Accés Lliure
Accés Lliure
Accés Lliure

“…The works presented unveil a wide variety of epistolary subjects and social profiles: queens of various European kingdoms, cultivated aristocrats, women of the bourgeoisie, women dedicated to international trade, abbesses, saints and nuns involved in the reform of the clergy…”

“…Through a synchronic approach that challenges current conceptions about how works of art interact with historical time, Erik Thunø proposes that the apse mosaics produce an inter-visual network that collapses their chronological succession in time into a continuous present in which the faithful join the saints in the one living body of the Church of Rome. …”

“…This incredible exploration of the murky world of pseudo-history reveals the proven fact, the informed speculation, and the pure fiction behind lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, and conspiratorial cover-ups--as well as the revisionist historical foundations behind religions such as the Nation of Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. Drawing on the best scholarship available, Fritze shows that in spite of strong, mainstream historical evidence to the contrary, many of these ideas have proved durable and gained widespread acceptance. …”