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European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 35.00Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book,... more...
Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 13.95Crusader castles and other fortifications in Cyprus, the south-western coast of Turkey, and Greece are among the best examples of late medieval military architecture to be seen in Europe. These important fortifications, erected by the Hospitallers during the 15th century to face the growing Ottoman Turkish threat, vary considerably from those in the... more...
Chivalry, Kingship and Crusade
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 99.00The central theme of this book is the largely untold story of English knighthood's ongoing obsession with the crusade fight during the age of Chaucer, "high chivalry" and the famous battles of the Hundred Years War. After combat in France and Scotland, fighting crusades was the main experience of English chivalry in the fourteenth century.... more...
The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 99.00Mystical writing flourished between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries across Europe and in England, and had a wide influence on religion and spirituality. This volume examines a range of topics within the field. The Middle English mystics (Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, Richard Rolle) receive renewed attention, with significant... more...
Gender and Material Culture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 43.95Gender and Material Culture is the first complete study in the archaeology of gender, exploring the differences between the religious life of men and women. Gender in medieval monasticism influenced landscape contexts and strategies of economic management, the form and development of buildings and their symbolic and iconographic content. Women's... more...
For Freedom Alone
Birlinn 2013; US$ 8.44The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Quoted by many, understood by few, its historical significance has now almost been overtaken by its mythic status. Since 1998, the US Senate has claimed that the American Declaration of Independence is modeled upon... more...









