Students of the Bible in 4th and 5th Century Syria
Students of the Bible in 4th and 5th Century Syria: Seats of Learning, Sidelights and Syriacisms By Henning Lehmann Aarhus University Press, 2008 ISBN: 87…
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe: Vol. 1. Eight to Twelfth Centuries AD Edited by James Graham-Campbell and Magdalena Valor Aarhus University Press, 2008 ISBN: 87…
Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages
Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages By Leah DeVun Columbia University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-231-14538-1 In…
The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian
The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian By Dominique Barthélemy, Translated by Graham Robert Edwards Cornell University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8014-7560-3 “The term ‘feudal society’…
Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia
Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia By Debra Blumenthal Cornell University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8014-4502-6 A prominent Mediterranean port located near…
Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures
Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures By Miri Rubin Central European University Press, 2009 This penetrating explanation of medieval…
Albert of Saxony, Quaestiones circa logicam
Albert of Saxony, Quaestiones circa logicam Translated by Michael J. Fitzgerald Peeters Publishing/Dallas Medieval Texts in Translation, 2009 ISBN: 978-90-429-2074-3 This translation of Albert…
‘Abbasid Studies II
‘Abbasid Studies II: Occasional Papers of the School of ‘Abbasid Studies, Leuven, 28 June – 1 July 2004 Edited by J. Nawas Peeters Publishing,…
The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie]
The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie], by Geoffrey of Monmouth…
The Medieval Cook
The Medieval Cook By Bridget Ann Henisch Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834380 This book takes us into the world of the medieval…
The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England
The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England By Simon Philips Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834373 The Prior of the…
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church By Karen George Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834359 Gildas’s De excidio Britonum is…
Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World
Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World Edited by Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies and Eila Williamson Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834328 The way in…
Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food By John Dickie Free Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-7432-7799-0 From the bustle of medieval…
Interview with Lisa Jefferson
Medieval London was a centre of business and trade, and its various guilds were important civic and economic institutions. For those who are…
Misconceptions About the Middle Ages
Misconceptions About the Middle Ages Edited by Stephen Harris and Bryon L. Grigsby Routledge, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-415-77053-8 Interest in the middle ages is at…
Interview with Stephen Harris and Bryon L. Grigsby
For any medieval scholar, this Misconceptions About the Middle Ages is a welcome addition to the bookshelf. It is an attempt by historians…
Gods and Worshippers in the Viking and Germanic world
Gods and Worshippers in the Viking and Germanic world By Thor Ewing Termpus Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-0752435909 What was paganism really like? Who…
Interview with Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri
His latest book is The Man Who Believed He Was King of France: A True Medieval Tale. We interviewed him by email to discuss his book and research.
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture Edited by Kimberly Besio and Constantine Tung State University of New York Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7914-7011-4 A multi-disciplinary…
Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic
Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic By Vicki Ellen Szabo Published by Brill (Series: The Northern World),…
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance By Christopher MacEvitt University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-8122-4050-4 In the wake…
The Medieval Account Books of the Mercers of London
The Medieval Account Books of the Mercers of London: An Edition and Translation By Lisa Jefferson Ashgate Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6404-8 As the…
Readers, Texts and Compilers in the Earlier Middle Ages
Readers, Texts and Compilers in the Earlier Middle Ages: Studies in Medieval Canon Law in Honour of Linda Fowler-Magerl Edited by Martin Brett…
Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century
Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century By Giles Constable Ashgate Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6523-6 Crusading in the twelfth century was less a…