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New research into petitions and petitioning in the middle ages, illuminating aspects of contemporary law and justice.

A new review of the most significant issues of Edward II's reign.

Fresh perspectives on many facets - political, social, legal, military, and diplomatic - of the reign of one of the most important late medieval kings.

An examination of awareness of the ecclesiastical doctrine of discretio spirituum, the means of testing whether visions were truly of divine origin, in the works of medieval women visionaries from Bridget of Sweden to Joan of Arc.

The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through which Christian and Jewish neighbours became enemies and victims.

A new way of looking at the medieval castle - as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through art and literature.

Attitudes towards `labour', in the wake of the Black Death, shown to range from early protest literature to repressive authoritarianism.

New essays on late medieval manuscripts highlight the complicated network of their production and dissemination.

The history and underlying ideology of pilgrimage examined, from prehistory to the middle ages.

New interdisciplinary essays on the treatment of the body in medieval theology.

Detailed investigation of the religious gild, showing its importance to all aspects of medieval life.

A study of the involvement of the Cistercian Order in the events surrounding the outbreak of heresy - particularly that of the Cathars and the resulting Albigensian Crusade - in southern France.

First full-length interpretive study of the prose Brut tradition, setting its manuscript context alongside textual analysis.

New perspectives on and interpretations of the popular medieval genre of the universal chronicle.

Essays on the discipline of medieval history and its practitioners, from the late eighteenth century onwards.

A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events.

Interdisciplinary study of one of the most important texts of the Anglo-Norman period.

First full study of the life and career of St William of York, revealing his importance to the medieval church.

The first book to deal with all the principal treatments of heresy and anti-heretical writings during their heyday in the thirteenth century.

An examination of the portrayal of one of the most important uprisings in the middle ages in subsequent history writing.

Obscenity is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and it is here examined in a number of different media.

Fresh contributions to the study of medieval manuscripts, texts, and their creators.

A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works.

An exploration of the health, sanitation, and cleanliness of one of England's most important medieval and early modern cities.

Evidence for childhood and youth from the sixth century to the sixteenth, but with particular emphasis on later medieval England.