The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe
The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe Edited by James Muldoon Ashgate Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7546-5958-7 Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on…
Absolutism in Renaissance Milan: Plenitude of Power under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535
Absolutism in Renaissance Milan: Plenitude of Power under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535 By Jane Black Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780199565290…
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I By Nancy Goldstone Walker & Company, 2009 ISBN: 978-0802716705 On March 15, 1348, Joanna…
The Visigoths in History and Legend
The Visigoths in History and Legend By J.N. Hillgarth Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2009 ISBN: 978–0–88844–166–9 This book explores one of the central…
Books on Byzantine History published in 2009
Here is a list of books published in 2009 that deal with Byzantine History (links go to their page on Amazon.com): Byzantine Slavery…
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization By Lars Brownworth Crown Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-307-40795-5 In AD 476…
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire By Edward N. Luttwak Harvard University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-674-03519-5 In this book, the distinguished writer Edward…
The Invention of the Jewish People
The Invention of the Jewish People By Shlomo Sand Verso, 2009 ISBN: 978-1844674220 Publisher’s Description: Leading Israeli historian evaluates the national myth of…
Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies
Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies: Speaking New Mysteries By Beverly M. Kienzle Brepols, 2009 ISBN: 978-2-503-51777-3 Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), the…
Rewriting the Middle Ages in the Twentieth Century
Rewriting the Middle Ages in the Twentieth Century, Volume II, National Traditions Edited by J. Aurell Cardona and J. Pavón Benito Brepols, 2009…
Ancient Warfare
Ancient Warfare Edited by John Carman and Anthony Harding The History Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7524-5471-9 The authors examine the evidence of warfare in…
Fish and Fishermen In English Medieval Church Wall Paintings
Fish and Fishermen In English Medieval Church Wall Paintings By Frederick Buller Medlar Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-899600-98-4 Fred Buller is well respected as one…
The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript
Looking at a book written by a 15th century Venetian mariner
Interview with Linda Carroll and Laura Sanguineti White
Marin Sanudo (1466-1536) is considered to be one of the most important historians of Venice. His most important work is his Diary, which…
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks By John Ashdown-Hill Breedon Books, 2009 ISBN: 978 1 85983 686 6 Colchester is proud of being the ‘Britain’s…
Cita Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diary of Marin Sanudo
Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diary of Marin Sanudo Edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White; Translated by Linda L.…
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis By Amanda Jane Hingst University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation
Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation Edited by Katherine L. Jansen, Joanna Drell, and Frances Andrews University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet
Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet By David S. Powers University of Pennsylvania…
The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic
The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian Epic By Anna Di Lellio; with translations by Robert Elsie IB Tauris, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84885-094-1 The…
Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages
Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages By Rees Davies, edited by Brendan Smith Oxford University Press, 2009…
Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East
Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East By Michael Decker Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-19-956528-3 This…
Parks in Medieval England
Parks in Medieval England By S.A. Mileson Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-19-956567-2 Parks were prominent and, indeed, controversial features of the medieval…
Wandering Women and Holy Matrons: Women as Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages
Wandering Women and Holy Matrons: Women as Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages By Leigh Ann Craig Brill, 2009 ISBN: 9789004174269 This book explores…
The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History
The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History Edited by Pierre Bouet, Brian Levy and François Neveux Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004 ISBN: 2841332136…