Troubador
Troubador By Mary Hoffman Publisher:Bloomsbury USA, September 1, 2009 ISBN:9781599903675 A story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th century…
The Templar Knight: Book Two Of The Crusades Trilogy
The Templar Knight: Book Two Of The Crusades Trilogy By Jan Guillou Publisher: Harper Collins, May 4, 2010 ISBN:9780061688577 The Knight Templar (Swedish:…
The Rebel Princess
The Rebel Princess By Judith Koll Healey Publisher: Harper Collins, June 22, 2009 ISBN: 9780061673566 Alaïs, the spirited and indomitable princess of France,…
The Road To Jerusalem: Book One Of The Crusades Trilogy
The Road To Jerusalem: Book One Of The Crusades Trilogy By Jan Guillou Publisher: Harper Collins, April 14, 2009 ISBN: 9780061688539 For power.…
To Know Evil
To Know Evil By Stephen Gaspar Publisher: Pemberley Press, October 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780977191390 The source of evil and the conflict between faith…
The Saxons within Carolingian Christendom: post-conquest identity in the translationes of Vitus, Pusinna and Liborius
The Saxons within Carolingian Christendom: post-conquest identity in the translationes of Vitus, Pusinna and Liborius By Eric Shuler Journal of Medieval History, Vol.36:1…
The custom of the English Church: parish church maintenance in England before 1300
A division of responsibility for parish church fabric and contents between rector and parishioners first appeared in English ecclesiastical legislation in the early thirteenth century and was to remain in place until the mid-nineteenth century.
Royal Piety in Thirteenth-Century Scotland: the Religion and Religiosity of Alexander II (1214-49) and Alexander III (1249-86)
Did these kings act on religious impulses driven solely by dynastic tradition and Scottish political concerns or can we, at the same time, discern genuine personal motivations and an awareness of wider liturgical development?
The Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404
This paper seeks to question the assumption that the outbreak of prolonged Anglo-Scottish war in 1296 brought an abrupt decline in Scottish interest in St Thomas, his shrine at Canterbury and the great abbey dedicated to him in Scotland at Arbroath
Christians and Jews in thirteenth-century Castile: the career and writings of Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Archbishop of Toledo (1209-1247)
The life of Archbishop Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada offers a window on many of the principal issues of his day. He is best known for his role in the victory over the Almohads at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) and for several works of history in which he traces the emergence of Castile, with Toledo as its political and spiritual centre.
Saints and sinners: coins in medieval Italian graves
Why were coins deposited with ordinary people? Why were coins deposited with saints and with other important people? Why were coins not deposited in many or most graves?
Hangman Blind
Hangman Blind By Cassandra Clark Publisher: Minotaur Books, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780312537302 “It is November 1382, the month of the dead, and…
The Red Velvet Turnshoe
The Red Velvet Turnshoe By Cassandra Clark Publisher: Minotaur Books, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780312537364 The year is 1384 and Hildegard is sent…
The Joys of My Life
The Joys of My Life By Alys Clare Publisher: Severn House, January 1, 2010 ISBN: 9780727866950 May 1199. Abbess Helewise has been summoned…
The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz
The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz By Michelle Cameron Publisher: Simon & Schuster, September 8, 2009 ISBN: 9781439118221…
Power and Conversion – a Comparative Study of Christianization in Scandinavia
This book examines the Christianization of Scandinavia with the help of comparative material from Anglo-Saxon England, Old Frisia and Old Saxony.
Anorexia and the Holiness of Saint Catherine of Siena
Anorexia and other manifestations of the body provided the medieval woman a unique opportunity to affirm the true power of mystico-religious rules.
Margery Kempe: Madwoman or Mystic – A Narrative Approach to the Representation of Madness and Mysticism in Medieval England
The Book of Margery Kempe tells the story of one woman’s spiritual journey in Medieval England over a twenty-five year period, describing her quest to establish spiritual authority as a result of her personal conversations with Jesus and God.
Some Ambiguities Of Late Medieval Religion In England
The vibrancy of late medieval lay devotion has been powerfully advanced by some recent writers of a revisionist school, although some more cautious voices have been less distinctly heard.
Interview with Frederick S. Paxton
Frederick S. Paxton, a Professor of History at Connecticut College. The main focus of his research has been about how medieval people approached…
The Animal Remains found at Kirkstall Abbey
The Animal Remains found at Kirkstall Abbey Ryder, M. L Agricultural History Review,Volume 7 part 1 (1959) Abstract The use of archaeology as…
Cistercian Sheep, Farming and Wool-Sales in the Thirteenth Century
The list of wool-producing monasteries drawn up by Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, a member of the merchant house of Bardi, contains a larger proportion of Cistercian houses (about 85 per cent) than of any other order.
Demons and the battle for souls at Cluny
Demons and the battle for souls at Cluny By Michael E. Hoenicke Moore Studies in Religion, Vol.32:4 (2003) Abstract: The liturgical program at…
Christian Community and Spiritual Authority in Late Antiquity
Lecture by Jennifer Hevelone-Harper Gordon College Given on February 28, 2007
Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England
Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England By Julia Crick The Journal of British Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4. (1999) Introduction: In…