Representative examples of swords from 8th-11th century, fully described and illustrated, with general overview.
The best introduction to the terrible international impact of the Black Death.
The medieval kitchen revealed; facilities, seasonal foods, strictures of the church, and the interweaving of foodstuffs with medical theory.
Description and discussion of over two thousand brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses and other accessories found in archaeological digs in London, and dating from the period 1150-1450.
Over 1700 entries cover mythology and religion of heathen Germanic tribes: Scandinavians, Goths, Angles and Saxons, 1500 BC-1000 AD.
Splendid . . . the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. . . . Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon. . . . A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI Newsletter
A major source for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe. '[The translation] is a masterpiece . . . the [Commentary] will doubtless prove of the greatest interest to historians.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
The first ever translation of the whole of the rich and compelling body of tales contained in Chrétien's poem and its four Continuations.
Critically acclaimed biography of one of England's best loved composers, with a full discussion and evaluation of his works.
The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era.
A superb new (and complete) translation of Rilke's luminously lyrical early book of poems, with scholarly introduction and commentary.
Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.