Medieval Jewelry and Burial Assemblages in Croatia have been studied to provide relative and absolute chronologies
Category: Medieval Books
The First Book of Fashion
The First Book of Fashion is a unique fashion-journal written and illustrated by a German Clerk from Renaissance Augsburg
Origins of the European Economy
Michael McCormick's magisterial study of the "Origins of the European Economy" has redrawn our understanding of the economic history of the Early Middle Ages
The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi
Facts or fairy tale? Each year we tell the wondrous story about the brilliant star and the magi bringing gifts to Baby Jesus. New book about the Star of Bethlehem explores the ancient context of the story and its role in the formation of Late Antiquity.
Lejre – Myth and Archaeology
REVIEW: New excellent book tells the story of the mythological royal centre in Gl. Lejre c. 500 -1000 from an archaeological and historical point of perspective.
Dating of Beowulf
BOOK REVIEW: Evidence mounts that Beowulf was in all likelihood written in the end of the 7th or beginning of the 8th century, the Time of Bede
Joan de Valence c. 1230 – 1307
REVIEW: Joan de Valence c. 1230 – 1307 was a great heiress with powerful roles to play as wife, mother and head of a princely household. New book tells the story
The Cambridge Companion to Sufism
Sufism represents the mystical and spiritual tradition of Islam. New handbook outlines the doctrine, history and modern controversies. Must-read for all, who think that Islam is not many-facetted.
Images-within-Images in Italian Painting 1250-1350. Reality and Reflexivity
Paintings within paintings are seldom just decorative details. More often than not they function as meta-commentaries or framing of the painting itself (or vice-versa). This book traces the the phenomenon in the paintings of Giotto and the Lorenzetti Brothers
Burghers in Medieval Paris
This important book about the life of burghers in Paris in the Middle Ages is written in the best tradition of the Annales – School.
Resounding Images: Medieval Intersections of Art, Music, and Sound
How to imagine the soundscape of the Middle Ages? Clues may be found in the visual images of sound escaping reliefs and paintings. This is the theme of a new book
The Saint between Manuscript and Print in Italy, 1400-1600
Late Medieval and Early Modern Italian Saints were of a diverse origin: canonized, popularly recognized, or self-proclaimed. As such their cults spread through manuscripts, printed pamphlets, music and festive culture.
Muslim Sources on the Magyars in the Second Half of the 9th Century
Knowledge about the Magyars (Hungarians) before the conquest of the conquest of the Carpathian Basin stems from Muslim sources. New book considers these sources from a philological and historiographical concerns, this raises
Liturgy, Books and Franciscan Identity in Medieval Umbria
New book explores the Franciscans and their relationship with manuscript production networks operating in Umbrian the 13th and 14th centuries
Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation
This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation
How to Plan a Crusade
New book is not about what every man should know before venturing to Syria these days, but rather a thorough and exemplary book on what it took to mount a crusade in the Middle Ages