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Geoffrey Khan

Arabic Documents from Medieval Nubia

This volume presents an edition of a corpus of Arabic documents datable to the 11th and 12th centuries AD that were discovered by the Egypt Exploration Society at the site of the Nubian fortress Qär Ibr m…

Katharine Sykes

Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England

Katharine Sykes examines a new type of household to emerge in early medieval England: the monastic household. Reproducing through education and training, rather than biological means, monastic households …

Prognostication in the Medieval World

This handbook offers the first systematic overview of methods and contexts of prognostication in Europe and the Mediterranean between 500 and 1500. The practices of medieval prophets and astrologers seem …

Emma Campbell

Reinventing Babel in Medieval French

Drawing on case studies from the francophone cultures of Flanders, England, and northern France, this volume explores how medieval texts challenge modern definitions of language, text, and translation.

Jeremy Harte

Fairy Encounters in Medieval England

Strange tales from many medieval genres prove that experience, not fiction, underlay fairy beliefs. Supernatural beings took on similar forms whether they were supposed to be ghosts or goblins, saints or …

Daniel Wakelin

Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England

"Daniel Wakelin introduces and reinterprets the misunderstood and overlooked craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes involved in making some of the most important manuscripts in late …

Hannah Ryley

Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England

Explores the practices and processes by which manuscripts were crafted, mended, protected, marked, gifted and shared.

Craig Tichelkamp

The Mystified Letter: How Medieval Theology Can Reenchant the Practice of Reading

Reading has become a problem--not just of attention, comprehension, or illiteracy rates, but of politics, society, and religion. The Mystified Letter offers an alternative to this malaise: a theology of r…

Michael Fishbane

Jewish Biblical Interpretation: Medieval and Modern

Following his first wide-ranging collection on biblical text and exegetical culture, Michael Fishbane supplements his previous investigations with this second volume of collected writings. It includes clo…

Three Political Tales from Medieval Germany

Translations of three texts that reveal much about medieval political thought and remain relevant to today's political systems

Cantus 1: Mediaeval Pagan Folk

Mary Channen Caldwell

Devotional Refrains in Medieval Latin Song

Aimed at musicologists, medievalists, religious studies scholars and general readers interested in early music, this book reveals the importance of Latin refrains in the lives of religious communities in …

Mark Bergin,

Spectacular Visual Guides: A Medieval Castle

A Medieval Castle examines the architectural achievements and hidden secrets held within the walls of some of history's greatest fortifications. Explore the motives behind medieval castle building in this…

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and understanding of human-made objects and their consequences and impacts. The power and agenc…

Medieval English in a Multilingual Context

This edited book examines the multilingual culture of medieval England, exploring its impact on the development of English and its textual manifestations from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book of…

David Watt,

Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England

'We live,' according to Adam Kotsko, 'in an awkward age.' While this condition may present some challenges, it may also help us to be more attuned to awkwardness in other ages. This book pairs medieval te…

Caroline Goodson

Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy

Demonstrates how food-growing gardens in early medieval cities transformed Roman ideas and economic structures into new, medieval values.

Erin K. Wagner

The Language of Heresy in Late Medieval English Literature

As vernacular writers of late medieval England navigated the difficulties of composing orthodox texts, both religious and otherwise, they encountered a limited lexicon. As a consequence, English works of …

Frederico de Freitas (1902-1980)

The Silly Girl's Dance

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Alvaro Cassuto