Medieval History 400-1500 Books

New and Published Books

1. Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English Romance

   Normans and Saxons

   By Dominique Battles

   Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture

   This book explores how the cultural distinctions and conflicts between Anglo-Saxons and Normans originating with the Norman Conquest of 1066 prevailed well into the fourteenth century and are manifest in a significant number of Middle English romances including King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
2. Divorce in Medieval England

   From One to Two Persons in Law

   By Sara M. Butler

   Series: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies

   Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages

   Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment

   By Irina Metzler

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages? How did people become disabled? Did welfare support exist? This book discusses social and cultural factors affecting the lives of medieval crippled, deaf, mute and blind people, those nowadays collectively called "disabled." Although the word did...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Ibn al-Haytham's Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry

   A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 3

   By Roshdi Rashed

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 3, provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. The present text is complemented by two preceding...

   Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
5. Revisiting the Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Routledge Medieval Casebooks

   Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
6. Imagining the Pagan Past

   Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages

   By Marion Gibson

   Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain’s pagan history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies, folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious, self-indulgent romance and, worse,...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
7. Some Early and Later Houses of Pity (Routledge Revivals)

   By John Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   From around the eleventh century until the Reformation, a close connection between the Church and hospitals was formed as they became a refuge for the ill, ostracised and poor. First published in 1926, John Morrison Hobson presents a fascinating survey of the hospitals and almshouses found...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade

   Holy War and Colonisation

   By Aleksander Pluskowski

   The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade explores the archaeology and material culture of the crusade against the Prussian tribes in the 13th century, and the subsequent society created by the Teutonic Order which lasted into the 16th century. It provides the first synthesis of the material culture...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

   Edited by Marianna Muravyeva, Raisa Maria Toivo

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

   This project is an attempt to challenge the canonical gender concept while trying to specify what gender was in the medieval and early modern world. Despite the emphasis on individual, identity and difference that past research claims, much of this history still focuses on hierarchical or...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
10. Henry V

    By John Matusiak

    Series: Routledge Historical Biographies

    Henry V of England, the princely hero of Shakespeare’s play, who successfully defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt and came close to becoming crowned King of France, is one of the best known and most compelling monarchs in English history. This new biography takes a fresh look at his...

    Published October 22nd 2012 by Routledge