Why the Middle Ages Matter: Medieval Light on Modern Injustice
Why the Middle Ages Matter refreshes our thinking about this historical era, and our own, by looking at some pressing concerns from today’s world, asking how these issues were really handled in the medieval period, and showing why the past matters now.
The Great Beginning of Cîteaux
It is a book of history and lore, often with miraculous stories, meant to continue a great spiritual tradition, and it is also a book meant to justify and repair the Order. The Exordium magnum was in part an effort to provide a historical and formative context for those who were to be Cistercians in the thirteenth century.
Royal Armouries selling sponsor copies of the world’s oldest surviving fight book!
Just in case you get into a street fight…here’s what to do ;) A serious medieval combat book for summer!
New book offers translation of medieval Islamic debate
The candid nature of the debate and the instincts of the characters to speak freely and to openly question basic Islamic and religious tenets forces readers to challenge widely held views of Islam and religious freedom, especially during the Middle Ages.
The Medieval Cookbook and The Classical Cookbook published in revised editions
The Getty Museum and British Museum have published two cookbooks for those wanting to try recipes dating back to the Middle Ages or ancient times.
Ottonian Imperial Art and Portraiture: The Artistic Patronage of Otto III and Henry II
Ottonian 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
The Medieval art, architecture and history of Bristol Cathedral is the focus of a new book by researchers at the University of Bristol
New book examines the role of Arab doctors in the history of medieval medicine
A leading medical historian has acknowledged the extent of Western medicine’s debt to medieval Arab doctors in a new book.
New book examines Vikings in the Outer Hebrides
Instead 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.