europe, northern

"The immortal Elmer C. Albatross is a Smile Junkie who'll do whatever it takes for his happy ending-- despite not knowing the first thing about happiness. Three hundred years after the passengers of the Advena Avis parted ways, four of them have finally tracked Elmer to a village in Northern Europe where the inhabitants seem to be stuck in their old ways, fearing the visitors as 'demons.' During their stay, the immortals encounter a strange girl, and their past catches up with them ..."--Amazon.

Discusses the art of the Northern Renaissance, including the works of Bosch, Durer, Van Eych, Holbein, and others, and examines geographic, economic, social, and religious issues that affected this period of art. Contains more than 680 illustrations, including 85 full-color plates.

An account of daily life, art, and religious strife in northern Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Examines the activities of women in the feudal societies of France, England, the Low Countries, and southern Germany from 1100 to 1500, discussing the daily lives, ideas, attitudes, and social developments of queens, noble ladies, nuns, mystics, townswomen and peasants, healers, and others.

Retells fifteen tales from medieval Europe, including Viking and Celtic myths, and includes illustrations, textual notes that provide insight into the stories, a glossary of terms, and a listing of who's who.

Presents the art of Flanders, the Netherlands, France, and Germany in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with themes of the church and state, Protestant and Catholic, man and woman, artist and patron, and city life and court life.

Describes the development of a fictional city in Northern Europe through the ages.