Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State By Haris A. Kalligas Routledge, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-415-24880-8 This lavishly illustrated book stands out in its field as…
Early Islamic Spain: The History of Ibn al-Qutiyah
Early Islamic Spain: The History of Ibn al-Qutiyah By David James Routledge, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-415-47552-5 This book is the first published English-language translation…
The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire
The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire By Amira K. Bennison IB Tauris, 2009 ISBN: 9781845117375 The flowering of the…
The Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln
The Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln Translated by F.A.C. Mantello and Joseph Goering University of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8020-9813-9 Robert…
Say What I Am Called: The Old English Riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition
Say What I Am Called: The Old English Riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition By Dieter Bitterli University of Toronto,…
The Cross and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
The Cross and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England Edited by Karen Jolly, Catherine Karkov, and Sarah Larratt West Virginia University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-933202-23-5…
The Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, 1190-1291
The Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, 1190-1291 By Nicholas Morton Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834779 The Teutonic Order was founded in 1190 to provide…
The Cult of St George in Medieval England
The Cult of St George in Medieval England By Jonathan Good Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834694 Recently, St George has enjoyed a modest revival…
The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government
The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government By Thomas N. Bisson Princeton University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-691-13708-7 Medieval…
Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa
Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa By Quentin Van Doosselaere Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521897921 Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics…
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England By John Godfrey Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521109048 It is likely that the gospel was brought to…
The Cathedral: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Construction
The Cathedral: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Construction By Alain Erlande-Brandenburg Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521110372 The popular image of the…
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy By Adele Cilento and Alessandro Vanoli Riverside Books, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-878351-66-1 Sicily has…
Knightly Dueling – the Fighting Arts of German Chivalry
Knightly Dueling – the Fighting Arts of German Chivalry by Jeffrey Hull, with Monika Maziarz and Grzegorz Zabinski Paladin Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-58160-674-4…
Pain and Suffering in Medieval Theology: Academic Debates at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century
Pain and Suffering in Medieval Theology: Academic Debates at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century By Donald Mowbray Boydell & Brewer,…
The World of the Medieval Shipmaster: Law, Business and the Sea, c.1350-c.1450
The World of the Medieval Shipmaster: Law, Business and the Sea, c.1350-c.1450 By Robin Ward Boydell & Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834557 Despite a…
Aladdin’s Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
Aladdin’s Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World By John Freely Alfred Knopf, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-307-26534-0 Aladdin’s Lamp is…
The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium : the rhetoric of empire
The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium : the rhetoric of empire By Sarolta A. Takács Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce By David Cornell Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300145687 Few battles resonate through British history as strongly as…
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State By Alick M. McLean Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300137149 This handsome book recounts…
Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination
Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination By Paul Freedman Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300151350 The demand for spices in…
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 By Soyoung Lee Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300148916 This notable catalogue—the first English-language publication on the…
Monotheism between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity
Monotheism between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity By Stephen Mitchell and Peter Van Nuffelen Peeters, 2009 ISBN: 978-90-429-2242-6 The fourth century was…
William of Saint-Amour, De periculis novissimorum temporum
De periculis novissimorum temporum, by William of Saint-Amour Edited and translated by Guy Geltner Peeters Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-90-429-2010-1 Vowing to lead a…
Books about Medieval England
Here is a listing of recent books about medieval England: Tributes to Kathleen L. Scott: English Medieval Manuscripts and their Readers Edward the…