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This book introduces the story of the ‘Green Children’ and how it has been interpreted, retold, and reworked. Analysing the... Læs mere
The Middle Dutch term schaec referred to abduction with marital intent. This book explores this phenomenon to understand wider attitudes towards marriage-making in the fifteenth-century Low Countries.
This book presents the first scholarly treatment of medieval English ladies-in-waiting. It will appeal to specialists in medieval monarchy and women's history, as well as literary scholars who will benefit from the historical background of women's roles in courtly life.
Explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history
A detailed mathematical analysis into the mysterious Voynich manuscript—undeciphered since its creation in 15th-century Europe—and a guide to aid readers in finding the manuscript's possible meaning
This volume is the fullest treatment in print of the Viking-Age economy in the Isle... Læs mere
Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental... Læs mere
Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book explores the function of charms in Early English by situating them in... Læs mere
Located on the North Anatolian Fault, Constantinople was frequently shaken by earthquakes. This book argues that ritual and... Læs mere
An essential resource for anyone interested in crusade culture and Christian-Muslim relations, building on insights from... Læs mere
This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the development of the queen’s role from bed companion to institutional office.
Introduction to the Carolingian Age provides an accessible history of western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries, when arguably a truly European civilization emerged out of the transformed, former world of the Roman Empire.