Category Archives: Publications

Research on medieval encyclopedism has generated excellent results in various fields so far, but it still suffers at times from a propensity for compartmentalization, with the result that Arabists, Byzantinists, Latinists, and Romanicists are only rarely involved in common schemes. … Lire la suite →

A History of Women in Christianity to 1600 presents a continuous narrative account of women’s engagement with the Christian tradition from its origins to the seventeenth century, synthesizing a diverse range of scholarship into a single, easily accessible volume. Locating … Lire la suite →

Le livre étudie les connexions repérables et les comparaisons possibles entre les sociétés de l’Eurasie, autour de l’an 1000, afin de percevoir les caractères originaux de chacune au sein de solidarités planétaires. Les historiens spécialistes de domaines très différents: le … Lire la suite →

New editions and translations of the two earliest texts for the rite of royal anointing in Anglo-Saxon England. This volume provides new editions and translations of the two earliest texts for the rite of royal anointing in Anglo-Saxon England. The … Lire la suite →

The Wolf Kingexplores how political power was conceptualized, constructed, and wielded in twelfth-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardanīsh (r. 1147–1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as el rey lobo/rex lupus … Lire la suite →

The Cantelowe Accounts appear to offer the earliest evidence of an English merchant using Italian as a second language. They were written by John Balmayn, an unknown Londoner, who travelled to Tuscany to oversee the sale of a valuable wool … Lire la suite →

Die schon zu Lebzeiten durch Anhänger und Unterstützer begonnene Mythisierung Friedrichs II. und seines Enkels Konradin hat sich im Laufe der Zeit nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern auch in Süditalien mit überraschenden Folgen lebendig erhalten. So war nämlich die Erinnerung … Lire la suite →

The sword is an important and multi-faceted symbol of military power, royal and communal authority, religion and mysticism. This study takes the sword beyond it functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artifact and the … Lire la suite →

The Fitalia Codex contains one of the most important collections of 13th and 14th century dictamina (texts that served as models of Rethoric). The letters and the poems preserved in the manuscript provide an insight into both the history of … Lire la suite →

Medieval Scandinavia went through momentous changes. Regional power centres merged and gave birth to the three strong kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. At the end of the Middle Ages, they together formed the enormous Kalmar Union comprising almost all … Lire la suite →