History and related reading for the medieval enthusiast.
Food in Medieval Times
Food was a status symbol then, and sumptuary laws defined what a person of a certain class could eat―the ingredients and preparation of a dish and how it was ea...[Read More]
Aristotle’s Children: How Christians, Muslims, & Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom & Illuminated the Middle Ages
Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of twelfth-centu...[Read More]
The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts, & Walled Cities Of The Middle Ages
The Medieval Fortress covers the origin and evolution of the castles and other walled defenses, their major components, and the reasons for their eventual decli...[Read More]
The Medieval Garden
Combining her historical knowledge with practical experience of recreating medieval gardens in various sites in England, Landsberg explains how she designed Que...[Read More]
Travel In The Middle Ages
Travel in the Middle Ages is filled with the stories and adventures of those who hazarded hostile landscapes, elements, and people―out of want or necessity―to g...[Read More]
The Age of Van Eyck: The Mediterranean World & Early Netherlandish Painting 1430-1530
This book explores the complex artistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and political relationships between Burgundian Netherlands and the Mediterranean.
The History of the Albigensian Crusade: Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay’s `Historia Albigensis’
The Historia Albigensis is one of the most important sources for the history of the Cathar heresy and the Albigensian crusade. This new translation makes the wo...[Read More]
Medieval Children
A look at the lives of children, from birth to adolescence, in medieval England.
The Early Slavs: Culture & Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe
More than 270 million people in Europe speak one of the many Slavic languages and dialects, but the origins and development of Slavic culture are still among th...[Read More]
Maurice’s Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy
In this first complete English translation, the Strategikon is an invaluable source not only for early Byzantine history but for the general history of the art ...[Read More]
The Medieval Archer
This is a study of the archer and his weapon, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses.
Ghosts in the Middle Ages: The Living & the Dead in Medieval Society
Through this vivid study, Jean-Claude Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in...[Read More]
