Medieval History 400-1500 Books

New and Published Books

1. A History of Medieval Ireland (Routledge Revivals)

   From 1086 to 1513

   By Edmund Curtis

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1923, this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 – 1513. Beginning with the O’Brien High Kinship, Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel, ending with the death of Gerald ‘the Great Earl’ of Kildare in 1513, a...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Byzantine World

   Edited by Paul Stephenson

   Series: Routledge Worlds

   The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and...

   Published January 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Living in the City

   Urban Institutions in the Low Countries, 1200–2010

   Edited by L.A.C.J. (Leo) Lucassen, W.H. (Wim) Willems

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   The city is a place to find shelter, a market place, and an elevator for social mobility and success. But the city is also a place that frightens people and that can marginalize newcomers. Living in the City tries to understand what pulls people to the city since the High Middle Ages, focusing on...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture

   The Devil in the Latrine

   By Martha Bayless

   Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture

   This important new contribution to the history of the body analyzes the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval thought. Using a wide range of texts, including theology, historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, the book shows how filth was regarded as...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
5. The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics

   Virtues and Gifts

   By Andrew Pinsent

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

   Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues. Yet, despite the availability of these texts (and centuries of commentary), Aquinas’s virtue ethics remains mysterious, leaving readers with many unanswered questions. In this book, Pinsent argues that the key...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
6. Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics

   War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades

   By Andrew Latham

   Series: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies

   Over the past two decades or so, medieval geopolitics have come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in the collective imagination—and writings—of International Relations scholars. Although these accounts differ significantly in terms of their respective analytical assumptions, theoretical...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Muslim Conquest of Iberia

   Medieval Arabic Narratives

   By Nicola Clarke

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern scholars, too, have had much to say about the usefulness of early Islamic history-writing, although this...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. Greek and Roman Networks in the Mediterranean

   Edited by Irad Malkin, Christy Constantakopoulou, Katerina Panagopoulou

   How useful is the concept of "network" for historical studies and the ancient world in particular? Using theoretical models of social network analysis, this book illuminates aspects of the economic, social, religious, and political history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Bringing together...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
9. Gender and Holiness

   Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe

   Edited by Sam Riches, Sarah Salih

   Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture

   This collection brings together two flourishing areas of medieval scholarship: gender and religion. It examines gender-specific religious practices and contends that the pursuit of holiness can destabilise binary gender itself. Though saints may be classified as masculine or feminine, holiness may...

   Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
10. Crying in the Middle Ages

    Tears of History

    Edited by Elina Gertsman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture

    Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic performances. Crying in the Middle Ages addresses the place of tears in Jewish, Christian, and...

    Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge