A Valentine’s Blog
14/02/2020
Every year, on February 14, Valentine’s Day is celebrated across the world and February has long been recognised as a month of romance. We want to wish everyone a very… READ MORE
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A Christmas Blog
20/12/2019
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ”― Norman Vincent Peale Christmas is around the corner and at Boydell & Brewer we… READ MORE
The Register of John Salmon, bishop of Norwich, 1299 – 1325
13/12/2019
From the first line, recording the first known act of John Salmon as bishop of Norwich, this new edition by social historian Dr Elizabeth Gemmill brings life in a medieval… READ MORE
Books to Look out for in November 2019
04/11/2019
This year African Literature Today celebrates its 50th anniversary, and in this month’s new publication, the volume’s contributors recognize the foundations laid by pioneering African writers. This month you will… READ MORE
Editor’s Choice: Aristocratic Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in the Fourteenth Century
08/04/2019
How do you solve a problem like Lucy? “Twice-married, twice-abducted, once-divorced disregarder of the moral conventions of medieval Yorkshire, the heiress Lucy de Thweng was obviously quite a girl.” So… READ MORE
Books to look out for in December 2018
06/12/2018
Looking for that special something to slip under the tree for a loved one this year? Why not take a look at our latest releases coming out this month. From… READ MORE
The Richard Baxter Treatises: A Catalogue and Guide
09/11/2018
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was among the most prominent English nonconformist divines. An independent thinker, he had opinions – and usually expressed them – about every major controversy in England during… READ MORE
Books to look out for in November 2018
02/11/2018
Looking for a new Boydell book this month? From the musical culture of the Low Countries, to the debt owed by Shakespeare to Ovid, we round up the best (and… READ MORE
Ghosts in Enlightenment Scotland
25/10/2018
Why in the Age of Enlightenment, a time of “sober rationalism”, did ghost stories flourish in Scotland? Martha McGill’s new book examines this apparent contradiction and the reasons behind it,… READ MORE
English Medieval Church Towers
07/09/2018
Among our many new books for the second half of 2018, one of the highlights is English Medieval Church Towers. David Ryan has visited and painted 500 medieval churches of the Northern Province of England to record their towers in watercolour, preserving for posterity a delightful record of one of the greatest groupings of England’s historic buildings.