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The Boydell Medieval Library presents key publications from our wide-ranging and highly-respected medieval history programme. From the Bayeux Tapestry to books of beasts, The Black Death to Leprosy, The Dukes of Valois Burgundy to Gerald of Wales, Monastic Orders to Viking Women, these books should be in every history library.
Art and Architecture | Biographies | Historical Archaeology | History of Religion
Medieval History | Medieval Literature | Military History
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The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries, 1300-1540: A Patronage History
Julian M. Luxford
Analysis of the patronage of Benedictine monasteries has much to reveal about both monastic life and material culture of the time.
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The Bayeux Tapestry
Lucien Musset
Translated by Richard Rex
A leading authority on the Bayeux Tapestry examines the work "frame by frame" in this profusely illustrated and annotated volume.
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The Bayeux Tapestry: New Interpretations
Edited by Martin K. Foys, Karen Eileen Overbey and Dan Terkla
New approaches to what is arguably the most famous artefact from the Middle Ages
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Bestiary
Richard Barber
A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary.
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Castles of God
Fortified Religious Buildings of the World
Peter Harrison
The fortified religious buildings of Christendom, Islam and Tibetan Buddhism, described by an acknowledged expert who also includes his own photographs and detailed plans.
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Flint Flushwork
A Medieval Masonry Art
Stephen Hart
A thorough survey of Flint Flushwork decoration, one of the finest artistic forms of the medieval craftsman.
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The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England
Abigail Wheatley
A new way of looking at the medieval castle - as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through art and literature.
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A Medieval Book of Beasts
The Second-Family Bestiary: Commentary, Art, Text and Translation
Willene B. Clark
Text, translation, and critical study of one of the most important medieval bestiaries.
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Medieval Church Window Tracery
Stephen Hart
A comprehensive review of the wide and varied range of window tracery designs that emerged during the medieval period.
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Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches
Roger Rosewell
An illustrated study of this unique medieval art, surveying the images and iconography that made the medieval church a riot of colour.
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The Madonna of Humility
Development, Dissemination and Reception, c.1340-1400
Beth Williamson
Detailed analysis of an iconographic motif of huge significance in European art.
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