John Eldevik on Reading Prester John
September 2, 2024
1. So who was Prester John? Why is he important? Prester John (from the Latin for priest, presbyter) was the name of a mythical ruler of a great Christian empire in India… READ MORE
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“Blind William of Newcastle” and Other Celebrated Disabled Performers from Britain’s Past
August 14, 2024
Q. What is the book about? Performing Disability showcases performers from the medieval and Early Modern era who seem to have been attributed with some manner of “disability”. And the book’s… READ MORE
Epic at the Edge of Latin Europe: Latin Poetry in Lithuania
July 10, 2024
While Lithuania today is a small Baltic republic, between the 13th and 18th centuries the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, and at various times it… READ MORE
Discover Medieval Moldavia through Europe’s Eastern Christian Frontier
June 23, 2024
When we think about Europe’s Christian frontiers, the territories of the Carpathian Mountains in modern Romania might not be the first to come to mind. But during the late Middle… READ MORE
Cinderella make room for Clarmondine
May 5, 2024
8888 Love Wins Drive Knoxville, Tennessee Land Line: 555-555-5555 Cell: 777-777-7777 The Kenneth Branagh Company Twinckenham Film Studios The Barons London TW1 2AW UK Dear Sir Kenneth: After recently being… READ MORE
Aidan Norrie on Elizabeth I and the Old Testament
April 12, 2024
What brought you to the field of Biblical analogies in the first place? I have been asked this question quite a few times, and I always feel like I give… READ MORE
Tales of Mischief and Cleverness: Tomaso Costo’s Fuggilozio
April 7, 2024
What is this book about? Tomaso Costo’s Fuggilozio (which translates roughly as “The Cure for Indolence”) is a collection of short stories first published in Naples, Italy, in 1596. As was common… READ MORE
Ophira Gamliel on Malabar Jews
March 3, 2024
It is with a sense of discomfort that I write about my new book, as the shadows of unspeakable violence are cast over my homeland Israel/Palestine. The book deals with… READ MORE
Thinking about the medieval state from a Moroccan perspective: Writing The Almoravid Maghrib
February 16, 2024
Was there a Golden Age? A set of persistent questions propelled the writing of this book since before its inception. As a student I read widely through the history and… READ MORE
Essays About the Humanizing Experiences that Have Changed Museums from Within and Without
January 5, 2024
Museums have long been viewed as exclusive, excluding, and as antiseptic to intimacy. Yet the intrusion of humanized experiences into museum spaces has revised this historical vision in the past few… READ MORE