Even though clothes in Late Antiquity might be mended and remade until they were threadbare, they might still be embellished with cut out appliques of recycled tapestries.
Category: Medieval Books
Cræft – True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
An archaeologist takes us into the ancient world of traditional crafts to uncover their deep, original histories. Filled with a slow living it speaks to out innermost and deep yearning af a simple life
Cod, Herring and Medieval Sea Fishing
Around the year 1000, Marine Fishing came to play a significant role supplying nutritious protein. New book gathers the results of decades of research.
Cnut the Great – A New Biography
Cnut the Great is one of the overlooked English kings. Maligned as aprimitive Viking conqueror, the story has most often been told as a civilising project carried out by Emma. Not so in this new biography.
Dead Viking Warriors in Living Memory.
The archaeologist, Anne Pedersen, has painstakingly sifted through the reports of excavations of Viking warrior tombs in Denmark. New book tells the story
Cultural Environmental History Research
We may feel that nature is given. But it is also a significant cultural and historical construct. New book offers introduction to environmental history
Environment in the Classical and Medieval Worlds
Environmentalism covers the ancient idea that environments and climate influences our mentalities. New book offers an introduction
Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures
New series in environmental humanities aim to offer interdisciplinary approaches to medieval, early modern, and global pre-industrial cultures
Mother of Mercy – Bane of the Jews
In Anglo-Norman England, the Benedictines found innovative ways to venerate Mary as the Mother of Mercy exhibiting her as the favourite enemy of the Jews.
Mary of Mercy in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art
Mary of Mercy sheltering her devotees beneath her blue cape is a beloved icon of faithful Christians. A new book traces the history of this emblem.
Medieval Islamic Maps
Why is South always on top of medieval Islamic Maps? And why are the islands in the Mediterranean placed like pearls on a string ? New book tells the story.
William the Conqueror
A lifetime of scholarship plus fifteen years of hard work has been invested in David Bates’ new biography of William the Conqueror. We should be grateful!
Remembering the Crusades and Crusading
The Crusades were much more than just adventurous escapades into the peripheries of European Christendom. They were also powerful loci for memory.
Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire
Love a good medieval read? Pick up the ‘Tales from The Long Twelfth Century’ by Richard Huscroft and read all about the 'Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire'.
The Age of Opus Anglicanum: a Symposium
The great age of Apus Anglicanum fell between 1200 - 1400. New book explores the many facets of this magnificent art-form and the preserved pieces
English Medieval Embroidery – Opus Anglicanum
From 1250 - 1350 English embroidery - Opus Anglicanum - made queens, kings and popes very avaricious. Catalogue to exhibition 2016 tells the story