Books based on the Middle Ages, Fiction or Non-Fiction all books are covered.
Writer Anne Fortier grew up in Denmark and dreamed of Italy. This wasn’t the stuff of far-fetched fantasy; her mother had once worked in Verona
A German researcher has studied medieval criminal law and found that our image of the sadistic treatment of criminals in the Dark Ages is only
Wealth, power and influence were all words associated with Kent when the county reigned as the world’s first Anglo-Saxon and Christian kingdom. For a brief
Medieval history is a fashionable but challenging period: the sources are often flimsy and obscure, yet modern readers have a craving for detail that is
A 12th century manuscript will be returned to Italy from the British Library thanks to a new law governing artwork looted during the Nazi era.
Book Details Author: Robert Fossier Publication Date: 22 August 2010 Format: eBook, Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Princeton University Press Synopsis In The Axe and the
Book Details: Author: Charles M. Odahl Publication Date: 11 August 2010 Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Format: Hardcover, 434pp Synopsis This biographical narrative is a
Photographer E.F. Kitchen found herself drawn to the medieval re-enactors known as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Her pictures of them fill the book ‘Suburban
The Medieval Murderers are back! once again the collective of historical novelists – Bernard Knight and Karen Maitland among them – have produced a series
The Crusades were a major development on the medieval European scene, but their effect was, in the end, ephemeral. The forces of Christendom conquered Jerusalem
Maybe Nicholas Carr is right: the internet is just so much catnip in a world already filled with too many distractions. And, like any such
Associate Professor of Art History Stephen Perkinson’s book The Likeness of the King: A Prehistory of Portraiture in Late Medieval France (University of Chicago Press,
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin is the first book in an epic fantasy series that currently spans four novels with a total
Medieval Archives is dedicated to bringing you the best medieval news, history and entertainment. Our podcasts offer in-depth history lessons and interviews on a variety of medieval topics.