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The successful transmediation of books and documents through digitization requires the synergetic partnership of many professional figures, that have what may sometimes appear as contrasting goals at heart. On one side, there are those who look after the physical objects and strive to preserve them for future generations, and on the other those involved in the digitization of the objects, the information that they contain, and the management of the digital data. These complementary activities are generally considered as separate and when the current literature addresses both fields, it does so strictly within technical reports and guidelines, concentrating on procedures and optimal workflow, standards, and technical metadata. In particular, more often than not, conservation is presented as ancillary to digitization, with the role of the conservator restricted to the preparation of items for scanning, with no input into the digital product, leading to misunderstanding and clashes of interests. Surveying a variety of projects and approaches to the challenging conservation-digitization balance and fostering a dialogue amongst practitioners, this book aims at demonstrating that a dialogue between apparently contrasting fields not only is possible, but it is in fact desirable and fruitful. Only through the synergetic collaboration of all people involved in the digitization process, conservators included, can cultural digital objects that represent more fully the original objects and their materiality be generated, encouraging and enabling new research and widening the horizons of scholarship.

This companion analyzes the different ways in which societies from Oceania to Europe and beyond were connected in the period 600-900 CE.

This lively and personal book explains some key aspects of how people of the Byzantine Empire perceived gender, enabling readers to understand Byzantine society and its fascinating otherness more fully.

Why should anyone read Beowulf? This book presents a passionate literary argument for Beowulf as a searching, subtle exploration of the human presence.

This short book takes readers from the creation of medieval hagiography, through the ways in which it circulated, to a wide-ranging assessment of the modern use of hagiographies and the ways in which studying hagiography has made a difference to our understanding of the period 500-900.

Looks at the early medieval origins and development of canon law using a social history framework, with a view to making sense of a rich and complex legal system and culture which influenced and controlled the medieval Church and society.

For medieval people, demons constituted a real and everyday phenomenon. This book traces the beliefs associated with demons throughout the European Middle Ages.

The Kingdom of Rus' challenges the perception of Rus' as an eastern "other" - advancing the idea of the Rus' as a kingdom deeply integrated with medieval Europe.

Alfred the Great is a rare historical figure from the early Middle Ages, in that he retains a popular image. This image increasingly suffers from the dead white male syndrome, exacerbated by Alfred's association with British imperialism and colonialism, so this book provides an accessible reassessment of the famous ruler of Wessex, informed by current scholarship, both on the king as a man in history, and the king as a subsequent legendary construct.Daniel Anlezark presents Alfred in his historical context, seen through Asser's Life, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, and other texts associated with the king. The book engages with current discussions about the authenticity of attributions to Alfred of works such as the Old English Boethius and Soliloquies, and explores how this ninth-century king of Wessex came to be considered the Great king of legend.

This volume and its companion gather a wide range of readings and sources to enable us to see and understand what monsters show us about what it means to be human. Classic Readings on Monster Theory introduces the most important and influential modern theorists of the monstrous.

This book briefly surveys the historical events, personalities, and ideas connected to the Hussite movement in fifteenth-century Bohemia.

The book presents a novel view of Viking movement to the East and demonstrates how the peoples on the eastern coasts of the Baltic were engaged in the process.

A concise overview of the role of queens, empresses, and other royal women from the ancient and classical period through to nearly the present day on every continent, engaging with current themes and theories of queenship and directions for future research.