History and related reading for the medieval enthusiast.
A History of the Middle Ages, 300–1500: Second Edition
This clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Distinguished historian John Riddle provides a coge...[Read More]
Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
Linking Michelangelo’s personal life to his work on the Sistine Chapel, Graham-Dixon describes Michelangelo’s unique depiction of the Book of Genesis, tackles a...[Read More]
Italian Renaissance Courts: Art, Pleasure and Power
In this fascinating study, Alison Cole explores the distinctive uses of art at the five great secular courts of Naples, Urbino, Ferrara, Mantua, and Milan.
The Prophet & the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, 3rd Edition
The Prophet and the Age of Caliphates is an accessible history of the Near East from c.600-1050AD, the period in which Islamic society was formed. Beginning wit...[Read More]
Medieval Christianity: A New History
This new narrative history of medieval Christianity, spanning the period 500 to 1500 CE, attempts to integrate what is familiar to readers with new themes and n...[Read More]
Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England’s Churches
Here are strange medieval beasts, knights battling unseen dragons, ships sailing across lime-washed oceans and demons who stalk the walls. Latin prayers for the...[Read More]
Beowulf: A Translation & Commentary
Completed in 1926, but never considered for publication. However, now with it's publication, everyone will find something of enduring interest in this collectio...[Read More]
Brass Images: Medieval Lives
This book was originally published in 1980, and contains a visual collection of the brass rubbings Carol and Susan gathered, as well as the history, description...[Read More]
The Silk Road: A New History
The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of c...[Read More]
Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450
Written by the Wallace Collection Curator of Arms and Armour Tobias Capwell, this detailed and lavishly illustrated book chronicles the armour worn by English m...[Read More]
Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages
In the wake of modern genocide, we tend to think of violence against minorities as a sign of intolerance, or, even worse, a prelude to extermination. Violence i...[Read More]
