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Humour in Old English Literature
Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England
Price:
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487545307
Pub Date: November 2023
This book explores the technique and significance of humour in Old English literature, including riddles, rhymes, the heroic, the hagiographic, and more.
Love at a Crux
The New Persian Romance in a Global Middle Ages
Price:
$100.00
ISBN: 9781487547271
Pub Date: October 2023
Examining the emergence of the versified love story as a genre of New Persian literature in the early eleventh century, Love at a Crux situates this literary movement within the broader global history of romance.
On Amistà
Negotiating Friendship in Dante’s Italy
Price:
$75.00
ISBN: 9781487548179
Pub Date: March 2023
On Amistà comprehensively examines the value of friendship in late medieval Italy.
Boccaccio’s Florence
Politics and People in His Life and Work
Price:
$104.95
ISBN: 9781487505806
Pub Date: November 2022
Boccaccio’s Florence draws on extensive archival research to reveal Boccaccio as a political figure and to show how deeply politics impacted his life and his work.
The Logic of Love in the Canterbury Tales
Price:
$95.00
ISBN: 9781487509033
Pub Date: July 2022
The Logic of Love in the Canterbury Tales proposes a new way to understand the correlation between love and philosophy in Chaucer’s famous collection of stories.
The Medieval Devil
A Reader
Price:
$42.95
ISBN: 9781442634169
Pub Date: July 2022
The Medieval Devil highlights the many ways in which the devil has been imagined and re-imagined over the centuries.
The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective
Price:
$80.00
ISBN: 9781487540494
Pub Date: June 2022
This collection of original essays from leading scholars breaks new ground in our understanding of the tales belonging to the Ninth Day of the Decameron.
The Politics of Language
Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform
Price:
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487547479
Pub Date: May 2022
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
Retrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487563479
Pub Date: March 2022
This book examines the reception of medieval authors’ works in order to dispel the inaccurate and misleading prophetic reputations that have been attributed to them.
Making the Bible French
The Bible historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487508883
Pub Date: January 2022
Making the Bible French examines the Bible historiale, the most prolific and influential pre-Reformation French-language Bible.
Beowulf as Children’s Literature
Price:
$84.00
ISBN: 9781487502706
Pub Date: December 2021
Beowulf as Children’s Literature brings together a group of scholars and creators to address important issues of adapting the Old English poem into textual and pictorial forms that appeal to children, past and present.
Angles on a Kingdom
East Anglian Identities from Bede to Ælfric
Price:
$89.00
ISBN: 9781487505738
Pub Date: July 2021
Angles on a Kingdom analyses changing attitudes towards East Anglia within early medieval England as revealed in several important literary texts.
The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective
Price:
$79.00
ISBN: 9781487508715
Pub Date: June 2021
The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron – a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning
The Saint and the Count
A Case Study for Reading like a Historian
Price:
$26.95
ISBN: 9781487525866
Pub Date: April 2021
In this pedagogical microhistory, Leah Shopkow demonstrates the skills used to present history through the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny.
Reading Old English Biblical Poetry
The Book and the Poem in Junius 11
Price:
$71.00
ISBN: 9781487507466
Pub Date: November 2020
Reading Old English Biblical Poetry proposes new ways of engaging with a well-known text and serves as a fascinating case study for reading in early medieval England.
The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective
Price:
$78.00
ISBN: 9781487507473
Pub Date: November 2020
This compilation of eleven essays offers exciting new perspectives on one of the greatest works of Italian literature.

Humour in Old English Literature
Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487545307
Pub Date: November 2023
This book explores the technique and significance of humour in Old English literature, including riddles, rhymes, the heroic, the hagiographic, and more.
Love at a Crux
The New Persian Romance in a Global Middle Ages
$100.00
ISBN: 9781487547271
Pub Date: October 2023
Examining the emergence of the versified love story as a genre of New Persian literature in the early eleventh century, Love at a Crux situates this literary movement within the broader global history of romance.
On Amistà
Negotiating Friendship in Dante’s Italy
$75.00
ISBN: 9781487548179
Pub Date: March 2023
On Amistà comprehensively examines the value of friendship in late medieval Italy.
Boccaccio’s Florence
Politics and People in His Life and Work
$104.95
ISBN: 9781487505806
Pub Date: November 2022
Boccaccio’s Florence draws on extensive archival research to reveal Boccaccio as a political figure and to show how deeply politics impacted his life and his work.
The Logic of Love in the Canterbury Tales
$95.00
ISBN: 9781487509033
Pub Date: July 2022
The Logic of Love in the Canterbury Tales proposes a new way to understand the correlation between love and philosophy in Chaucer’s famous collection of stories.
The Medieval Devil
A Reader
$42.95
ISBN: 9781442634169
Pub Date: July 2022
The Medieval Devil highlights the many ways in which the devil has been imagined and re-imagined over the centuries.
The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective
$80.00
ISBN: 9781487540494
Pub Date: June 2022
This collection of original essays from leading scholars breaks new ground in our understanding of the tales belonging to the Ninth Day of the Decameron.
The Politics of Language
Byrhtferth, Aelfric, and the Multilingual Identity of the Benedictine Reform
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487547479
Pub Date: May 2022
Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.
Retrospective Prophecy and Medieval English Authorship
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487563479
Pub Date: March 2022
This book examines the reception of medieval authors’ works in order to dispel the inaccurate and misleading prophetic reputations that have been attributed to them.
Making the Bible French
The Bible historiale and the Medieval Lay Reader
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487508883
Pub Date: January 2022
Making the Bible French examines the Bible historiale, the most prolific and influential pre-Reformation French-language Bible.
Beowulf as Children’s Literature
$84.00
ISBN: 9781487502706
Pub Date: December 2021
Beowulf as Children’s Literature brings together a group of scholars and creators to address important issues of adapting the Old English poem into textual and pictorial forms that appeal to children, past and present.
Angles on a Kingdom
East Anglian Identities from Bede to Ælfric
$89.00
ISBN: 9781487505738
Pub Date: July 2021
Angles on a Kingdom analyses changing attitudes towards East Anglia within early medieval England as revealed in several important literary texts.
The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective
$79.00
ISBN: 9781487508715
Pub Date: June 2021
The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron – a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning
The Saint and the Count
A Case Study for Reading like a Historian
$26.95
ISBN: 9781487525866
Pub Date: April 2021
In this pedagogical microhistory, Leah Shopkow demonstrates the skills used to present history through the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny.
Reading Old English Biblical Poetry
The Book and the Poem in Junius 11
$71.00
ISBN: 9781487507466
Pub Date: November 2020
Reading Old English Biblical Poetry proposes new ways of engaging with a well-known text and serves as a fascinating case study for reading in early medieval England.
The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective
$78.00
ISBN: 9781487507473
Pub Date: November 2020
This compilation of eleven essays offers exciting new perspectives on one of the greatest works of Italian literature.