This book examines the contribution of archaeology to the study of the social, economic,
religious, and other developments in England from the end of the Roman period at the start …

Over the last 500 years, Europe (excluding Russia) consumed over 2500 million tonnes of
ocean biomass. This is based on detailed historical data that we provide for human …

Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over
a magnificent court. Power and Pleasure reconstructs life at the court of King John and …

A major new study piecing together the intriguing but fragmentary evidence surrounding the
lives of minstrels to highlight how these seemingly peripheral figures were keenly involved …

This article examines the reception of John Lydgate's courtesy text Stans puer ad mensam,
which survives in twenty-three manuscripts. Scholars of courtesy texts have tended to focus …

The mode of book production is one factor by which we judge the character of any literate
society. The commercially produced printed book has been, and remains, a quintessential …

Contrary to their ubiquity within written, visual, and material sources, chests have largely
remained overlooked in studies of the late Middle Ages. Bill Brown's “thing theory” helps to …

" In the Middle Ages the household was such a fundamental part of the social structure that
the post-1350 era has been termed'the Age of the Household.'Academic studies have …

Abstract This chapter has 14 sections: 1. General and Miscellaneous; 2. Theory; 3.
Manuscript and Technical Studies; 4. Religious Prose; 5. Secular Prose; 6. Sir Gawain and …