Book Reviews Archive
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From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages
Posted on April 23, 2012 | No CommentsAberth writes in the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, both in his lively, readable style aimed at the nonspecialist and in his antiheroic, almost romantic portrayal of late medieval miseries. -
Medieval futures: Attitudes to the future in the Middle Ages
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsMedieval Futures explores the rich variety of ways in which medieval people imagined the future, from the prophetic anticipation of the end of the world to the mundane expectation that the world would continue indefinitely, permitting ordinary human plans and provisions. -
Book Review: Pope Joan, by Lawrence Durrell
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsOnce I got past all the unnecessary narrative, this book read like a script from a 'Carry On' movie: a titillating tale of lusty desires and ambition set against a religious backdrop, and heavily cloaked in the guarded innuendo of the time. -
Book Review: Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsRoyal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination makes for a good compliment to those who have had the chance to view the exhibition, adding indepth details about this collection as well as dozens of wonderful images from the Middle Ages. -
REVIEW: “The Sons of Mercia: Godric the Kingslayer” – Jayden Woods
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsRich characters, misery, betrayal, sex and a dose of brutal Viking violence, mixed together for an easy, enjoyable read! Author Jayden Woods releases her next offering in the “Sons of Mercia” trilogy, “Volume 2:... -
Erotic Tales of Medieval Germany
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsErotic Tales of Medieval Germany Translated by Albrecht Classen Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies: Texts for Teaching, Volume 3 Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-86698-374-7... -
Parents and Children in the Early Middle Ages
Posted on May 8, 2011 | No CommentsParents and Children in the Early Middle Ages (Review article) By Pauline Stafford Early Medieval Europe, Vol.10:2 (2001) Introduction: In the ninth century Paulinus of Aquileia described the horror of... -
A Who’s Who of Your Ancestral Saints
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsA Who’s Who of Your Ancestral Saints By Alan J. Koman Genealogical Publishing Company, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8063-1824-0 Publisher’s Synopsis: For anyone interested in his or her own genealogical links to... -
The Medieval World: An Illustrated Atlas
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsThe Medieval World: An Illustrated Atlas Edited by John M. Thompson National Geographic, 2010 ISBN: 978-1426205330 Publisher’s Description: Sumptuously illustrating the vivid parade of a thousand years of history, this... -
La première Normandie (Xe–XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et construction d’une principauté
Posted on January 30, 2011 | No CommentsLa première Normandie (Xe–XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et construction d’une principauté Bauduin, Pierre Caen, Presses Universitaires de Caen, (2004) Abstract In the 1990s medieval historians... -
Anonymus and Master Roger
Posted on January 17, 2011 | No CommentsAnonymus and Master Roger Central European Medieval Texts Series, Volume 5 Budapest, 2010 ISBN: 978-963-9776-95-1 Anonymus, notary of King Béla - The Deeds of the Hungarians Edited and translated and... -
The Battle of Wakefield Revisited
Posted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsThe Battle of Wakefield Revisited: A Fresh Perspective on Richard of York’s Final Battle, December 1460 By Helen Cox YPD Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9565768-0-4 On 30th December 1460, a battle... -
Book Review: Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300 By John France UCL Press, 1999 Review by Dana Cushing University of Toronto A survey of military equipment, tactics... -
Book Review: The Military Revolution Debate
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe Military Revolution Debate Edited by Clifford Rogers (Westview Press, 1995) Reviewed by Dana Cushing University of Toronto The idea of a ‘military revolution’ by which various medieval practises were... -
Book Reviews: Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War and The Circle of War in the Middle Ages
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsArms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War Edited by Curry and Hughes (Boydell, 1999) The Circle of War in the Middle Ages Edited by Kagay and Villalon (Boydell,...
