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A fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the Near East from pre-Islamic times to the Mamluk period. This is a long-awaited contribution to the history of pre-modern communications systems in the Near Eastern world.
Magic on the Early English Stage is an original study of conjuring tricks and stage magic from medieval times to the seventeenth century. Butterworth investigates, for... Læs mere
The Bible is not the only source of serious medieval drama, although it is the best known. This book presents a detailed survey of the... Læs mere
This 1985 book is a fully illustrated account of the rock-cut monasteries, hermitages and other complexes in Cappadocia. Dr Rodley provides a definitive record... Læs mere
A study of the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations, covering the period from the tenth... Læs mere
First published in 1965, this book is a study of the feudal and economic development of a village from Norman times to the nineteenth century. Dr... Læs mere
This 2003 illustrated, revisionary account of the long reign of the Byzantine emperor Basil II (976–1025) establishes that the 'Bulgar-slayer' legend was in fact... Læs mere
The revolutionary Abu Ja'far al-Mansur came to power in 754 AD and died in 775, after destroying every threat to his own supremacy. Here are the reminiscences of those... Læs mere
This 1989 second volume of Professor Williams' translation of al-Tabari's... Læs mere
First published in 1951, as the revised edition of a 1935 original, this volume provides a historical study of English sculpture during the medieval period. This is a... Læs mere
First published in 1940, this was the first comprehensive book about British alabaster tombs. It provides a detailed account of the surviving alabaster monuments, from the earliest examples of around 1330 through to those created at the time of the Reformation.
Timothy Reuter was an original thinker, a medievalist with extraordinary range. This collection of his essays addresses three themes: historiography and the... Læs mere