Medieval Reads: Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott
Right near the beginning of Ivanhoe, Scott gives a description of the Norman in England and the Saxon. His description sets the Normans in England up very clearly as the evil colonisers and Anglo-Norman as the imposed language of colonisers.
New Medieval Books: Historical Fiction in 2019
Here are five novels published in 2019 to take you back to the Middle Ages.
New Medieval Books: Vikings and the Norse World
Ten books published in 2019 that tells us all about the Vikings and the Norse World.
New Medieval Books: England
Here are five new books on England in the Middle Ages, including one which you can download for free.
Medieval Reads: The Nine Tailors, by Dorothy L Sayers
So many elements of this novel link to the Middle Ages and yet, if you read it as a whodunit, it looks as if it’s contemporary for the time it was written.
New Medieval Books: Biographies
An emperor, an admiral, a poet, a rebel, and five princesses – new biographies about people from the medieval world.
New Medieval Books: From Swords to Silent Film
Five new books about the Middle Ages, including a translation of two accounts of Milanese tyrants and a look at medieval manuscripts in a global context.
Medieval Reads: The Thirteen Hallows, by Michael Scott and Colette Freedman
Arthurian horror is a thing.
New Medieval Books: Early Medieval Britain
Five new books that look at England, Scotland and Wales in the Early Middle Ages
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: From Matilda to Married Life
Five new books about the medieval world, featuring an empress and a tradesman.
The death of Richard III
Read an excerpt from the newly published book, Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth, by Mike Ingram.
New Medieval Books: The Lords of the Winds, by C.J. Adrien
The story of a boy who was a slave, who became a warlord, and who helped topple an empire. Read an excerpt from C.J. Adrien’s latest novel.
New Medieval Books: Texts and Translations
Here are five new books offering the texts and translations of medieval sources.
Which books about the Vikings should I read?
There are many books about the Vikings and the Norse world for someone to choose from. Here is a list of books we think are a good reads about the Vikings – ones that are both fairly new and relatively inexpensive.
New Medieval Books: Finds from Kalamazoo
One of the big highlights of the International Congress on Medieval Studies is its Book Room, where dozens of publishers show off their latest books about the Middle Ages. Here are five the we picked up at the congress!
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.
New Medieval Books: Fighting Manuals
With the popularity of medieval fighting techniques growing at a rapid pace, we wanted to showcase some books that offer translations and insights into fighting manuals from the Middle Ages.
Medieval Reads: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
Once in a generation, a writer comes along and, in making fun of his generation and in creating fun using the Middle Ages brings together a new set of stories for people to tell. This is what Mark Twain did in 1889.
My Husband: The Extraordinary History of Nicholas Brome
Inspired by real bloodstains and from detailed research comes a refreshingly different historical romance between a god-fearing woman and a known murderer.
Creating the Vikingverse – An Interview with Ian Stuart Sharpe
What if the Norse religion of the Vikings had overcome Christianity? That is one of the questions Ian Stuart Sharpe explores in his debut novel, The All Father Paradox.
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.
Medieval Reads: Henry Treece’s Viking’s Dawn
I shall explore in this column is how each writer creates their particular Middle Ages and how that Middle Ages works at story feel.
