The postal system of the Byzantine Empire, the cursus publicus or dromos, was a pony express-style system of routes and ......more

Engaging Eriugena, Eckhart and Cusanus contains two new essays and nine others published between 2005 and 2019. The essa......more

A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing......more

Covering areas in today’s Ukraine, Poland, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Slovakia, this book studies the impact of both......more

Covering areas in today’s Ukraine, Poland, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Slovakia, this book studies the impact of both......more

The first tile to appear in medieval times was the ceramic floor tile in the thirteenth century. Such tiles were exclusi......more

What did medieval authors know about their world? Were they parochial and focused on just their monastery, town, or king......more

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Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings, a classical book, has been considered essential t......more

The Middle Ages have provided rich source material for physical and digital games from Dungeons and Dragons to Assassin’......more

This volume, the third in the series MediTo, investigates the changing landscapes of Tuscany during Late Antiquity and t......more

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of Englan......more

A radical shift took place in medieval Europe that still shapes contemporary intellectual life: freeing themselves from ......more

Opening up Carolingian history to a new generation, this book draws on recently translated primary sources to examine th......more

Edition and translation of this important genre of Old Welsh poetry. The "Stanzas of the Graves" or "Graves of the Warri......more

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so tha......more

This study reconstructs Hypatia’s existential and intellectual life and her modern Nachleben through a reception-oriente......more

In 878, Alfred, king of Wessex was on the verge of oblivion. Trapped on a small island in the Somerset Levels, it seemed......more

In the eighth century, the Byzantine Empire began a campaign to remove or suppress sacred images that depicted Christ, t......more

An edition and English translation of the Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror for Fools), a long Latin beast epic written nea......more

Writing Holiness contributes to exciting new critical conversations in the study of medieval hagiography in Western Chri......more

This research volume reassesses one of the most fundamental transformations in Late Antiquity, centered on a pivotal reg......more

Late medieval and early modern cities in Europe could not exist without the use of the written word. Based on a case stu......more

Opening up Carolingian history to a new generation, this book draws on recently translated primary sources to examine th......more

Long takes advantage of the fifteenth century’s intense interest in the Virgin Mary, the best-documented mother of the m......more

In recent decades the concept of Mediterranean has been cited with increasing frequency in relation to the study of medi......more

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Doreen Waugh was a native Shetlander and a well-renowned scholar of Old Norse and Gaelic place-names in Northern Scotlan......more

Although household goods are a well-establish topic in Medieval and Early Modern archaeology, more recent research is ov......more

New essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer’s poetry. Chaucer never went to Bohemia......more

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Although it is fashionable among modernists to claim that globalism emerged only since ca. 1800, the opposite can well b......more

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Thomas Hoccleve produced the first author-curated ’collected poems’ in the English language, preserved in two complement......more

The Findern Manuscript (Cambridge University Library, Ff.1.6): A New Edition of the Unique Poems is the first critical e......more

From the mid-twelfth century onwards, the development of European hospitals was shaped by their claim to the legal statu......more

This volume celebrates the storied career of Stephen N. Fliegel, the former Robert Bergman Curator of Medieval Art at th......more

First published in 1976, Nobles and the Noble Life, 1295-1500 offers a rounded picture of aristocratic life in England f......more

This book addresses a little-considered aspect of the study of the history of emotions in medieval literature: the depic......more

Edward William Lane (17 September 1801 - 10 August 1876) was a British orientalist, translator and lexicographer. He is ......more

Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe challenges the dominant paradigm of what rulership is and who rulers ......more

The Significance of Doorway Positions in English Medieval Parochial Churches and Chapels analyses the positions of exter......more

Detailed material characterizations highlight the elemental chemical composition and purity of the alloys used by the je......more

An exhilarating chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordina......more

Immersed in mist and old magic, Storyland is an exquisitely illustrated new mythology of Britain, set in its wildest lan......more

Text with facing English translation provides fascinating insights into medieval religious life. In 1397 the bishop of H......more

Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred places in early medieval Ireland. In......more

An expansive consideration of charms as a deeply integrated aspect of the English Middle Ages. Katherine Storm Hindley e......more

A reparative reading of stories about medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Much of what we know about Eleanor of Aquitai......more

’The Atlantic as Mythical Space’ is a study of medieval culture and its concomitant myths, legends and fantastic narrati......more

A new history of the medieval illustrations that birthed modern anatomy. This book is the first history of medieval Euro......more

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the landscapes of the Middle Ages within and beyond Europe, paying close at......more

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the landscapes of the Middle Ages within and beyond Europe, paying close at......more

Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For th......more

Stories of murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies gone wrong, tragic accidents and criminal gangs from court records ......more

The 10th century in Western Europe includes eleven essays, ranging from Portugal to Iceland, including Spain, England, I......more

This fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history ......more

Why did enduring traditions of economic and political liberty emerge in Western Europe and not elsewhere? Representative......more

Why did enduring traditions of economic and political liberty emerge in Western Europe and not elsewhere? Representative......more

This is a study of the relationship between the institution of the double monastery and Aldhelm of Malmesbury’s treatise......more

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of ......more

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of ......more

Gaelic literati were an elite and influential group in the social hierarchy of Irish lordships between c. 1300 and 1600.......more

The fortified hilltop town of Capalbiaccio is a lost Etruscan settlement, a site that developed out of prehistory to bec......more

TRADE: Transformations of Adriatic Europe presents the proceedings of a 2016 conference held in Zadar (Croatia) which an......more

Justice and injustice were subjects of ongoing debate in medieval Europe. Received classical and biblical models both in......more

Are you fascinated by tales of ancient gods, goddesses, villains and heroes? Do you want to learn more about the enchant......more

Caesarius was a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Heisterbach in Germany, where he served as Master of novices. For th......more

In the early Middle Ages (ninth to eleventh centuries), Italy became the target of Muslim campaigns. The Muslims conquer......more

The ’Leiden Glossary’ provides a record of the understanding and interpretation of the patristic and grammatical texts s......more

David Koehler continues his history of German peasants with this brilliant second volume, the companion to Bakers, Brewe......more

Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the dep......more

Papers focus on two central topics regarding past funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation, and......more

Suburbia and Rural Landscapes in Medieval Sicily presents the results of the main ongoing archaeological and historical ......more