New Books

Climate Upheavals and a Transformed Earth
25/03/2023Hurdling along the abyss, humanity in the Anthropocene seems to be reaching the point of no return. A new book tells our global history from the beginning to the foreseeable collapse. The questions asked are: How did we get there? And what mistakes did we make on the way? Read more

Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period
15/03/2023Who were the Saami? And what was the dynamic character of the relationship between the Saami and the Norse Peoples? New book aims to decolonise the perspective. Read more

The Earth Transformed – An Untold Story
15/03/2023We live at a time when climate and nature feel like staging a cataclysmic revenge. In this groundbreaking book, Peter Frankopan, tells the hitherto untold story of how mankind was always in a cosmic battle most of us were doomed to lose Read more

Networking in Late Medieval Central Europe
11/02/2023Late Medieval Society buzzed with entanglements between merchants, religious people, students, artists, and diplomats. What role did kinship, friendship and coupling play for networks? New Book explores letters, account books and other sources Read more

How did People in the Middle Ages Cross Major Rivers?
03/02/2023How to cross a major river? Do you look for at ford? Or do you negotiate with the local ferryman? And who regulates their business? New books seeks to answer these questions as regards the German rivers, Neckar and Main. Read more

Werewolves – a Key to understand the Old Norse World of Wilderness?
17/01/2023The Old Norse idea of wilderness, landscapes and human beings differed radically from that of Latin and Christian Europe. A new study of ten narratives about wolves in the Old Norse-Icelandic poems, sagas and other texts offers valuable insights into this half-forgotten and complex world Read more

Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
15/01/2023The famous chivalric romance of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight continue to capture our imagination with its stories of a hero on a famous quest. New book claims to identify the author. Read more

The Diversity of Historical Writing in the Long Twelfth Century
11/01/2023Medieval Chronicles in the twelfth Century held texts representing a wide variety of literary forms. A new book explores the diversity of historical writing produced and copied during the long twelfth Century Read more