History and related reading for the medieval enthusiast.
The Romance of Arthur: An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation
The Romance of Arthur, James J. Wilhelm’s classic anthology of Arthurian literature, is an essential text for students of the medieval Romance tradition. This ...[Read More]
Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe
Relics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns, coveted by...[Read More]
The Medieval Kitchen: A Social History with Recipes
Evoking the dining rooms and kitchens of Europe some six hundred years ago, The Medieval Kitchen will tempt anyone with a taste for the food, customs, and folkl...[Read More]
The Medieval Cookbook: Revised Edition
This book takes the reader on a gastronomic journey through the Middle Ages, offering not only a collection of medieval recipes, but a social history of the tim...[Read More]
Ancient & Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide To Siege Weapons & Tactics
In this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and stratagems of the ancient world. He off...[Read More]
The Alphabet of Galen: Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
This work presents interesting linguistic features, including otherwise unattested Greek and Latin technical terms and unique pharmacological descriptions. Nich...[Read More]
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle – Illustrated and Annotated
The translation that has been used for this edition is not a translation of any one Chronicle; rather, it is a conflation of readings from many different versio...[Read More]
Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, & Jewish Sources
This primary source material ranges widely across historical chronicles, poetry, and legal and religious sources, and each is accompanied by a brief introductio...[Read More]
The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and...[Read More]
Medieval Warrior: Weapons, Technology, And Fighting Techniques, Ad 1000-1500
More than 300 beautiful and comprehensive color illustrations showcase the weapons, equipment, techniques, and tactics of the medieval warrior. All types of sol...[Read More]
The Templars: The Secret History Revealed
Barbara Frale gives us an explosive, exhaustively researched history of the medieval world’s most powerful military order, the Templars.
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
An authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages.
