March 3, 2022
Elite women were on the move in late medieval and early modern Europe. Daughters of kings, dukes, barons and renowned military captains often found themselves the object of dynastic marriage… READ MORE
February 16, 2022
Q. What is the main argument presented in your book? In Fictional Shakespeares I argue that often when someone creates a fictional version of Shakespeare, often that portrait is exploring, wholly or… READ MORE
January 28, 2022
“I think by learning more about medieval people and their migration experiences, we can move one step closer to a sense of the shared humanity between medieval and modern people.”… READ MORE
January 10, 2022
Q & A with Marilyn Dunn, author of Arianism Why write a new book about Arianism? Because we need to take into account recent developments and discoveries. I use new… READ MORE
December 7, 2021
How do you teach Chaucer now, especially to undergraduates? It’s a really difficult question, especially with Chaucer’s particular legacy. While Chaucer didn’t see himself as the Father of English as… READ MORE
November 8, 2021
In 2017, I wrote a 2,000 word entry on manuscript dedications written by Princess Elizabeth for Women Writers in Context, an online publication series from the Women Writers Project (Read… READ MORE
June 14, 2021
Read with Open Access right now! Armed forces protected and preserved nature for centuries before the rise of modern environmentalism. This is not a naive embrace of the military,… READ MORE
March 18, 2021
1. What is the main argument presented in your book? Readers may be familiar the Liberation Theology that came out of places like Peru, Mexico, Chile and Argentina during the… READ MORE
March 1, 2021
This post is intended to give some intellectual and experiential background to this book, Animism, Materiality, and Museums: How Do Byzantine Things Feel?, which was published earlier this month (it… READ MORE
Denise Y. Arnold is an Anglo-Bolivian anthropologist who divides her time researching, teaching and writing between La Paz and London. She first arrived in Bolivia in 1984 as a young… READ MORE