Past Imperfect
Past Imperfect presents concise critical overviews of the latest research by the world’s leading scholars. Subjects cross the full range of fields in the period ca. 400-1500 CE which, in a European context, is known as the Middle Ages. Anyone interested in this period will be enthralled and enlightened by these overviews, written in provocative but accessible language. These affordable paperbacks prove that the era still retains a powerful resonance and impact throughout the world today.
Readership
The readership of these short, affordable books comprises principally fellow scholars in late antique, medieval, and early modern studies as a whole (but authors should not assume that they are specialists in the specific topic) and postgraduate and undergraduate students. Additionally we aspire to reach the wider educated public through making the book easily available on various national Amazon online stores. The books should be written in a scholarly idiom, but one that is accessible to these different audiences.
Author Guidelines
For more information on preparing a volume for this series see the guidance page.
Evaluation and Peer Review
This brand of compact volumes is developed through personal invitation of specialists capable of writing a concise, short monograph in the “edgy” style described below. The invitation is based on the press’s research into suitable scholars who are already established authorities in the field. Notwithstanding, all submitted manuscripts are subject to peer review from an independent expert chosen by the press. The peer review questionnaire is modified from the press’s standard form, to reflect the particular demands of this type of publication.
Coverage
Geographical scope | Medieval Europe, Global Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic History |
Chronological scope | ca. 400-1500 CE |
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Desert Ascetics of Egypt
Price: £16.95
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ISBN: 9781641891677
Pub Date: February 2023
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Why Study the Middle Ages?
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ISBN: 9781641891974
Pub Date: September 2022
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The Crusades Uncovered
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ISBN: 9781641894784
Pub Date: August 2022
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Beowulf and the North before the Vikings
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ISBN: 9781802700138
Pub Date: August 2022
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Medieval Syphilis and Treponemal Disease
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ISBN: 9781802700480
Pub Date: August 2022
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Medieval Sovereignty
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ISBN: 9781641892940
Pub Date: February 2022
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Slaveries of the First Millennium
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ISBN: 9781641891714
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback
Migration in the Medieval Mediterranean
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ISBN: 9781641892667
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback

Desert Ascetics of Egypt
Price: £16.95
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781641891677
Pub Date: February 2023
Format: Paperback
Why Study the Middle Ages?
Price: £15.95
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781641891974
Pub Date: September 2022
Format: Paperback
The Crusades Uncovered
Price: £15.95
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781641894784
Pub Date: August 2022
Format: Paperback
Beowulf and the North before the Vikings
Price: £16.95
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781802700138
Pub Date: August 2022
Format: Paperback
Medieval Syphilis and Treponemal Disease
Price: £15.95
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781802700480
Pub Date: August 2022
Format: Paperback
Medieval Sovereignty
Price: £15.95
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781641892940
Pub Date: February 2022
Format: Paperback
Slaveries of the First Millennium
Price: £16.95
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781641891714
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback
Migration in the Medieval Mediterranean
Price: £15.95
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781641892667
Pub Date: October 2021
Format: Paperback