Medieval
Women and the Early Church
Brent Shaw offers a reassessment of the women martyrs and heroines whose activities on behalf of the faith provoked unsettled admiration from the church fathers.
The Myths of Medieval Warfare
An absurd procession of chivalry or mad mass charges? Analysis of fighting in the Middle Ages has become more subtle than either of these scenarios, argues Sean McGlynn.
Percies, Nevilles and the Wars of the Roses
Anthony Pollard explains how the rivalry of two great Northern families contributed to civil war in fifteenth-century England.
Majnun: The Madman In Medieval Islamic Society
Vivian Nutton reviews
Saints and Cities in Medieval Italy
Every commune had to have one - Diana Webb explains how the cult of a holy man or woman and civic PR went hand-in-hand in medieval Italy.
Nasty Habits - Satire and the Medieval Monk
What made medieval monks laugh? Edward Coleman looks at humour, holy men and the sub-texts of comment in 12th-century England.
The Mechanics of Monarchy: Knighting Castile's King, 1332
Kings knight knights, but who knights kings? Peter Linehan looks at how Alfonso XI got round the problem and in the process strengthened his hold on his kingdom.
The Legacy of Byzantium
Michael Antonucci discerns Byzantine origins in today's international power politics.