, the content) of a particular aspect of learning is determined — or at least influenced — by the circumstances in which the learning process takes place. The contributions in this book deal with various aspects of learning, in a broad historical and geographical perspectiv…
Princes and Princely Culture 1450-1650, Volume 1
This book contains thirteen essays on European princes and princely culture between 1450 and 1650. Many products of medieval and renaissance culture – literature, music, political ideology, social and governmental structures, the fine arts, and even forms of devotional practice – found their best expression in the context of the courts of greater and lesser princes. This volume, the first of two concentrating on the late Middle Ages and the Early…
Christian Humanism
Introduction Notes on Contributors CHRISTIANITY AND HUMANISM Coluccio Salutati in the Footsteps of the Ancients, Ron Witt Christlicher Humanismus und Liturgie: Heinrich Bebel, Johannes Casselius und Leonhard Clemens verfassen Offizien zu den Festen des heiligen Hieronymus und der heiligen Anna, Volker Honemann Ruhmende Memoria: der Zusammenhang von Verdiesseitigung und Religiositat in der Gedachtnispflege der Humanisten, Berndt Hamm Religion as e…
The Fall of the Leaf, and Autumnal Tints
A well-known marker of the difference between British and American English is the choice between fall or autumn for the third season of the year. This note explores the evolution of the difference, and suggests that fall may have had an original reference to the seasonal discoloration, rather than to the dropping, of leaves
Colkelbie Sow and Northern Europe
This anonymous, late-medieval Scottish poem has presented editors and critics with many challenges. One such concerns a list of placenames pertaining to northern Germany and the Baltic. Corruption in the (unique) manuscript source is likely, and detailed arguments are proposed for emendations to the text. It is suggested that the anonymous poet’s evident interest in the north-German/Scandinavian area may owe something to the marriage (1469) of Ma…
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