Book reviews
Medieval World: Culture & Conflict has been featuring ‘Book Reviews' for several issues now, highlighting key recent publications and staples of medieval scholarship that may be of interest to our readership.
To date, the published book reviews include, beginning with MWCC.9 (two book reviews per issue):
- Julia Faiers, "Book review: Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages," 56.
- Ralph Moffat, "Book review: A Cultural History of the Medieval Sword," 57.
- Tim Miller, "Book review: Beowulf: A Poem," 56.
- Gabrielle Storey, "Book review: The Earth Transformed: An Untold History," 57.
- Tim Miller, "Book review: Beowulf and the North before the Vikings," 56.
- Conor Robison, "Book review: Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade," 57.
- Steffen Hope, "Book review: Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England," 56.
- Tim Miller, "Book review: Desert Ascetics of Egypt," 57.
- Murray Dahm, "Book review: Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King," 56.
- Tim Miller, "Book review: Judaism in South India, 849-1489: Relocating Malabar Jewry," 57.
- Dan Spencer, "Book review: Gunpowder Technology in the Fifteenth Century: A Study, Edition and Translation of the Firework Book," 56.
- Tim Miller, "Book review: Shared Saints and Festivals Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Medieval Mediterranean," 57.
- Tim Miller, "Book review: Jewish Poetry and Cultural Coexistence in Late Medieval Spain," 56.
- A.L. McMichael, "Book review: Bastions of the Cross: Medieval Rock-Cut Cruciform Churches of Tigray, Ethiopia," 57.
We have exciting titles lined up for 2025, ranging from Dan Jones's Henry V and Elena Woodacre's Queens and Queenship to Annette Kehnel's The Green Ages and Alex Harvey's Forgotten Vikings, among many others. We hope you will find these reviews helpful and enticing.
If you have recommendations for titles that you would like to see reviewed in our magazine, or if you would like to serve as a book reviewer, please be in touch. We welcome suggestions and expressions of interest from among our readers and authors!
We are particularly interested in recent publications that offer a fresh and accessible window into aspects of the history, culture, heritage, and lived experiences of the Middle Ages, highlighting and analyzing anew key textual, visual, and archaeological sources. We are also interested in featuring reviews of canonical and reference works in Medieval Studies in order to bring these texts to the attention of broader audiences.
Reviews should be in the range of 750 words. They should offer an overview of the contents of the book and critical perspectives on select features so that readers can assess the relevance of the publication for their reading, study, and/or research interests.
