New Medieval Books: ‘Charms’, Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England
Examining how charms – a set of instructions that allows someone to use ‘magic’ – were connected to Christianity in early medieval England.
Medieval Bodies with Jack Hartnell
From manuscripts to wash basins, medieval objects can tell us a lot about how people conceived of the world. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Dr. Jack Hartnell about what objects can tell us about the Middle Ages, medicine, and especially medieval bodies.
New Medieval Books: Emperors, Philosophers, Mystics, Bandits and Guilds
Five new books about the medieval world, taking us from the Byzantine Empire to fields of Japan.
New Medieval Books: Texts and Translations
Here are five new books offering the texts and translations of medieval sources.
New Medieval Books: People and ideas on the move
Five new books about the Middle Ages, which look at people and ideas that moved around the medieval world.
New Medieval Books: Fortunes and Thoughts
Five books that will take you from the borders of England and Scotland to the islands between Japan and China.
“Fiction Piled on Fiction”: The Uses and Abuses of King Arthur
Here we are in 2019 still discussing the possibility of an historical King Arthur. How and why that is the case is a fascinating story told expertly by the historian Nicholas J. Higham in King Arthur: The Making of a Legend,
New Medieval Books: From Walls to World War II
Taking you from from ninth century Ireland to 20th century Britain, with stops in China and Iceland.
The 2018 Medieval Book of the Year: The Golden Rhinoceros
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the Africa, by Francois-Xavier Fauvelle, is our choice for the medieval book of the year for 2018.
New Medieval Books: Cyber Monday Edition
Looking for the perfect medieval book? Here are five offerings for you to consider.
People were healthier in the Early Middle Ages than in later centuries, study finds
The Early Middle Ages, from the 5th to the 10th centuries, is often derided as the ‘Dark Ages’. But a new study suggests that the middle and lower classes were healthier than their descendants in later centuries – even as late as the 19th-century industrial age.
New Medieval Books: From the 8th to the 21st century
Four books and one special issue of a magazine for you to check out! From Cambridge to India, and books on crusades, Vikings and medieval inter-religious dialogue.
New book examines the medieval slave trade in Russia
While the slave trade collapsed in medieval Western Europe following the emergence of sovereign monarchies, territorial states and their rule of law, the situation in Russia was very different.
New Medieval Books: From Ireland to China
Five new books to add to your medieval bookshelf…
New Medieval Books: From Jousting to Mathematics
Four thick books, one thin, but all of them with offering a look into the Middle Ages.
Y Gododdin, the Votadini and Arthurian Legend
Chances are good that unless you’re a scholar of Welsh literature, Arthurian legend, or early Scottish history, you’ve never heard of a Welsh poem called “Y Gododdin” (“The Gododdin,” in English).
Working in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Clothier
Clothiers were the entrepreneurs at the heart of the cloth trade which became England’s leading industry in the late Middle Ages. No other industry created more employment or generated more wealth.
New Medieval Books: From the Monastery to the Sea
Five books about the medieval world for your consideration.
New Medieval Books: From Carolingians to Japanese tales
Five recently published works, including two translations of medieval texts, and one book you can download for free.
New Medieval Books: From Dante to Eleanor
Five of the latest books about the Middle Ages that you might want on your bookshelf.
New Medieval Books: From Crusaders to Devils
Our latest collection of new books about the Middle Ages…
Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna
Ramie Targoff’s Renaissance Woman tells of the most remarkable woman of the Italian Renaissance: Vittoria Colonna, Marchesa of Pescara.
Glass Island, by Gareth Griffith
Read an excerpt from Glass Island, a debut novel by Gareth Griffith, set in 6th century Britain.
New Medieval Books: People, Towns, Nations, and … Murder
Five books that might belong on your bookshelf…
The Middle Ages well-represented in The Cambridge History of Ireland
Cambridge University Press has come out with its major new survey of Irish history. Known as The Cambridge History of Ireland, this four-volume work tracks the island from the year 600 AD to the present-day.