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In a world where princesses found themselves enslaved, kidnapped boys became army generals, and biblical Joseph was a role model, this book narrates the formation of the Middle Ages from the point of view of slavery, and outlines a new approach to enhance our understanding of modern forms of enslavement. Offering an analysis of recent scholarship and an array of sources, never before studied together, from distinct societies and cultures of the first millennium, it challenges the traditional dichotomy between ancient and medieval slaveries. Revealing the dynamic, versatile, and adaptable character of slavery it presents an innovative definition of slavery as a historical process.
Is it possible to talk about antisemitism in the Middle Ages, before the appearance of scientific concepts of "race"? This work analyses this question and offers a nuanced response.
This book argues for the need to integrate museum-based experiential qualities into discussion of Byzantine art in order to reach fuller, deeper, more ethical explanations of this culture than are habitually given.
Beowulf by All is a community translation of the earliest English epic poem, produced for the first time in workbook form to encourage readers to create their own personal translations.
A concise and pithy history of the Mongols for a general readership as well as for an informed academic audience.
This book introduces the emerging practice of inclusive curatorship and offer readers practical guidance in how to put into this idea into action.
An exploration of how ideas regarding the source and character of supreme political authority--sovereignty--experienced a crucial period of formative development during the thirteenth century.
Cross-disciplinary study arguing that the material, geographical, historical, social, and ideological framework of Beowulf cannot be the independent literary product of an Old English Christian poet, but was in all essentials created orally in Scandinavia.
This project-based publication aims to bridge the gap between digital and conventional scholarly activity and to communicate the advancements made in computer-based medieval studies initiatives.
An exploration of the nature of cultural exchange of the exotic and Chinese influence in world culture through the study of yongwufu (rhapsodies on objects) and the connection between the early Silk Roads and Chinese poetic writing of the third century.
Rather than divide the medieval Mediterranean into "Christian Europe" and "Muslim North Africa," this book presents the region as a single, mutually influenced, interconnected whole.
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