Early History: c 500 to c 1450/1500

First edition of supplications concerning England and Wales from the Apostolic Penitentiary - an essential resource for any historian of the pre-Re...

'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From...

The Christian Topography is the only extant Greek treatise both written and illustrated in the sixth century, although known only through later cop...

First edition of supplications concerning England and Wales from the Apostolic Penitentiary - an essential resource for any historian of the pre-Re...

Detailed documents describing Richard II's holdings of treasure highlight the magnificence of the 14th-century English court, often underrated by h...

A series which is a model of its kind. Edmund King, History The contributions collected in this volume demonstrate the full range and vitality of ...

New interpretations of the effect of Magna Carta and other aspects of the reign of King John. Magna Carta marked a watershed in the relations bet...

First modern critical edition of one of the most important and popular texts on the Crusades to survive. Robert the Monk's history of the First Cr...

Makes original contributions to late medieval and early modern historiography, including detailed, contextualized studies of the 'Lancastrian revol...

First full-length history of the Oromo 1300-1700; explains their key part in the medieval Christian kingdom and demonstrates their importance in sh...

A new view of King Rother in which not only the wooer but also his bride-to-be enacts a quest. King Rother, a twelfth-century bridal-quest epic, o...

The chronicles of Jean le Bel are one of the most important sources for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. This is the first English translat...

This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The concerns ...

First full-length study of the campaigns led by Henry of Lancaster in Aquitaine, including a detailed biographical study of the individuals involve...

A series which is a model of its kind. Edmund King, History This volume demonstrates the vitality and range of studies in the area. It begins with...

First comprehensive survey of how kinship rules were discussed and applied in medieval England. Two separate legal jurisdictions concerned with fa...

Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influential yet widely unrecognised people of the British isles, In Search...

First full-length study of the campaigns led by Henry of Lancaster in Aquitaine, including a detailed biographical study of the individuals involve...

The 650th anniversary of the foundation of Wingfield College was the occasion for a special two-day symposium marking the culmination of a three-ye...

First modern edition of an undeservedly neglected account of the events of the First Crusade. Baldric of Bourgeil's Historia Ierosolimitana is a f...

The Resurrection Plate, a Late Classic Maya dish, is decorated with an arresting scene. The Maize God, assisted by two other deities, emerges rebor...

A complete survey of the military campaigns of the early Saxons, tactics, strategy, and logistics, demonstrating in particular the sophistication o...

A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Ethiopia. This well-illustrated book provides an up...

Why does a power expand and become an empire? Writing in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, Herodotus gave Athens full credit for saving Gre...

An exploration of Anglo-Saxon charters, bringing out their complexity and highlighting a range of broad implications. More charters survive from A...

Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself. For peop...

This book is a social history of the ritual and custom of churching, a liturgical rite of purification after childbirth performed on a woman's firs...

The twelve essays in Women and Wealth in Late Medieval Europe re-examine the vexing issue of women, money, wealth, and power from distinctive persp...

A new account of the life and turbulent times of Joan, the wife of the Black Prince and mother of Richard II. Anthony Goodman's brilliant yet acce...

New essays shed light on the mysterious St Samson of Dol and his Vita. The First Life of St Samson of Dol (Vita Prima Samsonis) is a key text for ...

First full-length history of the Oromo 1300-1700; explains their key part in the medieval Christian kingdom and demonstrates their importance in sh...

An edition and English translation of the Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror for Fools), a long Latin beast epic written near the end of the twelfth ce...

Two volume set The Second Council of Nicaea (787) decreed that religious images were to set up in churches and venerated. It thereby established th...

This book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century about Alfreds childhood have p...

Beatrice's Last Smile is a sweeping narrative history of the medieval west from the beginning of the third century to the beginning of the sixteent...

Uncertain Powers is an original and much-needed analysis of female leadership in medieval Japan. In challenging current scholarship by exploring th...

The monasteries and painted churches of Moldavia stand today as a testament to the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of the Romanian people. The...