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This book explores an alternate history of the power and agency of 30 Hungarian queens over 400 years by a rigorous exam......more
Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity is a pioneering work, the first to present a comprehensive analysis of fear and m......more
Edward II’s murder at Berkeley Castle in 1327 is one of the most famous and lurid tales in all of English history. But i......more
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*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice* From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a "vivid" and "astonishing......more
Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication i......more
In this pedagogical microhistory, Leah Shopkow demonstrates the skills used to present history through the biography of ......more
Contrary to common assumptions, medieval and early modern writers and poets often addressed the high value of freedom, w......more
A full-scale survey of crusading lyrics in Old French and Occitan. The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse m......more
Offers a revisionist angle to the question of sacral kingship, showing the continued importance of liturgical ceremonial......more
First full-scale account of the use of the Arthurian legend in the long twelfth century. The precedent of empire and the......more
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The motivations behind those who went on the Third Crusade examined through close investigation of their social networks......more
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First discovered in a Hungarian library in 1838, the Rohonc Codex keeps privileged company with some of the most famous ......more
An Icelandic Literary Florilegium, a special issue of New Norse Studies, is a smorgasbord of noteworthy studies and brin......more
In The Medieval Economy of Salvation, Adam J. Davis shows how the burgeoning commercial economy of western Europe in the......more
Throughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshaled in the fight against Musl......more
In Souls under Siege, Nicole Archambeau explores how the inhabitants of southern France made sense of the ravages of suc......more
This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It......more
This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages.......more
The Black Death of 1348-9 is the most catastrophic event and worst pandemic in recorded history. After the Black Death o......more
Crusades covers the seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws togethe......more
The Irish tower house examines the social role of castles in late-medieval and early modern Ireland. It uses a multidisc......more
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The Gulathing Law regulates relations between the social classes, the king and his officers, the clergy, and the peasant......more
Explores how the Fifth Crusade was remembered and commemorated during its triumphs and immediately after its disastrous ......more
The fifteenth-century Romanian Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is among the most intriguing per......more
The earliest chronicle of England in Dutch is found in a series of chronicles published in 1480 by Jan Veldener, who had......more
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This unique collection makes available, for the first time, translations of medieval Italian jurisprudence, including co......more
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This volume explores the process of social changes which unfolded in rural society of early medieval Bengal, especially ......more
The Routledge History of Monarchy draws together current research across the field of royal studies, providing a rich un......more
Peter Harrop offers a reappraisal of mummers’ plays, which have long been regarded as a form of ’folk’ or ’traditional’ ......more
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This is the first comprehensive study of the contribution that texts from Britain and Ireland made to the development of......more
What was a "garden" in medieval and early modern British culture and how was it imagined? How did it change as Europe op......more
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Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to ask explicitly how......more
This book collects and analyses the available biographical data on 600 Jewish medical practitioners in the Muslim world ......more
The first in a groundbreaking two-volume history of Henry III’s rule "Professor Carpenter is one of Britain’s foremost m......more
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The societies of ancient Europe underwent a continual process of militarisation, and this would come to be a defining ch......more
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An authoritative and comprehensive account of an important area centred around the town of Howden. This is the second pa......more
An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literatur......more
Argues the case for the individual as autonomous moral agent in the later Middle Ages. "Of fundamental importance for an......more
Authoritative and comprehensive history of the town of Tamworth and its environs. In the centre of a parish with several......more
First extended treatment of the city of St Andrews during the middle ages. St Andrews was of tremendous significance in ......more
Drawing on a wealth of sources from different disciplines, the essays here provide a nuanced picture of how medieval and......more
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This book explores why Ethiopian kings pursued long-distance diplomatic contacts with Latin Europe in the late Middle Ag......more
Engaging the Crusades is a series of volumes which offer windows into a newly emerging field of historical study: the me......more
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In Acts of Care, Sara Ritchey recovers women’s healthcare work by identifying previously overlooked tools of care: heali......more
In Acts of Care, Sara Ritchey recovers women’s healthcare work by identifying previously overlooked tools of care: heali......more
Thomas Aquinas’ Summa theologiae is one of the classics in the history of theology and philosophy. Beyond its influence ......more
Festive Enterprise reveals marketplace pressures at the heart of dramatic form in medieval and Renaissance drama. In Fes......more
Festive Enterprise reveals marketplace pressures at the heart of dramatic form in medieval and Renaissance drama. In Fes......more
An enlightening history of pilgrimage, journeying into the past and following in the footsteps of travellers who traipse......more
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Framed by evocative inscriptions, tumultuous historical events, and the ambiguities of Christian death, Romanesque tomb ......more
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This study investigates the affective agency of the book, through the emotional literacy training that a single codex pr......more
The volume explores the relationship between religion and violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Early modern pe......more
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"In March 2021 the Jewish Museum Vienna will be opening its new permanent exhibition at Museum Judenplatz. The exhibitio......more
The name Grace O’Malley stands forever as a sign and symbol that even in repressive times no one can be held back that c......more
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The first complete translation of the Bible into English was produced by the followers of John Wyclif in the last quarte......more
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This collaborative collection provides fresh perspectives on Christianity and the conduct of war in medieval East Centra......more
This book explores the creation of saintly spheres surrounding Sufi masters who functioned as embodiments of Islamic sai......more
Memory was vital to the functioning of the medieval world. People in medieval societies shared an identity based on comm......more
What is the value of mapping how neurons fire when engaging with literature and art? How can we understand psychological......more
"Born in the late 9th century Baghdad, the Abbåasid grammarian Abåu Bakr Muòhammad b. Saòhl Ibn al-Sarråaj came to be re......more
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