Essays illuminating how medieval cultures and identities have influenced later authors, texts, and communities. How did ......more

This book investigates certain recurrent structures in the history of the novel as a textual genre and as a narrative fo......more

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Semiotics and multimodality combined together create new forms of signification in the Divine Comedy. It contributes to ......more

The comparison of current theoretical approaches to Dante, particularly those mobilizing the resources of theology, serv......more

Considers Tennyson’s poems, from the elegiac In Memoriam to the Arthurian Idylls of the King, in the context of Victoria......more

The Early Printed Illustrations of Dante’s "Commedia" provides the first systematic overview of the earliest illustrated......more

Maxims I and Maxims II, which comprise a seemingly haphazard assortment of Old English poetic gnomes (sayings put into v......more

Medieval and early modern literature was fascinated with the material remains of the past. Scenes involving the discover......more

A meditative reflection on what medieval disaster writing can teach us about how to respond to the climate emergency. Wh......more

This book offers an accessible and concise introduction to the sagas of Icelanders, perfect for both general and academi......more

New interpretations of different aspects of troubadour texts and lyrics, from their main themes and motifs to their rece......more

Much Persian sufi literature is explicitly didactic, aiming to instruct its readers and motivate pious reform. Moving be......more

A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature. In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-s......more

A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature. In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-s......more

Examines how Armenia has been represented and "imagined" in texts from two periods in its history: the Middle Ages and t......more

Demonstrating how Chaucer uses the Bible in The Canterbury Tales as an authoritative literary source and model for his o......more

Directs scholarly focus towards a deeper appreciation of medievalist trends in the Elizabethan literary landscape and ch......more

The life and times of Dante’s soaring poetic allegory of the soul’s redemptive journey toward God Written during his exi......more

From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a complete verse translation of......more

Offers the most comprehensive analysis and discussion of medievalist computer games to date. Games with a medieval setti......more

The study investigates the relationship between Norse and Saami peoples in the medieval period and focuses on the multif......more

Challenges the concept that the notorious horse penis is key to understanding the Tale of Vǫlsi, via the concept of the ......more

The 12th century saw an explosion of interest in the Roman past by authors all over Europe, who were looking for histori......more

Facing a transformed socio-political landscape after the An Lushan Rebellion (756-763), Tang dynasty elites questioned i......more

The Routledge Companion to Global Chaucer offers 40 chapters by leading scholars working with contemporary, theoretical,......more

The battle of Maldon in 991 AD was a defeat. The Old English poem about it that survives, The Battle of Maldon, celebrat......more

Examines manuscripts of Langland, Chaucer, Gower, Nicholas Love and Arthurian tales, alongside other devotional works an......more

The interdisciplinary papers in this volume focus on the translation of texts in its broadest meaning. The contributors ......more

An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards. Th......more

In 1234, four mendicant friars arrived in the Byzantine city of Nicaea to discuss the possibility of a union between the......more

Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-373) is one of the great personalities of late-antique Christianity, and he is well......more

Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes is the first book-length exploration of the type-scenes of western m......more

Rereading Chaucer and Spenser: Dan Geffrey with the New Poete offers dynamic new approaches to the relationship between ......more

This study is the first to introduce evidentiality to the stylistic analysis of literary works, specifically that of the......more

Erotic displays of marginalized people in medieval contexts, such as Santiago García and David Rubín’s Beowulf, Lil Nas ......more

In Experimental Histories, Hannah Weaver examines the medieval practice of interpolation--inserting material from one te......more

Monstrous Fantasies asks why medieval romances reimagining the crusades ending in a Christian victory circulated in Engl......more

Despite Aristotle’s family background and his undeniable impact on ancient Greek medicine, the influence of medicine on ......more

The Crusades and Nature: Natural and Supernatural Environments in the Middle Ages explores the intersection of crusader ......more

Genesis Myth in Beowulf and Old English Biblical Poetry explores the adaptation of antediluvian Genesis and related myth......more

Petrarch’s Canzoniere had a central role in the Italian Early Modern culture, especially - but not only - in the sixteen......more

Through close examination of ancient, medieval, and modern Lives of the saints, Ann W. Astell demonstrates how the histo......more

From Rus’ to Rímur, volume 65 in the Islandica series and simultaneously an issue in the occasional journal New Norse St......more

Discusses contemporary medievalism in studies ranging from Brazil to West Africa, from Manila to New York....more