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Crucial texts from ninth- and tenth-century Wales analysed to show their key role in identify formation. WINNER OF THE FRANCIS JONES PRIZE 2022 Early medieval writers viewed the world as divided into …

This is the first comprehensive biography of Fulk Nerra, an important medieval ruler, who came to power in his teens and rose to be master in the west of the French Kingdom. Descendant of warriors an …

In Experimental Histories , Hannah Weaver examines the medieval practice of interpolation—inserting material from one text into another—which is often categorized as being a problematic, inauthentic …

A comprehensive survey of the origins, development, and influence of the most important monastic order in the middle ages. The men and women that followed the sixth-century customs of Benedict of Nur …

This book presents a synthetic history of the family–the most basic building block of medieval Jewish communities–in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the sp …

Fascination with royal pomp and circumstance is as old as kingship itself. The authors of Coronations examine royal ceremonies from the ninth to the sixteenth century, and find the very essence of th …

In this bold approach to late antiquity, Garth Fowden shows how, from the second-century peak of Rome’s prosperity to the ninth-century onset of the Islamic Empire’s decline, powerful beliefs in One …

"The Hollow Land" is a delusion novel written by way of William Morris, an outstanding discern in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the past due nineteenth century. The novel intertwines elem …

The aim of this book is to explore the characteristics of the medieval dragon and discuss the sometimes differing views found in the relevant medieval text types. Based on an intimate knowledge of th …

From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects Between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, European Chri …