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Examines the ways in which some medieval behaviours and identities were categorized as criminal or deviant, as well as the implications of modern demonization of the Middle Ages.
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"Europe" has become a modern political concept, but it has a long and varied history. This volume analyzes medieval ideas of Europe and their representations by modern historians.
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Prussia, Lithuania, and Latvia were among the last places in Europe to be Christianized. Focusing on the deities, sacred places, and sacred rites of the Balts, this book introduces the religious world of some of Europe's last pagan peoples.
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A growing number of historians have realized that the terms "Byzantium" and "the Byzantines" distort the reality and identity of the society being studied. Anthony Kaldellis proposes a name change for the field of Byzantine Studies.
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The story of Russian imperialism has deep historical roots, and this book shows how Byzantium, the most powerful medieval and Christian empire, is repeatedly presented in Russian history as the source of the empire's imperial legitimacy.
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Explores shared rhetorical practices that characterize written and recorded oral requests for intercession, support, and patronage right across the medieval world.
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This book explores the possibilities of archival objects as diverse as early modern printed books and funeral masks, and asks what activities stand behind the making of heritage objects, and how digitization practices can inform our knowledge of various media.
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A collection of essays from emerging and established Anglo-Latin scholars, on the sources, transmission, and reception of Anglo-Latin poetry, ca. 650-1100.
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New work on medieval literature and public history shows how the medieval narrative past can be reappropriated to speak to modern communities, using Austria as a case study.
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An authoritative collection bringing together a wide range of topics on science, magic, and medieval constructions of the natural world.
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A study of Jewish-Christian interaction in the Middle Ages in the eastern Mediterranean, Central Asia, the Red Sea, and India through material culture.