'Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz', tells the story of how Jews expressed their belonging to a minority community
Category: Medieval Books
Logical Fictions in Medieval Literature and Philosophy
New book explores how new ways of storytelling and inventing fictions appeared in the French-speaking areas of Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
The Cross of Cong: A Masterpiece of Medieval Irish Art
The Cross of Cong is one one of Ireland's great national treasures
Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages
New book explores how seals were used throughout medieval society in a wide range of contexts: royal, governmental, ecclesiastical, legal as well as in a more private and personal context.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Judaism, Christianity and Islam continues to engender each other. New book explores the inter-faith relations from the Middle Ages and up until now
New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies
The contributors to this collection of essays explore a range of issues, from the study of medieval literary manuscripts to the history of medieval books, libraries, literacy and censorship.
The Archpoet and Medieval Culture
Archpoet is the name given to an anonymous 12th century author of ten medieval Latin poems. This monograph explores their historical and cultural context
Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cracow and Lesser Poland
This collection of papers explores the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city of Cracow and the surrounding region of Lesser Poland.
The World of Saint Patrick
In The World of Saint Patrick, classical scholar Philip Freeman offers the definitive account of Saint Patrick's life through new and vibrant translations of the greatest works of early Christian Ireland
Medieval Muslim Historians
In Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant seven leading scholars examine the lives and historical writings of seven medieval Muslim historians
Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant
Series: Muslim World in the Age of the Crusades
By Alex Mallett (Ed)
BRILL 2014
ISBN-10: 9004277412
ISBN-13: 978-9004277410
ABSTRACT:
In Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant seven leading scholars examine the lives and historical writings of seven medieval Muslim historians whose works are relevant to the history of the crusading period in the Levant (c.1097-c.1291). Contributors include: Frédéric Bauden, Niall Christie, Anne-Marie Eddé, Konrad Hirschler, Alex Mallett, and Françoise Micheau, Lutz Richter-Bernburg
CONTENTS:
Preliminary Material- Introduction
- Ibn al-Qalānisī
- ʿImād al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī
- Ibn al-Athīr
- Sibṭ Ibn al-Jawzī
- Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar Ibn al-ʿAdīm
- Ibn Wāṣil: An Ayyūbid Perspective on Frankish Lordships and Crusades
- Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Maqrīzī
- Index
ABOUT THE EDITOR:
Alex Mallett (Ph.D. 2009, University of Edinburgh) is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. He is the author of Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant, 1097-1291 (Ashgate, 2014), and co-editor of the five-volume series Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History (Brill, 2009-2013).
England, Arise – The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381
'England, Arise' paints a picture of medieval life that illuminates a volatile England on the verge of extraordinary social changes around 1381
Joan of Arc – A History
This is a brilliant biography of Joan of Arc, telling the story in a new and fresh way
Edward II – The Unconventional King
Surrounded by myth, the story of the life of edward II is stripped to the bare bones in a new book.
Edward II: The Unconventional King
by Kathryn Warner and with a foreword by Ian Mortimer
Amberley Publishing 2014
ISBN-10: 1445641208
ISBN-13: 978-1445641201
ABSTRACT:
He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom. He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history. His wife took a lover and invaded his kingdom, and he ended his reign wandering around Wales with a handful of followers, pursued by an army. He was the first king of England forced to abdicate his throne. Popular legend has it that he died screaming impaled on a red-hot poker, but in fact the time and place of his death are shrouded in mystery. His life reads like an Elizabethan tragedy, full of passionate doomed love, bloody revenge, jealousy, hatred, vindictiveness and obsession. He was Edward II, and this book tells his story. The focus here is on his relationships with his male ‘favourites’ and his disaffected wife, on his unorthodox lifestyle and hobbies, and on the mystery surrounding his death. Using almost exclusively fourteenth-century sources and Edward s own letters and speeches wherever possible, Kathryn Warner strips away the myths which have been created about him over the centuries, and provides a far more accurate and vivid picture of him than has previously been seen.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kathryn Warner holds a BA and an MA with Distinction in medieval history and literature from the University of Manchester. She has had an article about the earl of Kent’s plot of 1330 published in the English Historical Review in 2011, and also one about a fifteenth-century manuscript published in the Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. When she is not immersed in the fourteenth century, she works as a teacher and translator.
Anglo-Saxon Farms and Farming
New book on farming in Anglo-Saxon England approaches the subject by using a wide variety of sources to create a fully-rounded picture
Medieval People
Biographies entice readers. Here are the stories of 70 persons, who made the Middle ages
Names, Christian Names and Family Names in the Middle Ages
The use of surnames became widespread in France between AD 1000 - 1400. New book presents the material and analyses the development of the new fashion