“…Amongst the many classifications are: personal names, flora and fauna, the weather, materials, cities and the countryside, anatomy, emotions, trade, virtues and vices, music, sexuality, sports, religion, art and architecture, mathematics, medicine, warfare and writing. …”

“…Through detailed studies of popular music, collective readings, dramas, working-class manuals, and fiction, Vialette reveals how depictions of urban philanthropic activities can inform our understanding of interactions in the economic, cultural, religious, and educational spheres, class power dynamics, and gender roles in urban Spanish society"--…”

“…This volume describes Europe as a center for many crises and at the same time as a stronghold of culture - beginning with Christendom and Enlightenment up to Music, poetry and arts. This book looks at the history of the European thoughts and shows that those thoughts came to life already in the medieval ages. …”