Search results for ""Author Daniel Connolly""
Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Maps of Matthew Paris: Medieval Journeys through Space, Time and Liturgy
An examination of the intricate cartography of Matthew Paris, and the meanings of the maps themselves. The illustrations of the Benedictine monk, artist, and chronicler Matthew Paris offer a gateway into the thirteenth-century world. This new study of his cartography emphasises the striking innovations he brought to it, and shows how the maps became an investment and repository of certain medieval spatial practices: travel through the world, the occurrence of history in that world, and the religious practices and devotional attitudes that were assiduously cultivated within the larger visual culture of St. Albans abbey (in great measure produced by Matthew's own images). Travel (i.e. space), history (time), and devotion (liturgy), then, are the primary issues and meanings deposited in and registered by Matthew Paris's cartographic landscape. In searching out these contexts, the book explores the paradigm of imagined pilgrimage as an organizing principle that pushes into greater relief medieval understandingsof their arrangements of places and of histories. Thus traveling through geography could enact its meanings in a dynamic, religious, even devotional performance of the maps' materials. Richly illustrated with black and white and colour plates.
£76.50
Pearson Education (US) Technology Strategies for the Hospitality Industry
Technology Strategies for the Hospitality Industry is a practical guide to enhancing hospitality with technology. It examines technology strategies for various segments of the hospitality industry, from hotels and restaurants to meetings and events. Specific technologies used in hospitality are also explored, from networks and data exchange, to eCommerce for both business and consumers. Pragmatic in its approach, the text has a running theme of strategy throughout. Each chapter flows in the same order: interview, content, case study and questions. The 3rd Edition was written in cooperation with a team of contributing authors from the industry. It includes a new chapter on virtual and augmented reality in hospitality, as well as updated material on current and emerging technologies.
£133.90
