New Medieval Books: The Killing Ground
A look at the area of Thermopylae in Greece, which according to the authors “might be the most blood-soaked ground in the world.” They detail twenty-seven military actions that took place here, including seven that took place in the Middle Ages.
New Medieval Books: The Beauforts
A look into an important English family during the fifteenth century. As the children of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, the Beauforts were major allies to the Lancastrian kings and played a key role in the politics and wars of the period.
New Medieval Books: Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings
How much history is there in the story of Beowulf? The author argues that we can learn more about the people and places mentioned in the poem than has been commonly accepted, and it also sheds light on the Viking raids that began at the end of the eighth century.
New Medieval Books: Arms and Armour of the Renaissance Joust
With the help of the fine collection of arms and armour from the Royal Armouries Museum, this book details the evolution of jousting and tournaments in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
New Medieval Books: Middle Imperial China, 900-1350
An overview of Chinese history during the Song and Yuan dynasties, covering its politics, international relations, religion, economics and more. Offers a look into time when China was deeply interconnected with its neighbours and other parts of the medieval world.
New Medieval Books: Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century
Want to know what kind of speeches a military commander gave in the Middle Ages? This book is a ninth-century guide from Byzantium on just how to do that, with examples based on fighting for your faith or country, and how to endure pain.
New Medieval Books: Rome and the Invention of the Papacy
A look at how the Papacy in Rome developed in the Early Middle Ages through the Liber pontificalis, a series of biographies of popes. This text is crucial to understanding how the Papacy came to dominate the Christian religion in Western Europe.
New Medieval Books: Chaucer Here and Now
A collection of eight articles that traces how the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer has been interpreted and reimagined over the centuries. Works like The Canterbury Tales have inspired many people and led to much new media being created.
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.
New Medieval Books: Out of Bounds
A collection of nine essays that tackle different ways for scholars to approach art, and suggest that they should go beyond traditional boundaries in how they study the subject where artworks, artists and artistic knowledge all moved around the medieval world.
Vikings, Mongols and Byzantines: Three ebooks now on sale on our Patreon Shop
Three ebooks on sale on our Patreon take a look at important societies in the medieval world.
New Medieval Books: Dynasty in Motion
A look at royal weddings in the 15th and 16th centuries, focusing on the travel that took place before getting to the ceremony.
New Medieval Books: Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King
A look at Henry V’s victory at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), one of the key clashes in the Hundred Years’ War. The author offers a new interpretation of exactly where the battle took place, which in turn, gives new insights into how the fighting unfolded.
New Medieval Books: Bede and the Theory of Everything
A biography of the eighth-century monk Bede, focusing on his vast interest in learning and writing about the world he lives in.
New Medieval Books: On Earth or in Poems
A look at how al-Andalus – Islamic Iberia – has continued to be an important symbol in today’s world.
New Medieval Books: How Medieval Europe was Ruled
This collection of 15 essays examines how governments operated in the Middle Ages. Covering a wide number of places throughout Europe, it aims to show the various kinds of rulership within it.
20 Open Access Books about the Middle Ages you can Read for Free
Here are twenty recently published books that medievalists will enjoy and are free to download and read.
New Medieval Books: I, Christine
Fans of Christine de Pizan will certainly enjoy having some historical fiction about her fascinating life
Two ebooks of medieval historical fiction
We have for you two new additions to our Patreon Shop – ebooks of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages.
New Medieval Books: Winters in the World
A look at daily life in England during the Early Middle Ages through the prism of the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. It makes use of Old English literature to explain religious events, the farming cycle, and more.
New ebooks: Early Medieval England to Historical Fiction
We have added three more ebooks to our Patreon Shop, which include two translations of works from 11th-century England and a guide for helping authors write better historical fiction.
New Medieval Books: Making Money in the Early Middle Ages
Why did people make and use coins at all in the early Middle Ages, if cash was so scarce that they were used to getting by without?
New ebooks: Beowulf, 14th-century combats, and Insular Art
We have added three more ebooks to our Patreon Shop, which include a translation of Beowulf, a look at judicial combats, and a guide for recreating early medieval art.
New Medieval Books: Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy
Patrizi deserves to be recognized as the most substantial and influential voice of Italian humanist political thought between the time of Francesco Petrarca in the fourteenth century and Niccolo Machiavelli in the sixteenth.
New Medieval Books: Introducing the Medieval Fox
A look into how medieval people viewed the fox, through religious writings, bestiaries, hunting manuals, and literature, most notably the stories revolving around the famous literary character Reynard the Fox.