The Medieval World
About the Book Series
The Medieval World series covers post Roman and medieval societies and major figures in Europe and the Mediterranean, including western, central and eastern Europe as well as North Africa, the Middle East, and Byzantium. Books in the series cover a broad spectrum of subjects. These range from general topics, such as rural and urban economies, religion and religious institutions, rulership, law, conflict and power, gender and sexuality, and material culture, to biographies and interpretations of major figures, from kings, emperors and popes to saints and theologians.
Books in the Medieval World Series are intended to be an introduction to the authors’ specialist subjects and a gateway into the state of the art and current debates in those subjects – the book they would like their students to read before they take advanced undergraduate or graduate level seminars, and that scholars and students in other fields, both inside and outside of medieval history, would resort to first to learn about current work on these subjects.
At the same time, books in the series should be original scholarly monographs that contribute to their authors’ specific fields of interest. They should not only present the state of the art and introduce readers to current debates; they should express the authors’ ideas and develop them into innovative arguments that will contribute to and influence those debates.
The books should range in length between 100,000-and 140,000 words (including notes and other reference material). They may also contain a small number of images, provided that those images are discussed in the text.
If you are interested in writing for the series please contact:
Warren Brown, [email protected] and Piotr Górecki, [email protected]
Series Editors, The Medieval World
Christian–Jewish Relations 1000–1300: Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom
2nd Edition
By Anna Sapir Abulafia
August 23, 2024
This new and revised edition of Christian–Jewish Relations 1000–1300 expands its survey of medieval Christian–Jewish relations in England, Spain, France and Germany with new material on canon law, biblical exegesis and Christian–Jewish polemics, along with an updated Further Reading section. Anna ...
Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages
5th Edition
By C.H. Lawrence, Janet Burton
September 28, 2023
Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. It explores the relationship between monasteries and the secular world around them. For...
Edward the Black Prince: A Study of Power in Medieval Europe
2nd Edition
By David Green
August 08, 2023
This fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history of late medieval Europe. The eruption of the Hundred Years War, the arrival of the Black Death, England’s first religious heresy, and major innovations in the role of parliament ...
Medieval Canon Law
2nd Edition
By James A. Brundage, Melodie H. Eichbauer
August 05, 2022
It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned and, in turn, influenced the lay world within its care without understanding "canon law". This book examines its development from its beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages, updating its findings in light of recent scholarly trends...
Leading the Way to Heaven: Pastoral Care and Salvation in the Carolingian Period
1st Edition
By Carine van Rhijn
April 01, 2022
Starting from manuscripts compiled for local priests in the Carolingian period, this book investigates the way in which pastoral care took shape at the local levels of society. They show what illiterate lay people learned about their religion, but also what priests themselves knew. The Carolingian...
The Mongols and the West: 1221-1410
2nd Edition
By Peter Jackson
March 12, 2018
The Mongols and the West provides a comprehensive survey of relations between the Catholic West and the Mongol Empire from the first appearance of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan’s armies on Europe’s horizons in 1221 to the battle of Tannenberg in 1410. This book has been designed to provide a synthesis of...
The Formation of the English Common Law: Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta
2nd Edition
By John Hudson
August 10, 2017
The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law, one of the classic subjects of medieval history. This much expanded second edition spans the centuries from King Alfred to Magna Carta, abandoning the traditional but restrictive break at ...
The Viking Diaspora
1st Edition
By Judith Jesch
June 05, 2015
The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East as a form of ‘diaspora’. It discusses the ways in which migrants from Russia in the east to Greenland ...
The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages
2nd Edition
By Malcolm Barber
November 21, 2013
In the second half of the twelfth century, the Catholic Church became convinced that dualist heresy was taking root within Christian society and that it was particularly strong in southern France. The nature and extent of this heresy and the reaction of the Church to the perceived threat have been ...
The Cistercian Order in Medieval Europe: 1090-1500
1st Edition
By Emilia Jamroziak
October 04, 2013
The Cistercian Order in Medieval Europe offers an accessible and engaging history of the Order from its beginnings in the twelfth century through to the early sixteenth century. Unlike most other existing volumes on this subject it gives a nuanced analysis of the late medieval Cistercian experience...
Church and People in the Medieval West, 900-1200
1st Edition
By Sarah Hamilton
July 25, 2013
During the middle ages, belief in God was the single more important principle for every person, and the all-powerful church was the most important institution. It is impossible to understand the medieval world without understanding the religious vision of the time, and this new textbook offers an ...
Disunited Kingdoms: Peoples and Politics in the British Isles 1280-1460
1st Edition
By Michael Brown
January 21, 2013
In the last decades of the thirteenth century the British Isles appeared to be on the point of unified rule, dominated by the lordship, law and language of the English. However by 1400 Britain and Ireland were divided between the warring kings of England and Scotland, and peoples still starkly ...