New book aims to focus on the reservoir of artistic legacy of manuscript illumination from AD 900 -1050 and in the European periphery
Category: Medieval Books
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
Designing identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity
Book Review: The catalogue accompanying the exhibition on the Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity is both beautiful and informative
Atlas of Garments from Late Antiquity
Pictorial Atlas presents a lexicographic overview of all sorts of garments from Late Antiquity through art, archaeological pieces and drawings
The Bishop and the Territory from the 5th to the 13th century
New book by Florian Mazel explores how the church invented this idea of regional sovereignty, which came to inspire the later princely or monarchical states
King Harold Bluetooth’s Cross Coinage
Cross coins dominated the local coinage in Denmark during the late reign of Harold Bluetooth from c. 975 – 90 . Recently, a detailed analysis and catalogue was published.
Ordinary Writing in the 13th Century
New book by Paul Bertrand about “Ordinary Writing” in Northern France and Flanders in the long 13th century follows in the footsteps of Michael T. Clanchy
The Muslim Mercenary in the Mediterranean
Over the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Christian kings of Aragon recruited thousands of foreign Muslim soldiers to serve in their armies and as members of their royal courts. The Mercenary Mediterranean explores this little-known and misunderstood history.
Austrian Master Tailors from the 16th century
Manuscripts containing Tailors' patterns from the 16th century may not be that rare as they were used to help apprentices to pass their exams and become master tailors. However, they are often overlooked in libraries. Now three have been transcribed and fully edited.
Religion and Rulership in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
Comparative archaeological and cultural historical explorations of Late Iron Age Society in Scandinavia have uncovered a complex religious landscape
Making Early Medieval Societies
What held small- and large-scale communities of the late Roman and early medieval West together, at a time when the world seemed to be falling apart? New book explores this question from an interdisciplinary perspective