The Book Company: New Products - Medieval

Variations and Functions of Intertextuality in Byzantine Literature

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:49:45 +0000

This volume explores the diverse forms and functions of intertextuality in Byzantine texts, highlighting its narrative, cultural, and literary significance. It demonstrate the richness and complexity of Byzantine literary culture by addressing themes such as authorship and audience, memory and ..

Price: $233.99

A Dictionary of Medieval Romance and Romance Writers

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:21:11 +0000

First published in 1913, Lewis Spence's A Dictionary of Medieval Romance and Romance Writers is a concise guide to medieval romance literature. Featuring key writers, themes, and works, it’s invaluable for general readers, literature students, and folklore enthusiasts.

Price: $233.99

Masculine Virtue in Early Modern Spain

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:06:34 +0000

Culling genres as diverse as emblem books, poetry, drama, courtesy treatises and prose-fiction, this study extricates the history of masculinity in early modern Spain from the narrative of Spain’s fall from imperial power after 1640. Drawing on recent developments in gender theory, Masculine Virtu..

Price: $233.99

Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English Romance (Normans and Saxons)

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:05:33 +0000

This book explores how the cultural distinctions and conflicts between Anglo-Saxons and Normans originating with the Norman Conquest of 1066 prevailed well into the fourteenth century and are manifest in a significant number of Middle English romances including King Horn, Havelok the ..

Price: $233.99

Christine de Pizan (A Casebook)

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:55:09 +0000

Christine de Pizan wrote voluminously, commenting on various aspects of the late-medieval society in which she lived. Considered by many to be the first French woman of letters, Christine and her writing have been difficult to place ever since she began putting her thoughts on the page. Although h..
Price: $249.99

The Arma Christi in Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture (With a Critical Edition of 'O Vernicle')

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:43:32 +0000

This book explores the multiple resonances and representations of the Arma Christi, the ’instruments of the Passion,’ in medieval and early modern culture. From the weapons used to torment and sacrifice the body of Christ sprang a reliquary tradition that produced active and contemplative devotion..
Price: $233.99

Tracing the Trails in the Medieval World (Epistemological Explorations, Orientation, and Mapping in Medieval Literature)

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:14:07 +0000

Only a highly comparative study of medieval literature can help us to comprehend how much fundamental ideas and concepts were shared throughout the entire period. The idea of the trail as an epistemological vehicle for the protagonists proves to be critical in reaching a deep understanding of m..
Price: $189.99

Homer

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:47:25 +0000
Debate about how to approach the Iliad and Odyssey can seem as fierce as the epic action itself. What are the poems’ origins? Should the epics’ striking formal qualities lead us to read them differently than we might read, say, a modern novel?
This book provides an accessible guide to key ..
Price: $84.00

Crying in the Middle Ages (Tears of History)

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:28:34 +0000

Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic performances. Crying in the Middle Ages addresses the place of tears in Jewish, Christia..
Price: $233.99

The Avowing of King Arthur

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:30:39 +0000

This book presents the manuscript of the original poem, including a bibliography of related studies and a comprehensive notes section and glossary. Originally published in 1984.
Price: $189.99