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Bede and the Future
Bede (c. 673-735) was Anglo-Saxon England’s most prominent scholar, and his body of work is among the most important intellectual achievements of the entire Middle Ages. Bede and …
Festivals and Plays in Late Medieval Britain
Based in records and iconography, this book surveys medieval festival playing in Britain more comprehensively than any other work to date. The study presents an inclusive view of …
Multilingualism in Later Medieval Britain
Essays reappraising the relationship between the various languages of late medieval Britain. The languages of later medieval Britain are here seen as no longerseparate or …
Latin in Medieval Britain
Latin continued to be used across Europe long after the end of the Roman Empire. This collection considers key issues arising from the use of Latin in Britain from the 6th to the …
Language and Culture in Medieval Britain
Groundbreaking surveys of the complex interrelationship between the languages of English and French in medieval Britain.With co-editors: CAROLYN COLLETTE, MARYANNE KOWALESKI, LINNE …
Warriors and Wilderness in Medieval Britain
Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur's depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern …
Early Medieval Studies in Memory of Patrick Wormald
Patrick Wormald was a brilliant interpreter of the Early Middle Ages, whose teaching, writings and generous friendship inspired a generation of historians and students of politics, …
Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain
Demonstrates the wide prevalence of supposedly impermissible divination techniques found in a wide range of manuscripts from medieval Britain. When will I die? What is the sex of …
Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain
This study examines the monsters that haunt twelfth-century British texts, arguing that in these strange bodies are expressed fears and fantasies about community, identity and race …
Power and Piety: Monastic Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 5 - Scotland and the Isle of Man
This series of books is intended to provide a unique fully illustrated record of monastic houses in the British Isles, with gazetteer, description and photographs of the most …
Roman Infrastructure in Early Medieval Britain
Early Medieval Britain is more Roman than we think. The Roman Empire left vast infrastructural resources on the island. These resources lay buried not only in dirt and soil, but …
Parish and the Chapel in Medieval Britain and Norway
Interdisciplinary study of chapels provides a more complex and fuller picture of engagement with the Church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.From the eleventh and twelfth …