September 10, 2021
Published today, Gaimar’s Estoire des Engleis: Kingship and Power by Gemma Wheeler, aims to challenge past views of Gaimar by providing the first holistic study of his Estoire’s incisive commentary… READ MORE
August 25, 2021
In our latest blog post, Dr Samuel Claussen recalls the origins of his new book which reveals the role played by chivalric ideology, and its violent results, in late medieval… READ MORE
August 23, 2021
Nigel Bryant provides an introduction to his newly published book Chrétien’s Equal: Raoul de Houdenc from the Arthurian Studies series. You can find more books from Nigel Bryant on his… READ MORE
August 11, 2021
Dr J. Michael Jefferson explains how his new survey of major Templar landholdings offers fresh insights into key questions about their history. The Knights Templar were an order of… READ MORE
July 23, 2021
Claire Weeda is a cultural historian at Leiden University. In her new book, Dr Weeda investigates how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages. On 26… READ MORE
July 19, 2021
Transformative Waters in Late-Medieval Literature by Hetta Elizabeth Howes is a consideration of the metaphor of water in religious literature, especially in relation to women. Dr Howes provides fascinating insight… READ MORE
July 16, 2021
Holy harlots – sexual sinners-turned-saints such as Mary Magdalene or Mary of Egypt – were models for the John Wycliffe and the Wycliffites (proto-protestant dissenters c. 1380s-1420s) but came to… READ MORE
July 6, 2021
Our Meet the Boydell Team series continues! Caroline Palmer is well known to the medieval studies community – but as we see from her interview, there’s more to learn about… READ MORE
July 2, 2021
For the second year in a row we will miss our days at the IMC in the beautiful Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds. And we really do miss… READ MORE
June 25, 2021
Marie Addyman gives us a snapshot of how her new book was generated from conversations with editors of the Heritage Matters series and how she found celebration and joy, as… READ MORE
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