Medieval Metre is Seriously Cool. Seriously!
October 24, 2016
by Jane Toswell, co-author of our new book Early English Poetic Culture and Meter: The Influence of G. R. Russom So why should I learn about Old and Middle English… READ MORE
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Preparing for the Publisher Meetings
September 29, 2016
This past year, I’ve had the pleasure of attending several conferences, each with their different flavors: the 22nd Annual ACMRS Conference in Scottsdale, AZ; the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy in Boston; the Association… READ MORE
The World of Books: An Acquisitions Editor on Reading, Contracting, and Writing Great Medieval History Books
September 22, 2016
All acquisitions editors must be thankful for the fifteenth century. Not only did Johannes Gutenberg usher in the so-called ‘Printing Revolution’ when he started to use a movable-type printing press… READ MORE
Guide for Authors on Blog Writing
September 18, 2016
We would like to feature your book on the MIP-Arc blog, and would be delighted if you can provide a short text (between 500 and 1000 words) which we could… READ MORE
Back to School with METS: Moving Beyond the Usual Medieval Canon of Chaucer and Malory
September 7, 2016
All across the country, universities are resuming classes. How exciting! One of the toughest things about formulating a new class is working up the syllabus. Every teacher wants to bring… READ MORE
Dr. Palmer Reviews Early Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse
May 11, 2016
This is a useful addition to recent literature on eschatological writing in the first millennium. In 2011 William Weinrich published translations of some of the most important commentaries on Revelation,… READ MORE
Maken Melodye on #WhanthatAprilleday16
February 24, 2016
Goode Friendes and Readers of Arc Blog, Yt doth fill my litel herte wyth gret happinesse to invyte yow to the thirde yeare of a moost blisful and plesinge celebracioun…. READ MORE
Countdown to April 1st
February 8, 2016
Middle English Text Series (METS), located in Rochester, NY, produces many wonderful editions of Middle English works, which can be found on their website here. We, Medieval Institute Publications, publish these… READ MORE
“The Find of a Lifetime”
September 1, 2015
Tom Lucking, a 23-year-old undergraduate student of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia, stumbled upon the find of a lifetime this past December in Norfolk. While combing over… READ MORE
Teaching the New Paradigm in Black Death Studies
August 27, 2015
In November 2014, I and seventeen colleagues published a collection of essays in the inaugural issue of The Medieval Globe [fig. 1]. We sought to address a simple question: how… READ MORE