Medieval Cookbooks: Something to Inspire the Medieval Cook in all of us!
Baby it’s cold outside. Brrrrr! It’s January, snow is blowing, frost is nipping at your toes – it’s a great time to cook a hearty, hot meal. Want to make it even better? Try a medieval menu! Here are a few books to inspire the medieval cook in all of us.
The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra
Around the fourth century in what is now Turkey, a boy of humble circumstance became a man revered for his many virtues.
Fantasy Books for Christmas!
For those of you who want something a little more magical under the tree this Christmas – here are a few new 2013 fantasy releases!
Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources completed after 100 years
After over 58,000 entries, 3830 pages and seventeen volumes, the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources is now finished.
Christmas Books: Great Medieval Fiction Reads for the Christmas Holidays!
Some medieval stocking stuffers for the historians on your Christmas list!
Book Review: In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn
It is particularly useful in that it brings together much (usually) scattered information into one place and links places, events and context together. It is a useful reference book with extensive links to further information.
Great Medieval Fiction 2013!
For those of you who enjoy some fantasy or a historical novel – this list is for you!
Medieval Books: Great Reads of 2013
Here are a few great medieval books that were released in 2013!
A Rural Economy in Transition: Asia Minor from Late Antiquity into the Early Middle Ages
A Rural Economy in Transition deals with one of the most important periods in the history of Europe and the Middle East – the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome, Life in Medieval Ireland
In this unique book, Dublin based historian Finbar Dwyer has created a captivating picture of life in the Late Middle Ages from fatal tavern fights to football; sex to sea travel and other topics often neglected by histories of the period
The Earliest Little Red Riding Hood Tale
Looking at an early 11th century version of tale of Little Red Riding Hood
By God’s Bones: Medieval Swear Words
What were bad words in the Middle Ages?
New book examines Medieval Muslim Motherhood
Modern discourse often casts science and religion as bitter enemies. But if you were to rewind roughly 12 centuries, you would find at least one worldview in which the two domains were considered symbiotic.
The Medieval Papacy, by Brett Whalen
The Medieval Papacy explores the unique role that the Roman Church and its papal leadership played in the historical development of medieval Europe.
Queenship in Medieval Europe, by Theresa Earenfight
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De Itinere Navali: A German Third Crusader’s Chronicle of his Voyage and the Siege of Almohad Silves 1189 AD
Eleven shiploads of German crusaders from the cities of Lübeck and Bremen departed the Holy Roman Empire in 1189CE, part of Frederick Barbarossa’s crusader army destined for the Holy Land via England, Portugal, and the Mediterranean polities.
The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England By Marc Morris Pegasus Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-60598-451-3 Publisher’s Description: An…
Book Review: Ancient Treasures, by Brian Haughton
Many people dream of finding some long-lost treasure – to think that perhaps a chest full of gold is buried underneath their feet and that you can retrieve it with just a shovel!.
New book examines the controversy over clerical marriage in the Middle Ages
Around the year 1100 the Papacy set about to end the practice of priests and bishops being able to marry. The church hoped to impose the same standards of celibacy that were followed by monks. A new book examines how ecclesiastical figures within the Catholic church dealt with the change.
Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors
A compilation of essays from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, this book provides a wealth of historical information from Roman Britain to early twentieth century England.
A Medieval How-to Book for Shepherds
A recently published book is offering insights into fourteenth-century farming practices and the life of a shepherd named Jean de Brie.
New book pinpoints the site of the Battle of Bosworth
Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered, co-authored by Dr Foard and the historian Anne Curry, they describe the background to the battle and the archaeological project to find out where it was actually fought.
The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art
The aim of this research is to contextualise and chart, as far as possible, the complex iconography of the dragon in the medieval Islamic world, by interrogating the many factors, contexts and contingencies that helped to shape and transform it.
Glenveagh Mystery: The Life, Work and Disappearance of Arthur Kingsley Porter
Arthur Kingsley Porter (1883-1933?) was an American multi-millionaire, an eminent Harvard Professor of fine arts, an international traveller and researcher of medieval architecture, an award-winning author, and owner of Glenveagh Castle, Co. Donegal, Ireland. While spending a night at the fisherman’s hut that he built on Inishbofin Island, off Co. Donegal, Porter disappeared without trace, on July 8th 1933?
The Chronicle and Historical Notes of Bernard Itier
This book offers an edition and translation of an interesting chronicle written in France at the end of the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.