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by New Medieval Books February 22, 2026

New Medieval Books: The Conqueror’s Gift

The Romans were deeply connected with peoples both within and beyond their empire. This book explores how those ties shifted between the first and seventh centuries AD—especially as Christianity spread—and how these changes reshaped the Empire.

by Sandra Alvarez May 31, 2012

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The Idea of North

Tacitus’s two important treatises, vital as sources for our knowledge of the life of the Anglo-Saxons, represent a people who know their limits and stick to them.

by Medievalists.net February 8, 2012

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Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies

Today’s nationalist movements in many eastern European countries have rediscovered the nineteenth-century ideal of the homogeneous nation-state; it is sad to see that after so many tragedies it has brought about, some more seem to follow, and often in the name of history.

by Sandra Alvarez December 1, 2010

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Homo viator et narrans judaicus – Medieval Jewish Voices in the European Narrative of the Wandering Jew

Homo viator et narrans judaicus – Medieval Jewish Voices in the European Narrative of the Wandering Jew Hasan-Rokem, Galit The Nahum Goldmann Fellowship…