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Toni Mount

The Colour of Darkness

Midsummer in medieval London should be a time of revelry, but for many, there is nothing to celebrate. Death stalks the sweltering streets as plague raises its hideous head, livelihoods crumble, and trust…

Bernard Faure

From Stars to Stones

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, From Stars to Stones is the fourth installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-rit…

The Cambridge Companion to Late Medieval English Kingship

For over a hundred years scholars have written about late medieval kingship, and a vast body of published work now exists on the subject. However, in all this rich coverage, no accessible introduction to …

Karl Whittington

Queer Making

What role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question by referring to historical evidence about an artist?s sexual identity or to particular kinds of image…

Jonathan R Lyon

Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe

What was an "advocate" (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the Middle Ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this groundbreaking study, Jonath…

A Cultural History of Education in the Medieval Age

A thematic overview of education and its place in Western society and culture in the medieval age.

E K Myerson

The Desire for Syria in Medieval England

In June 1458, two boats were cornered by pirates off the coast of Malta. Their captain - Robert Sturmy - proved no match for the notorious Genoese freebooter Giuliano Gattilusio and was summarily killed b…

Approaches to the Medieval Self

The main aim of this book is to discuss various modes of studying and defining the medieval self, based on a wide span of sources from medieval Western Scandinavia, c. 800-1500, such as archeological evid…

Asa Simon Mittman

Cartographies of Exclusion

"Analyzes representations of Jews on medieval English Christian maps, focusing on cartographic imagery intended by royal and ecclesiastical patrons to define, constrain, and dehumanize Jews"--

Said Amir Arjomand

Messianism and Sociopolitical Revolution in Medieval Islam

"This is a fascinating account of a far too little known revolutionary tradition, essential reading for all those interested in the comparative study of revolutionary phenomena. The book is a major a…

Patricia Lovett

The Art of the Scribe

Exploring the art of medieval and Renaissance calligraphy, The Art of the Scribe offers a hands-on guide with over twenty projects inspired by historical manuscripts, and includes stunning imagery and ste…

Law, Justice, and Society in the Medieval World

This coursebook is the first full-length study of cinematic "legal medievalism," or the modern interpretation of medieval law in film and popular cultureFor more than a century, filmmakers have …

Law, Justice, and Society in the Medieval World

This coursebook is the first full-length study of cinematic "legal medievalism," or the modern interpretation of medieval law in film and popular cultureFor more than a century, filmmakers have …

The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing

The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach Mongoli…

Håndgemeng

Satanic Panic Attack (Limited Edition) (Grey Marble Vinyl)

Robert A H Evans

God and History in the Early Medieval West

This is a book about the basic narrative sources we use to tell the story of early medieval Europe, the authors who wrote them, and the audiences who read them.

Krista A Milne

The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England

It is generally accepted that the contingencies of manuscript survival have disproportionately destroyed some sorts of manuscripts and not others, but there is no consensus as to which sorts. Considerable…

Robert Bartlett

History in Flames

The writings of the medieval period come down to us in manuscripts, which are highly vulnerable. This book explores cases in which large numbers of such manuscripts were rapidly destroyed by human force s…

Anthony Bale,

Reisen im Mittelalter

>>Lebendig, spannend und erstaunlich. Hier erleben wir, was es heißt, in fremden Ländern unterwegs zu sein, damals wie heute<<, schreibt John Arnold, Professor für Geschichte des Mittelalters …