The World of Medieval Monasticism: Its History and Forms of Life tells the story of how countless religious people searched for a more spiritual life
Category: Medieval Books
History of Rhythms in the Middle Ages
In a new book Jean-Claude Schmitt writes about how people experienced medieval rhythms. And how the rhythms of their world ruptured
Ancient Rus and Medieval Europe: The Emergence of Early Medieval States
The complex questions concerning the emergence of Early Medieval states in Ancient Rus and Medieval Europe were at the forefront of a conference in 2012
The Idea of a Moral Economy
The Idea of a Moral Economy is the first modern edition and translation of three questions disputed in 1330 by the theologian Gerard of Siena.
Debt in Late Medieval France
Debt could be excruciating in the Middle Ages, when debtors might be excommunicated at the request of their creditors. New book explores this business.
Medieval Legal Plunder
Medieval things mattered. No more so than in the Late Middle Ages, when wealth became more ubiquitous. This led to the institutionalisation of legal plunder, explored by a new book by Daniel Lord Smail
Landscapes of the Islamic World
This new book explores the different landscapes of the pre-modern Islamic world, looking beyond the city to engage with its predominantly pastoral character
Beowulf – soon to be – Unlocked
Soon Michael Drout publish his long-awaited book on Beowulf. The blurb promises us "The implications will overturn the current scholarly consensus".
Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages
11th Cardiff Conference on the Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages focus on Medieval Translations and Their Readership
Manuscript Illumination AD 900 – 1050
New book aims to focus on the reservoir of artistic legacy of manuscript illumination from AD 900 -1050 and in the European periphery
The Vandals – Rise and Fall of a Barbarian Kingdom
The Vandals gave their name to a word still invoking fear: vandalism. But who were they and what role did they play in the history of Late Antiquity
Mortality and Community in Medieval Europe
CfP for abstracts for chapters to be included in an upcoming volume on Mortality and Death in Medieval and Early Modern art, history, and culture.
Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
Gendering the Late Medieval World is a new scholarly book series aiming not only at presenting particular case-studies but also contribute to theoretical and methodological reflections on gender in a wider context.
The Marys of Medieval Drama
"The Marys of Medieval Drama" contains modern translations of plays performed during the late Middle Ages in England about the lives of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene
Environmental Disasters in the Medieval Levant
BOOK REVIEW: Sarah Kate Raphael explores the interplay between the climate in Medieval Levant and the politics of crusading and warring in the region
Companion to the Medieval Papacy
New companion from Brill promises to be an important introduction to the institutions and political ideologies of the Medieval Papacy