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This Element reevaluates geographical writings on Rus death and sacrificial rituals, redirecting focus towards the textual transmission of ideas in both Arabic and Persian to offer a critical guide to geographical knowledge dissemination on Rus funerary practices.
Using personal narratives left by early modern German merchants, this study disrupts linear histories of capitalism... Læs mere
Early Christian intellectuals used everyday practices of veiling to interpret sacred texts. These writers understood the divine as veiled, and the notion of a veiled... Læs mere
First published in 1972, England, France and Christendom, 1377–99 is the study of the most fiercely fought portion of the Hundred Years’ War and describes the nature of the wars that took place during the reigns of Charles VI of France and Richard II of England.
Studies the role of preaching and emotions in medieval Islamic political thought.
The book aims to present a history of the Silk Roads in the Caucasus region from the sixth century to the early fifteenth century—the end of the Mongol-Timurid era and the beginning of the Age of Discoveries, which began ushering in shifts in global connectivity.
An overview of major topics connected to the history of musical culture in what is now the Czech Republic. Whereas most previous musicological scholarship focused... Læs mere
This book explores the dynamic interplay between memory and history during the crucial period from the 8th to the 14th century in medieval India.
Zeikowitz explores both affirming and denigrating discourses of male same sex desire in diverse 14th-century chivalric texts and describes the sociopolitical forces motivating those discourses.
The varied cultural functions of dress, textiles, and clothwork are used in this collection of essays to examine long-standing assumptions about the Middle Ages.
Charlemagne's Mustache presents the reader with seven engaging studies, 'thick descriptions', of cultural life and thought in the... Læs mere
This collection of essays in two volumes explores patterns of medieval society and culture, spanning from the close of the late antique period to the beginnings of the Renaissance.