New book examines Christian-Muslim cooperation in art in medieval Iraq
The relationship between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East during the Middle Ages is often typified in terms such as conflict and…
Book on medieval astrology wins award
Dr. Scott Hendrix, assistant professor of history at Carroll University, has published a new book that has been awarded the D. Simon Evans…
Interview with author Jayden Woods – August 29, 2010
Last week, we reviewed a book entitled “Eadric the Grasper: Sons of Mercia Vol. I”. I had the pleasure of interviewing author Jayden…
Medieval Fantasy as Performance: The Society for Creative Anachronism and the Current Middle Ages
Medieval Fantasy as Performance: The Society for Creative Anachronism and the Current Middle Ages By Michael A. Cramer Scarecrow Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8108-6995-0…
The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan
The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan By Leland Liu Rogers Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009 ISBN: 978-3-447-06074-5 The Golden Summary of Cinggis Qayan (Cinggis Qayan-u…
Sandwich – The ‘Completest Medieval Town in England’: A Study of the Town and Port from its Origins to 1600
Sandwich – The ‘Completest Medieval Town in England’: A Study of the Town and Port from its Origins to 1600 By Helen Clarke,…
Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070
Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 By Robin Fleming Penguin/Allen Lane, 2010 ISBN: 9780713990645 The extraordinary discovery last year…
Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses
Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses By David Santiuste Pen and Sword Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-1844159307 Indisputably the most effective general…
Building the Medieval World
Building the Medieval World By Christine Sciacca J.Paul Getty Museum / British Library, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-60606-006-3 Some of the great and lasting achievements…
Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades
Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades By Jonathan Phillips Bodley Head, 2009 ISBN: 97802240799372 Synopsis: In his remarkable book, Jonathan Phillips…
The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta
The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta: Uncommon Tales of a Medieval Adventurer By David Waines I.B. Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 978 184511 805 1 Summary:…
The Maps of Matthew Paris
The Maps of Matthew Paris: Medieval Journeys through Space, Time and Liturgy By Daniel K. Connolly Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834786 The illustrations…
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe By Lisa Bitel Oxford University Press,…
Licoricia of Winchester: Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community
Licoricia of Winchester: Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community By Suzanne Bartlet Vallentine Mithcell, 2009 ISBN: 978-05-85303-822-1 On a spring…
Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages now published after 12-year project
A project to create a new reference work about the Middle Ages has just been completing with the publishing of the Oxford Dictionary…
Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries
Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries Edited by Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate Ashgate, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6356-0…
Viking Age Archaeology
Viking Age Archaeology By by Richard Hall Shire Books, 2010 (first published in 1990) ISBN: 9780747800637 Viking raids, and the subsequent Scandinavian settlements…
A Companion to Clare of Assisi: Life, Writings, and Spirituality
A Companion to Clare of Assisi: Life, Writings, and Spirituality By Joan Mueller Brill, 2010 ISBN: 978 90 04 18216 5 Clare of…
The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History
The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan’s Mongols Almost Conquered the World by Thomas Craughwell Fair Winds Press.…
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day By Charles FitzRoy Thames & Hudson, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-500-25162-1 This fact-packed guide provides all the practical…
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople By James Crow, Jonathan Bardill and Richard Bayliss Journal of Roman Studies Monographs, No.11 (2008) ISBN 978…
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam London, I.B.Tauris Publishers,…
Patrons and painters on Cyprus : the frescoes in the Royal Chapel at Pyrga
Patrons and painters on Cyprus : the frescoes in the Royal Chapel at Pyrga By Jens T. Wollesen Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval…
Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland
Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland Edited by Gavin Lucas Institute of Archaeology (Iceland), 2009 An international group…
The Nature of Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages
The Nature of Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages By Edward Grant Catholic University of America Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8132-1738-3 The period…