Reconstructing a Local Medieval Marketplace
May 30, 2023
For the larger towns of late medieval England, it is often possible to recreate the marketplace, its layout and attendees. However, this is a much more difficult task for the… READ MORE
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BB Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
February 21, 2023
Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium Simon John Welcome to the Medieval Herald Dr John! Can you please begin by briefly explaining what your book Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium is about? At its heart,… READ MORE
BB A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword
February 21, 2023
A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword Robert W Jones In a few sentences, please tell us what your book is about. This is a book about swords in the… READ MORE
BB Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World
February 21, 2023
Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World Edited by Lori Jones and Nühket Varlık We are thrilled to welcome you both to the Medieval Herald! Can you… READ MORE
The Surprising History of Medieval Cornwall: Pirates, Princes, and Gentlemen-Criminals
December 15, 2022
There can’t be many books that contain characters as varied as King Arthur and the Black Prince, pirates and lawless judges, knights and London aldermen, bishops and disaffected rebels. Neither… READ MORE
BB Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England
December 14, 2022
Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England HANNAH RYLEY In three sentences, please tell us what your book aims to do. My book shows how late medieval manuscripts were made well… READ MORE
Reading Cultures in Early Medieval to Early Modern England
November 8, 2022
Reading is again in crisis. The 1990s digital revolution was thought to generate the unqualified good of more readers with access to vastly wider ranges of reading material. Yet thirty… READ MORE
Manuscripts and their medieval makers, menders, scribblers, and sharers
October 18, 2022
Recycling. Did anyone in late medieval England know the word? No. But in this period, in most people’s everyday lives, there was widespread understanding of the spirit of recycling and… READ MORE
York Medieval Press: Our 100th Book and Beyond
October 17, 2022
It is York Medieval Press’s 100th – no, NOT its 100th birthday, its 100th book! This was Hannah Ryley’s Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England, published over the summer. But… READ MORE
Law, Peace, and Justice in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Introducing the New Series
September 16, 2022
Invocations of peace and justice pervaded the enforcement of law and order in medieval and early modern Europe. As one example, a judge speaking to a Yorkshire jury in 1620… READ MORE
