Sanctifying the Name of God

jewish martyrs and jewish memories of the First Crusade

Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

The mention of the history of beer always brings a alugh or ata the very least a snicher. The history of beer for most people is not a serious topic of study. It seems to them frivolous and hardly worth more than a few diveting ...

Communication, knowledge, and memory in Early Modern Spain

In a provocative attempt to outline a history of communication during the Spanish Golden Age, Communication, Knowledge, and Memory in Early Modern Spain examines how speech, visual images, and written texts all interact as manifestations of the human desire to know and remember. Seeking to ...

Procopius of Caesarea

tyranny, history, and philosophy at the end of Antiquity

Writing and holiness

the practice of authorship in the Early Christian East

Monsters

evil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors

The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. All known folklores ...

The business of sports agents

Fire in the plaça

catalan festival politics after Franco

The evolution of international Human Rights

visions seen

From boys to men

formations of masculinity in late medieval Europe

"The book . . . will find a broad audience. It would work well in the classroom. . . . Effectively combating the nonspecialist's view of the Middle Ages as a monolithic and static society, it will encourage more subtle thinking about gender identities in the past and in the ...

Crossing the green line

between the west bank and Israel

Las Siete Partidas

Vol.1: The medieval Church: the world of clerics and laymen

Las Siete Partidas, or Seven Divisions, is the major law code of thirteenth-century Spain, compiled by Alfonso X the Learned of Castile. Seven centuries later, this compendium of legal and customary information remains the foundation of modern Spanish law. In addition, its influence is notable ...

Toleration, diversity, and global justice

The romance of adultery

queenship and sexual transgression in old french literature