New Medieval Books: Introduction to the Carolingian Age
Serving as ‘an invitation to the study of Carolingian civilization,’ this book examines the political and societal changes that took place in Western Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries. It is mostly a guide to how this empire came about, the family that ruled it, and its quick end.
Cover Reveal: The Traitor of Sherwood Forest
Medieval scholar Amy S. Kaufman has written her first novel. Check out the cover to The Traitor of Sherwood Forest.
New Medieval Books: The Price of Collapse
Why did the Ming Dynasty collapse in the 17th century? This book offers an answer by looking at grain prices and how they were affected by climate change.
Medievalists.net’s Featured Book: The Doctors’ Dinner Party
The Medievalists.net Monthly Book Selection for September is The Doctors’ Dinner Party, by Ibn Butlan, translated by Philip F. Kennedy and Jeremy Farrell.
New Medieval Books: The Mirror of Simple Souls
This novel, originally in French as La nuit de béguines, tells the story of a community of religious women in 14th century Paris. It is based on the Beguines, the lay religious order that courted controversy in the later Middle Ages.
New Medieval Books: The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham Books IV-V
A translation of a section from Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham’s work, Book of Optics, which was written between 1011 and 1021. It is a major work of scientific history, changing the way people understood eyesight and light.
New Medieval Books: House of Lilies
The Capetian Dynasty ruled France from 987 to 1328, shaping not only their nation’s history but also leaving a lasting impact across Europe and beyond. This is the story of their rise, reign, and enduring legacy.
New Medieval Books: Defining Nature’s Limits
Focusing on the 16th century, this book looks at how the Catholic Church tried to enforce their religious thinking when it came to science and magic in the late Middle Ages and early modern period.
New Medieval Books: A Companion to the Environmental History of Byzantium
A collection of 17 essays that cover a wide range of topics, including climate, water management, nature, and even earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean region during the Middle Ages.
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club
The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. But we generally think much less about the people who made, saved and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history.
New Medieval Books: Saints and Sinners on Horseback
A collection of 11 essays dealing with horses and their riders in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era. They range from those animals mentioned in saints’ lives to those who were just being stolen in the English countryside.
New Medieval Books: Praise for the Republic of Venice
A short work from the Renaissance scholar Poggio Bracciolini about why Venice was so great.
New Medieval Books: The Book of Marvels: A Medieval Guide to the Globe
The Book of the Marvels of the World was created in 15th-century France and four manuscript copies survive. This book showcases many beautiful images from these manuscripts and reveals much about what medieval Europeans believed about what lies in the far corners of the world.
New Medieval Books: The Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I
This is an account written by a 16th-century ruler where he describes many events and wars of his reign. It aims to both justify his decisions and offer advice to his descendants on how to rule.
New Medieval Books: Holbein at the Tudor Court
A look at the artist Hans Holbein and the dozens of portraits he created while at the court of King Henry VIII of England. Many of his drawings are explained in depth, revealing Holbein’s technique and style.
Medievalists.net’s Featured Book: Beards & Baldness in the Middle Ages
The Medievalists.net Monthly Book Selection for August is Beards & Baldness in the Middle Ages: Three Texts, by Joseph McAlhany.
New Medieval Books: The New Reynard
The medieval tales involving Reynard the Fox are always a fun read. Here we have translations of three satires from the 13th century, which sees our mischievous protagonist poking fun at politics of the medieval kind.
From Roman West to Rus’: Four Medieval Books Added to our Patreon Shop
Now on our Patreon Shop: four more medieval studies’ book from the Arc Humanities Press’ Past Imperfect Series. Here is what you can now buy!
New Medieval Books: The Medieval Pig
Everything you want to know about pigs in medieval Europe. It ranges from how they were farmed in the countryside and city to how they were depicted in literature and art – and of course, how they ended up on people’s dinner plates.
New Medieval Books: In Defense of Women
An early 16th-century text arguing for equality between men and women. Colonna sets out to show that “women are absolutely perfect and wholly capable of attaining all the virtues, and on that account they are not to be barred from public offices and magistracies.”
New Medieval Books: Saving Michelangelo’s Dome
Examines the efforts to repair and restore the dome atop St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in the 18th century. The book also delves into how this church was designed and built during the 15th and 16th centuries.
New Medieval Books: The Kennicott Bible
Not only do you get a study of this late-medieval Hebrew Bible but it also comes with over 150 pages from the text.
New Medieval Books: Letters from the North
Eleven short documents, in Latin with an English translation, that report on efforts to convert pagan peoples in northern Germany and Scandinavia.
Refugees Find Solace in Dante’s Words
‘Dante on the Move’ explores the profound connections between Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ and the modern refugee experience.