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Inside the Immaculate Portal
A History from the Fatimid Archives
Ismaili Texts and Translations

Institute for Ismaili Studies
The author of this work, Abu Ali Mansur al-Azizi al-Jawdhari, was a private secretary of Jawdhar, a confidant of the first four Fatimid caliph-imams who ruled...
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Rethinking the 'South English Legendaries'
Manchester Medieval Literature

Manchester University Press
Legendaries, or hagiographic manuscripts,have become increasingly well known in recent years through modern editions of individual texts and studies of...
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Medieval Film

Manchester University Press
Medieval Film explores theoretical questions about the ideological, artistic, emotional, and financial investments inhering in cinematic renditions of the...
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Mount of Knowledge, Sword of Eloquence
Collected Poems of an Ismaili Muslim Scholar in Fatimid Egypt
Ismaili Texts and Translations

Institute for Ismaili Studies
A distinguished scholar, author, and statesman, al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi (1000-1078 CE) lived during one of the most turbulent periods in Islamic...
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Cognitive Ecologies and the History of Remembering
Religion, Education and Memory in Early Modern England
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies

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This book unites research in philosophy and cognitive science with cultural history to re-examine memory in early modern religious practices. Offering an...
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In Strange Countries: Middle English Literature and its Afterlife
Essays in Memory of J.J. Anderson
Manchester Medieval Literature

Manchester University Press
These essays by senior scholars in medieval studies celebrate the career of J.J. Anderson, editor, critic, and co-founder of the Manchester Medieval Literature...
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The Lesbian Premodern
The New Middle Ages

Palgrave Macmillan
When has using the term “lesbian” not been considered an anachronistic gesture? This question lies at the heart of this important new collection of essays. The...
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Sanctity and Pornography in Medieval Culture
On the Verge
Manchester Medieval Literature

Manchester University Press
Sanctity and Pornography in Medieval Culture exposes the complexity of bodily exposure in medieval devotion and contemporary pornographic cultures. Through...
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The Unorthodox Imagination in Late Medieval Britain

Manchester University Press
The unorthodox imagination in late medieval Britain explores how medieval people responded to images, stories, beliefs and practices which were at odds with...
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Medieval and Early Modern Film and Media

Palgrave Macmillan
Medieval and Early Modern Film and Media contextualizes historical films in an innovative way--not only relating them to the history of cinema, but also to...

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Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages
The New Middle Ages

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J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with...
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On Farting
Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages
The New Middle Ages

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This book presents waste as an aesthetic category that introduces an arsy-versy world where detritus is precious. This aesthetic is applied in the second part...
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Queering Medieval Genres
The New Middle Ages

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Queering Medieval Genres unites queer theory with genre criticism to explore the contradictory space of homosexuality within medieval literature. Through the...
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The Later Middle Ages
A Sourcebook
Palgrave Sourcebooks

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This substantial anthology of documents offers students of later medieval English literature, society and history a range of interdisciplinary perspectives...
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Mindful Spirit in Late Medieval Literature
Essays in Honor of Elizabeth D. Kirk
The New Middle Ages

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A look at the relationship between European religiousity and literature in the late medieval period.
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Voices from the Bench
The Narratives of Lesser Folk in Medieval Trials
The New Middle Ages

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A study of marginalized figures in medieval and early modern Europe and Mesoamerica.
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Wisdom and Her Lovers in Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Literature
The New Middle Ages

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This book explores how Medieval and Early Modern writers reconstructed, and also how readers read, the contradictory meanings of “Lady” Wisdom. ...
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Odd Bodies and Visible Ends in Medieval Literature
The New Middle Ages

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This study traces how medieval audiences judge bodies (as saved or damned, human or monstrous) from Doomsday visions to beauty contests. It exposes how...
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Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies
The New Middle Ages

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This collection of essays critically examines, from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, current approaches to the study of late antique and early medieval...
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Sex, Scandal, and Sermon in Fourteenth-Century Spain
Juan Ruiz's Libro de Buen Amor
The New Middle Ages

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Juan Ruiz's Libro de Buen Amor (1330/1343) is a lively and challenging medieval classic that ranks alongside the works of Dante and Chaucer. This volume is the...
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Key Concepts in Medieval Literature
Palgrave Key Concepts: Literature

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Key Concepts in Medieval Literature introduces students to the major authors, themes and genres of the English Middle Ages. These are discussed in concise...
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The King and the Whore
King Roderick and La Cava
The New Middle Ages

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This study explores the extraordinary afterlife of the Spanish legend of King Roderick and La Cava in plays, poems, novels and operas from the eighth century...
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Julian of Norwich's Legacy
Medieval Mysticism and Post-Medieval Reception
The New Middle Ages

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This detailed study is the first to outline Julian of Norwich's reception throughout history, from the extant manuscripts to the present day.
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The Surgeon in Medieval English Literature
The New Middle Ages

Palgrave Macmillan
A study of the portrayal of surgeons in Medieval English Literature, utilizing pastoral, theological, recreational, and medical writings.