The Codex Gigas (“Giant Book” in Latin) is believed to have been created in the13th century in the Benedictine monastery of ...

Susan Boynton looks at this, along with bibliophilia, libraries, and the study of medieval liturgy in her new book.

Manger scenes displayed at Christmas usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger “because there was no room for them in ...

How does Guy Ritchie's film, starring Jude Law, compare to King Arthur's real legend? Medieval historian Dr Hetta Howes (author of Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife) reacts to Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: ...

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is a play written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play dramatizes the murder of king Claudius by his nephew, Hamlet ...

Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, the country has produced many great writers, and it is said that one in two Icelanders writes books. This literary ...

Research in the Department of English brings the core values of our discipline-textual scholarship, critical and theoretical analysis, and contextual knowledge, to the dynamic and changing field of ...

Co-sponsored with The Centre for Medieval Studies at York, Department of History of Art at York, the Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies at Ghent, the Centre for Medieval Literature (Southern ...

These real medieval castles will transport you to a world filled with knights and princesses, legendary lore and inspiration for your daydreams Castles conjure up images of a romantic medieval past, ...

Dr. Langdell is a professor of medieval literature at Baylor University. I teach a seminar for graduate students called Divine Comedies. My students and I trace Dante’s influence through the ages.

The University of Birmingham and Longleat in Wiltshire have collaborated on a new project re-examining the famous medieval poem, La Belle Dame sans Mercy (The Beautiful Lady without Mercy) by Alain ...