This volume examines power and the paratext in medieval books from intellectual disciplines such as history of the book, law, science, music, medicine, literature, art, and philosophy. Polemic and ...

Two medieval methods utilized basic apparatus and the force of gravity to inflict extreme levels of discomfort. The Judas Cradle was a pyramid-shaped spike that a victim would be forced to sit on ...

The new archives tours, led by college archivist Suzanne Foster, provide a rare opportunity to view two medieval rooms that ...

What kinds of books did parish churches have in the Middle Ages? From where did they get them? BOMPAC examines these poorly known but fundamental questions of medieval book history. Its primary ...

“Hardly any Latin books from medieval Iceland have survived. Due to their rarity, recycled parchment from disassembled Latin books is one of our most important sources in the history of medieval ...

It is the first significant history of this type since the late ... laid out in a typeface that is easy on the eye. The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion is a combination of clear ...