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Richard A Pegg, Tongyun Yin, Zheng Wei

Early to Medieval Chinese Pottery

A thorough and stunning look at The MacLean Collection Asian Art Museum, which consists of more than five thousand objects, from Neolithic times to the present, focused in three media--pottery, bronze, an…

Atta Muhammad

Sufis in Medieval Baghdad

This book examines the political and social activities of Sufis in Baghdad in the period 1000-1258. It argues that Sufis played an important role in creating a public sphere that existed between ordinary …

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 …

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.

Daniel Wakelin

Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England

This volume elucidates the craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes of scribes of late medieval English manuscripts to students and researchers. Introducing misunderstood and overlooke…

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…

Rory Naismith

Early Medieval Britain, c. 500-1000

Deconstructs the early history of Britain, illustrating a transformative era with wide-ranging sources and an accessible narrative.

Cantus 1: Mediaeval Pagan Folk

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

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 …

Graham Barrett

Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia

Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia offers a new approach to the sociocultural history of the northern Iberian Peninsula in the early Middle Ages, using the first complete survey of the over 4,00…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Frederico de Freitas (1902-1980)

The Silly Girl's Dance

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Alvaro Cassuto