Wulfstan of York is famous for his sermons, legal tracts and other writings chastising the English for moral decrepitude. Now his writings have been translated into modern English
Category: Medieval Books
Friendship in Medieval Iberia
New study explores friendship as witnessed in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Siete Partidas and other similar texts from 13th century Iberia
Healthcare in Early Medieval Northern Italy
The knowledge of medicine and healthcare in the Middle Ages is generally thought of as very primitive. This books sets out to rectify this
The Psalter and Hours of Humphrey de Bohun
Between 1361 and 1384 a group of Augustinian friars created the de Bohun manuscripts at Pleshey Castle. The story about the patrons, the friars and the eleven books is told in a new book
Magna Carta
2015 England and with it large parts of the Anglo-Saxon World is set to celebrate the 800-year anniversary of Magna Carta. A spat of books are in the crucible
Hirsel Church
At Hirsel near Coldstream on the river Tweed excavations have uncovered a a small proprietary church from the 9th century and its adjacent cemetery
Hagia Sophia and the Aesthetic Experience
The church of Hagia Sophia built in the period AD 532 -537 in Constantinople was praised for its extraordinary luminosity
Bright Lights in the Dark Ages – Early Medieval Ornaments
‘Bright Lights in the Dark Ages’ features over two hundred stunning and extremely rare early medieval gold and precious stonework objects
Bright Lights in the Dark Ages: The Thaw Collection of Early Medieval Ornaments
by Noël Adams
GILES (October 14, 2014)
ISBN-10: 1907804250
ISBN-13: 978-1907804250
ABSTRACT:
Bright Lights of the Dark Ages is a major new volume on early Medieval art. It features over two hundred stunning and extremely rare early medieval gold and precious stonework objects, including brooches, buckles, shields, clasps, spoons and other “grave goods”, that were interred as status symbols with their owners in burials mounds across Europe.
The new societies of the early Medieval period which developed on the periphery of the great Roman Empire – Germanic barbarians in western Europe, Sarmatian and later Alanic tribes around the Black Sea, and the eastern frontier cities bordering the Parthian Empire in Iran – were all shaped by interaction with the Roman Empire, and profoundly influenced by its material culture.
Author Noël Adams surveys the magnificent pieces that were made to advertise power and wealth in these new “barbarian” kingdoms which arose after the fall of the Roman Empire, and in doing so shows the dramatic and surprising relationship
between these “migration era” objects and later medieval art. In a volume full of wonderful images, highlights include Gothic and Visigothic imperial style brooches from modern-day Slovakia and Crimea, superb Gallo-Roman spoons and enamelled domed brooches and buckles from Northern Europe and Britain.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Noël Adams is currently Administrator and Deputy Curator of the Furusiyya Art Foundation. She publishes widely on material culture of the first millennium A.D. and has co-edited and contributed papers to the British Museum Research Publication series, most recently: Recent Research on Byzantine Jewellery (2010) and ‘Gems of Heaven’: Recent Research on Engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity, AD 200–600 (2011). Dr. Adams has organized exhibitions at the National Trust Visitor Centre at Sutton Hoo, the British Museum, and the Morgan Library & Museum in New York.
Learning to Die in London 1380-1540
An educated awareness of death and mortality was a vital aspect of medieval civic culture. This book tells the story of how to die in London in the Later Middle Ages
Historians on Chaucer
The aim of this volume is to introduce historians to the literary qualities and characteristics of one of the most famous works of Middle English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer's 'General Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales.
Blessed Louis
In a recent book Gaposchkin demonstrates how the Royal Family, the Franciscans and the Cistercians manipulated the hagiographical myth of the blessed Louis
Saint Louis – a Biography by Le Goff
The research took more than ten years before Le Goff could finish his magnum opus, a biography of Saint Louis (1214 – 1270). Today it is a classic
The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy
New book presents Sainte-Chapelle in Paris as much more than a revered architectural and artistic masterpiece. It was also the crucible of the ideas of sacral monarchy forged in 19th century Paris
Saint Louis – Catalogue of the Exhibition in Paris 2014
In connection with the grand exhibition in Paris celebrating the 800-anniversary of Saint Louis, a large and beautiful catalogue has been published
Power and Sainthood
A new book about the Swedish saint, Birgitta, investigates how Birgitta went about establishing her power and authority
Cosmas of Prague: Narrative, Classicism, Politics
Cosmas of Prague: Narrative, Classicism, Politics' explores new ways in which to study medieval historical writing. It analyzes the oldest history of a Slavic people written by a Slav