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Masculinities and Representation
The Eroticized Male in Early Modern Italy and England
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$100.00
ISBN: 9781487556976
Pub Date: November 2024
Masculinities and Representation reveals how gender construction served to affirm but also diversify premodern masculinity.
Boccaccio Defends Literature
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$90.00
ISBN: 9781487558918
Pub Date: November 2024
This book unveils Boccaccio’s defence of literature against claims of immorality by showcasing how both pagan and Christian literary works serve to heal, console, and provoke thoughtfulness.
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.
Illness and Authority
Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi
Price:
$71.00
ISBN: 9781487507411
Pub Date: November 2020
Illness and Authority is the first monograph-length study to examine a well-known medieval saint from the perspective of disability studies.
The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective
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$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.
Medieval Iberian Crusade Fiction and the Mediterranean World
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$74.00
ISBN: 9781487505011
Pub Date: August 2019
Medieval Iberian authors adapted French crusader culture to give voice to their own reality, shaped by domestic military conflict with Islam and an obsession with the conversion of subject Muslims and Jews.
Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds
A Cognitive Historical Analysis
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$87.00
ISBN: 9781487503321
Pub Date: October 2018
Relying on current research in cognitive science and the philosophy of animal cognition, Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds explores how humans have understood non-human animals in the Iberian world, from the Middle Ages through the Early Modern period.
How the Page Matters
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$39.95
ISBN: 9781442615359
Pub Date: November 2012
In How the Page Matters, Bonnie Mak explores how changing technology has affected the reception of visual and written information.
The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic
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$62.00
ISBN: 9781442641563
Pub Date: July 2010
The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic explores the composition of manuscript texts in thirteenth-century Spain.
Medieval Towns
A Reader
Price:
$56.00
ISBN: 9781442600911
Pub Date: August 2008
"Medieval Towns will become a standard sourcebook." - Martha Howell, Miriam Champion Professor of History, Columbia University
The Historical Source Book for Scribes
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781442629257
Pub Date: April 2015
A fully illustrated exploration of fifteen writing styles drawn from historical manuscripts. Clear examples show how the scripts were developed and used in the past and how they can be written by modern calligraphers.
A Short Reader of Medieval Saints
Price:
$40.95
ISBN: 9781442600942
Pub Date: November 2008
"Mary-Ann Stouck's short reader stands apart in offering an abbreviated but judicious selection of saints' lives perfectly suited as a brief introduction. It fills a particular need with an elegant sufficiency." - Cynthia J. Hahn, Hunter College and the Graduate Center-CUNY
King Death
The Black Death and its Aftermath in Late-Medieval England
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$41.95
ISBN: 9780802079008
Pub Date: March 1996
A richly illustrated, beautifully written examination of what it was like to live with plague at all levels of society. Platt offers a fascinating insight into the industry of death that pestilence brought with it.
Illuminators and Patrons in Fourteenth-Century England
The Psalter and Hours of Humphrey de Bohun and the Manuscripts of the Bohum Family
Price:
$86.00
ISBN: 9781442648470
Pub Date: December 2014
Illuminators and Patrons in Fourteenth-Century England is a richly illustrated study of a psalter and book of hours made for Humphrey de Bohun (d. 1373), the vastly wealthy earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton.
Einarr Skúlason's Geisli
A Critical Edition
Price:
$53.00
ISBN: 9780802038227
Pub Date: September 2005
This new critical edition features a version in normalized orthography, as well as a version in prose word order, a translation into English, a complete glossary, an introduction that situates the poem in its context, and substantial explanatory notes.
Carolingian Civilization
A Reader, Second Edition
Price:
$53.00
ISBN: 9781551114927
Pub Date: March 2004
"I've been teaching the 'Age of Charlemagne' for 25 years. Thanks to Paul Dutton, I finally have the book I need to make this age come alive." - Charles R. Bowlus, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Masculinities and Representation
The Eroticized Male in Early Modern Italy and England
$100.00
ISBN: 9781487556976
Pub Date: November 2024
Boccaccio Defends Literature
$90.00
ISBN: 9781487558918
Pub Date: November 2024
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.
Illness and Authority
Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi
$71.00
ISBN: 9781487507411
Pub Date: November 2020
Illness and Authority is the first monograph-length study to examine a well-known medieval saint from the perspective of disability studies.
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.
Medieval Iberian Crusade Fiction and the Mediterranean World
$74.00
ISBN: 9781487505011
Pub Date: August 2019
Medieval Iberian authors adapted French crusader culture to give voice to their own reality, shaped by domestic military conflict with Islam and an obsession with the conversion of subject Muslims and Jews.
Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds
A Cognitive Historical Analysis
$87.00
ISBN: 9781487503321
Pub Date: October 2018
Relying on current research in cognitive science and the philosophy of animal cognition, Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds explores how humans have understood non-human animals in the Iberian world, from the Middle Ages through the Early Modern period.
How the Page Matters
$39.95
ISBN: 9781442615359
Pub Date: November 2012
In How the Page Matters, Bonnie Mak explores how changing technology has affected the reception of visual and written information.
The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic
$62.00
ISBN: 9781442641563
Pub Date: July 2010
The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic explores the composition of manuscript texts in thirteenth-century Spain.
Medieval Towns
A Reader
$56.00
ISBN: 9781442600911
Pub Date: August 2008
"Medieval Towns will become a standard sourcebook." - Martha Howell, Miriam Champion Professor of History, Columbia University
The Historical Source Book for Scribes
$65.00
ISBN: 9781442629257
Pub Date: April 2015
A fully illustrated exploration of fifteen writing styles drawn from historical manuscripts. Clear examples show how the scripts were developed and used in the past and how they can be written by modern calligraphers.
A Short Reader of Medieval Saints
$40.95
ISBN: 9781442600942
Pub Date: November 2008
King Death
The Black Death and its Aftermath in Late-Medieval England
$41.95
ISBN: 9780802079008
Pub Date: March 1996
A richly illustrated, beautifully written examination of what it was like to live with plague at all levels of society. Platt offers a fascinating insight into the industry of death that pestilence brought with it.
Illuminators and Patrons in Fourteenth-Century England
The Psalter and Hours of Humphrey de Bohun and the Manuscripts of the Bohum Family
$86.00
ISBN: 9781442648470
Pub Date: December 2014
Illuminators and Patrons in Fourteenth-Century England is a richly illustrated study of a psalter and book of hours made for Humphrey de Bohun (d. 1373), the vastly wealthy earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton.
Einarr Skúlason's Geisli
A Critical Edition
$53.00
ISBN: 9780802038227
Pub Date: September 2005
This new critical edition features a version in normalized orthography, as well as a version in prose word order, a translation into English, a complete glossary, an introduction that situates the poem in its context, and substantial explanatory notes.
Carolingian Civilization
A Reader, Second Edition
$53.00
ISBN: 9781551114927
Pub Date: March 2004
"I've been teaching the 'Age of Charlemagne' for 25 years. Thanks to Paul Dutton, I finally have the book I need to make this age come alive." - Charles R. Bowlus, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas at Little Rock