Samson and Delilah in Medieval Insular French investigates several different adaptations of the story of Samson that enabled it to move from a strictly religious sphere into vernacular and secular artworks. Catherine Léglu explores the narrative’s translation into French in medieval England, examining the multiple versions of the Samson narrative via its many adaptations into verse, prose, visual art and musical. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, this text draws together examples from several genres and media, focusing on the importance of book learning to secular works. In analysing this Biblical narrative, Léglu reveals the importance of the Samson and Delilah story as a point of entry into a fuller understanding of medieval translations and adaptations of the Bible.

Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, the cult of the saints was the dominant form of religion in Christian Europe. In this elegantly written work, Peter Brown explores the role of tombs, shrines, relics, and pilgrimages connected with the sacred bodies of the saints. He shows how men and women living in harsh and sometimes barbaric times relied upon the merciful intercession of the holy dead to obtain justice, forgiveness, and to find new ways to accept their fellows. Challenging the common treatment of the cult as an outbreak of superstition among the lower classes, Brown demonstrates how this form of religiousity engaged the finest minds of the Church and elicited from members of the educated upper classes some of their most splendid achievements in poetry, literature, and the patronage of the arts.
"Brown has an international reputation for his fine style, a style he here turns on to illuminate the cult of the saints. Christianity was born without such a cult; it took rise and that rise needs chronicling. Brown has a gift for the memorable phrase and sees what the passersby have often overlooked. An eye-opener on an important but neglected phase of Western development."--"The Christian Century "
"Brilliantly original and highly sophisticated . . . . ["The Cult of the Saints"] is based on great learning in several disciplines, and the story is told with an exceptional appreciation for the broad social context. Students of many aspects of medieval culture, especially popular religion, will want to consult this work."--Bennett D. Hill, "Library Journal "

From the medieval chansonniers to contemporary rap renditions, this book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouvère music, a repertoire of songs which have successfully maintained public interest for eight centuries. A study of their reception, therefore, serves to illustrate the development of the modern concept of "medieval music". Important stages in their evolution include sixteenth-century antiquarianism; the Enlightenment synthesis of scholarly and popular traditions; and the infusion of archaeology and philology in the nineteenth century, leading to more recent theories on medieval rhythm.

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages is a major new reference resource for all key aspects of European history, society, religion, and culture from 500 to 1500. Since neighbouring areas of Asia and North Africa impinged on and helped shape the civilization of the West, relevant aspects of the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic dynasties, and Asiatic peoples such as the Avars and the Mongols are included. It is designed both for medievalists, who need a detailed and reliable reference tool for their own research and teaching, and for non-specialists, who need an accessible guide to the study of the Middle Ages. All entries are written with both audiences in mind. Over 800 scholars, guided by an international advisory board of five and an international editorial board of 26, have written the over 5,000 entries, and these entries have been lavishly supplemented by more than 500 illustrations and 50 maps. Each entry contains a brief bibliography. Distinguishing this research resource are its balanced coverage of both the whole geographical extent of the European Middle Ages and sixteen major topics centrally important to the study of the period. Ten members of the editorial board have ensured ample coverage of geographical regions: France, Germany and Austria, Spain and Portugal, Italy, Sicily, and Latin Greece, the Low Countries, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Scandinavia and Iceland, and Central and Eastern Europe. In addition sixteen members of the board have ensured similar coverage of major international topics: art and architecture, archaeology, science, medicine, technology, law, ecclesiastical history, intellectual history, philosophy, social and economic history, Romance, Germanic, and Slavic languages and literatures, Islam, Judaica, medieval Latin, and music and liturgy. There are also separate and substantial entries on women and children in each of the geographical areas represented and in Jewish and Islamic society.

《中世纪和文艺复兴时期的文学研究》一书中收录了C.S.路易斯十三篇引人入胜的论文，其中一半是路易斯有生之年没有出版过的。书中前三篇论文对中世纪文学做了一个总体的介绍，其余转向研究渚如但丁(《神曲》)、马洛礼(《亚瑟王之死》)、斯宾塞(《仙后》)和弥尔顿(《科马斯》)等重要作家的作品。路易斯富有洞察力和亲切感的写作，足以吸引每位对中世纪及文艺复兴文学感兴趣的研究学者。

Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women acccorded them a vital role in the community. The saints counted most prominently as potential intercessors before God, but the ordinary dead as well were called upon to aid the living, and even to participate in the negotiation of political disputes. In this book, the distinguished medievalist Patrick J. Geary shows how exploring the complex relations between the living and dead can broaden our understanding of the political, economic, and cultural history of medieval Europe. Geary has brought together for this volume twelve of his most influential essays. They address such topics as the development of saints' cults and of the concept of sacred space; the integration of saints' cults into the lives of ordinary people; patterns of relic circulation; and the role of the dead in negotiating the claims and counterclaims of various interest groups. Also included are two case studies of communities that enlisted new patron saints to solve their problems. Throughout, Geary demonstrates that, by reading actions, artifacts, and rituals on an equal footing with texts, we can better grasp the otherness of past societies.

In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture.

 “[A] delightful study. . . . [Eco’s] remarkably lucid and readable essay is full of contemporary relevance and informed by the energies of a man in love with his subject.” —Robert Taylor, Boston Globe

“The book lays out so many exciting ideas and interesting facts that readers will find it gripping.” — Washington Post Book World 

“A lively introduction to the subject.” —Michael Camille, The Burlington Magazine

“If you want to become acquainted with medieval aesthetics, you will not find a more scrupulously researched, better written (or better translated), intelligent and illuminating introduction than Eco’s short volume.” —D. C. Barrett, Art Monthly

★ 2017年沃尔夫森历史奖
★ 2016年达夫•库珀非虚构文学奖获奖作品
★ 甲骨文X企鹅图书联合推出
★ 通过伟大抄本领略千年欧洲史中不为人知的隐秘部分
【本书简介】
伟大的抄本是欧洲文明和历史中隐秘的星。想要接触它们，就需要进入鲜有人能够进入的秘密花园。克里斯托弗•德•哈梅尔为我们打开了秘密花园之门，邀请我们与他一同踏上这条他花了一生精力探索的学术之路。
《非凡抄本寻访录》探访了十二份精美的欧洲中世纪泥金装饰手抄本，是一场深入中世纪社会的非凡旅行。
从无与伦比的《凯尔经》抄本到知名的《坎特伯雷故事集》抄本，作者克里斯托弗·德·哈梅尔全方位地介绍了各份抄本的制作过程、时代背景、面世后的经历；追溯了这些非凡手稿是如何被制作、复制、谁拥有它们又是谁非常渴望得到它们，以及这些手稿如何卷入政治、为何被视为绝美之物，甚至成为一个国家的象征。

《剑桥日本史（第3卷）：中世日本》叙述了从12世纪末到16世纪中期、从镰仓幕府的建立到内战激烈爆发后室町幕府最终崩溃的日本历史。书中包括了12位特邀知名学者对这一时期日本政治、经济、社会、文化以及宗教的研究，并着重阐述了这段重要时期对当代日本的影响。

中世纪的“黑暗时代”真的黑暗吗？
狮心王理查也许根本不是一个英国人。
哥伦布究竟是一位探险家，还是一个被权力和贪婪吞噬的殖民者？
诺曼底登陆的成果竟然是靠一个西班牙间谍加西亚？
……
作者笔下的历史故事远超我们的定见和想象。
《间谍、施虐狂和巫师》是一部颠覆我们固有认知的另类历史书。
或者，至少呈现另一种观点。

对封建时代西欧各国历史的主要史料的概述
揭示封建时代欧洲各国总的发展进程
探讨各种史料出现和发展的规律性
全书分为“古代晚期”“早期中世纪”“成熟的封建主义时期”“中世纪后期”四编，为避免重复，每一篇开头对该时期的史料基本类型做了总的评述，而在论述个别国家史料的各章中，阐述了这些史料的具体特点。史料的评述分为社会经济关系史和政治史两个部分，第一部分通常是对大批史料（如封赐证书、行会章程等）的评述，第二部分则是对各具体史事的记述。从篇幅考虑，本书除史诗、民歌和民间传说外，未收入其他文学著作和科学著作。

中世紀歐洲武術一本就通教戰大全！
中世紀歐洲的戰鬥教本
長劍術、摔角術、西洋劍術
中世紀．文藝復興時期的劍術．格鬥術全圖解！
以中世紀．文藝復興時期歐洲為主題背景，介紹西元1400年前後到1650年前後普遍使用的武術之理論以及實際技巧配合Step by Step進行圖解步驟說明。
以現今仍有記錄的四個武術流派為主軸，論述基本武術理念，詳實展演各類武器入門與變化的武技解說，包含近身搏擊、身穿鎧甲護具、馬背上、異種武器之間的戰鬥方法，介紹多達21個種類的各式武器戰術。
本書內容包含了許多現今仍然實際存在且附有實際測試數據的武器圖解說明。繪圖精細豐富，完整展示戰鬥的藝術，鉅細靡遺，理論和實務兼具，是第一本以中世紀歐洲武器和武術為主題的教戰聖典！
第一部 基本概念
·中世至近世戰鬥模式之變遷
·歐洲武術的基本理念
·架式、攻擊線、防禦、劍刃的握法、步法
·流派介紹
第二部 武技解說
·長劍、摔角、短劍、半劍、殺擊、武裝格鬥術、槍
·長柄大斧、圓月砍刀、單手劍與小型圓盾、騎乘戰鬥
·短棍、長棍、四角棍、威爾斯鉤矛、直刀、瑞士戟
·西洋劍、雙手大劍、鐮刀與大鐮刀、棍棒與連枷、異種武器戰鬥

内容紹介
ロングソード術やダガー術、レイピア術だけでなく、レスリング術、鎧を着たレスリング術など、中世ヨーロッパの戦闘教本を解説した、おそらく日本ではじめての書籍です。近世より遅れていると思われ続けた中世の武術が、当時いかに発展していたかを知ることのできる一冊です。
内容（「BOOK」データベースより）
中世ヨーロッパの戦闘教本。ロングソード術やレスリング、レイピア術など、中世・ルネッサンス期における剣術・格闘術のすべてを図解。