Books Archive
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Margot Fassler wins 2012 Otto Gründler Book Prize
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsMargot Fassler, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, was awarded the 2012 Otto Gründler Book Prize for her book The Virgin of Chartres: Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts. -
The Methods of Medieval Translators: A Comparison of the Latin Text of Virgil’s Aeneid with its Old French Adaptations
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsThis monograph examines the medieval French translation/adaptation of Virgil’s Aeneid. The work employs Relevance Theory, second language pedagogy and hermeneutics in its analysis. -
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. -
Situational Poetics in Robert Henryson’s Testament of Cresseid
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsThis is the first full-length study of Henryson to appear in nearly a generation. -
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. -
HAPPY ST.PATRICK’S DAY: Books on all things Irish! Sláinte!
Posted on March 17, 2012 | No CommentsCelebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these great reads and some green beer! -
Ottonian Imperial Art and Portraiture: The Artistic Patronage of Otto III and Henry II
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsOttonian Imperial Art and Portraiture represents the first art historical consideration of the patronage of the Ottonian Emperors Otto III (983-1002) and Henry II (1002-1024). -
Exploring the enigma of Bristol Cathedral
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsThe Medieval art, architecture and history of Bristol Cathedral is the focus of a new book by researchers at the University of Bristol -
Be My Medieval Valentine?: Five Fabulous Books on Love!
Posted on February 14, 2012 | No CommentsFive fabulous books to enjoy with your Abelard or Heloise! Happy Valentine's Day Medievalverse! -
New book examines Vikings in the Outer Hebrides
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsInstead of supporting the view that the Scandinavian invaders killed men and enslaved their women and children, the archaeological evidence suggests a greater degree of intermixing and continuity than has previously been accepted. -
New in Medieval Books this week!
Posted on December 31, 2011 | No CommentsHey Medievalverse! Ring in 2012 with these fab, hot off the press releases! -
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. -
The Top 11 of 2011: Our Medievalicious Wish List!
Posted on November 24, 2011 | No CommentsWe have compiled a list of 11 books published this year which our readers might to be great reads about the Middle Ages -
New book examines the medieval history of St Paul’s Cathedral
Posted on November 23, 2011 | No CommentsThe past archaeological lives of the St Paul's Cathedral site have been revealed in a new English Heritage book. -
Historian examines the philosophy of Richard Rufus
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsRichard Rufus of Cornwall may be the most important figure in Western philosophy you've never heard of. A project based at Indiana University and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities aims to change that.
