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ADiabolicalVoice

HeresyandtheReceptionofthe Latin"MirrorofSimpleSouls"in LateMedievalEurope

JustineL.Trombley

MedievalSocieties,Religions,and Cultures

May 2023 252pp 4b&wht.

9781501769610£51.00 / $56.95HB

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS

TrombleytracestheafterlifeoftheMirrorofSimple Souls,whichcirculatedanonymouslyfortwo centuriesinfourlanguages,thoughnotwithout controversyorcondemnation.Widelyrecognizedas oneofthemostuniqueandimportantmystical treatisesofthelateMiddleAges,theMirrorwas condemnedinParisin1310asahereticalwork.

Aestheticsandthe IncarnationinEarly MedievalBritain

TiffanyBeechy

June 2023 320pp 8colorillus.,46b&w illus.,1table

9780268205157£103.00 / $115.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS

ThisrichstudytakesInsularartonitsownterms, revealingadistinctiveandunorthodoxtheologythat willinevitablychangehowscholarsviewthelongarc ofEnglishpiety.BeechytreatstheEarlyMedieval periodasa“contactzone”ofculturalclashand exchange,whereChristianityencounteredarich amalgamofpracticesandattitudes.

England'sJews

Finance,Violence,andtheCrown intheThirteenthCentury

JohnTolan

TheMiddleAgesSeries

April 2023 264pp 9ht.

9781512823899£40.00 / $45.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

HistorianJohnTolantellsthestoryofthethousands ofJewswholivedinmedievalEngland.Protectedby theCrownandgrantedtheexclusiverighttoloan moneywithinterest,Jewsfinancedbuildingprojects, providedloanstostudents,andboughtandrented outhousing.Historicaltextsshowthattheyshared mealsandbeer,celebratedatweddings,and sometimesevenendedupinbedwithChristians.

ALifeofPsalmsin JewishLateAntiquity

AJBerkovitz

JewishCultureandContexts

June 2023 288pp 13b&w

9781512824186£54.00 / $59.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Clarifiestheworldoflate ancientJudaismthroughtheversatileandpowerful lensofthePsalter.Itasksasimplesetofquestions: WheredidlateancientJewsencounterthePsalms? Howdidtheyengagewiththework?Andwhat meaningsdidtheyproduce?A.J.Berkovitzanswers thesequeriesbyreconstructingandcontextualizing adiversesetofreligiouspracticesperformedwith andonthePsalter.

ArtandArchitectureof theMiddleAges

ExploringaConnectedWorld

JillCaskey,AdamS.Cohen& LindaSafran

January 2023 400pp 426colorhts.,32 maps,75diagrams

9781501766107£170.00 / $189.95HB

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS

ArtandArchitectureoftheMiddleAges isa panoramicsurveythatfocusesontheartsof medievalEurope,Byzantium,andtheIslamicate world.Frommajesticmonumentstoexquisite tableware,JillCaskey,AdamS.Cohen,andLinda Safrandeftlyguidereadersovertwelvecenturiesof artandarchitecturecreatedbythediversepeoples andreligiousgroupsofwesternEurasiaandNorth Africa.

InLightofAnother's Word

EuropeanEthnographyinthe MiddleAges

ShirinA.Khanmohamadi

TheMiddleAgesSeries

February 2023 216pp 1illus.

9781512824810£21.99 / $24.95PB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Challengingthetraditionalconceptionofmedieval Europeasinsularandevenxenophobic,ShirinA. Khanmohamadi's InLightofAnother'sWord looksto earlyethnographicwriterswhoweresurprisingly awareoftheirownotherness,especiallywhenfaced withthefar-flungpeoplesandculturestheymeantto describe.

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MaterialityandtheFleshofthe Word

JewishLifeinMedieval Spain

ANewHistory

JonathanRay

JewishCultureandContexts

April 2023 352pp

9781512823837£58.00 / $64.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

JewishLifeinMedievalSpain isadetailed explorationoftheJewishexperienceinmedieval SpainfromthedawnofSephardicsocietyinthe ninthcenturytotheexpulsionof1492.Ittracesthe collapseofJewishlifeinMuslimSpain,the emigrationofAndalusiJewrytothelandsof ChristianIberia,andthelonganddifficult confluenceofthesetwodistinctJewishsubcultures.

LivingwiththeLaw GenderandCommunityAmong theJewsofMedievalEgypt

OdedZinger

JewishCultureandContexts

January 2023 272pp 4ht.

9781512823790£54.00 / $59.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

LivingwiththeLaw exploresthemaritaldisputesof JewsinmedievalIslamicEgypt(1000–1250),relating medievalgossip,maritalwoes,andthevoicesofmen andwomenofaworldlonggone.Probingtherich documentsoftheCairoGeniza,thebookrecovers thelifestoriesofJewishwomenandmenworking throughtheirmaritalproblemsathome,withtheir families,inthestreetsofoldCairoandinJewishand Muslimcourts.

TheMedievalHospital

LiteraryCultureandCommunity inEngland,1350-1550

NicoleR.Rice

ReFormations:MedievalandEarly Modern

April 2023 384pp 25colorillus.

9780268205119£85.00 / $95.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS

ThehospitalsoflatemedievalEnglanddefyeasy categorization.Theywereinstitutionsofcharity, medicalcare,andliturgicalcommemoration.Atthe sametime,hospitalswereculturalspacessponsoring theperformanceofdrama,thecompositionof medicaltexts,andthereadingofdevotionalprose andvernacularpoetry. TheMedievalHospital offers thefirstbook-lengthstudyoftheplaceofhospitalsin Englishliteraryhistoryandculturalpractice.

Landscapeand AuthorityintheEarly ModernWorld

JohnDixonHunt

PennStudiesinLandscapeArchitecture

May 2023 360pp 87ht.,1lineart,30 colorimages,2maps

9781512823585£72.00 / $79.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIAPRESS

Explorestheroleoflandscapeinthearticulation andexpressionofimperialidentityintheearly modernworld.Illuminateshowearlymodern courtsandsocietiesshaped,andwereshapedby, thelandscape,includingbothphysicalsitesand conceptualones.

Reimagining Christendom

WritingIceland'sBishopsinto theRomanChurch,1200-1350

JoelD.Anderson

TheMiddleAgesSeries

January 2023 248pp 3ht.,2maps,3 tablestotal

9781512822823£49.00 / $55.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIAPRESS

Thepapacyofthethirteenthandfourteenth centurieshasoftenbeencreditedwithspearheading agovernmentalrevolutionthatmoldedthehigh medievalchurchintoanincreasinglydisciplined, uniform,andmachine-likeinstitution. Reimagining Christendom offersafreshappraisalofthese developmentsfromasurprisinganddistinctive vantagepoint.

UnfinishedChristians RitualObjectsandSilent SubjectsinLateAntiquity GeorgiaFrank

February 2023 208pp

9781512823950£54.00 / $59.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Whatcanweknowaboutthe everydayexperiencesofChristiansduringthe fourth,fifth,andsixthcenturies? Unfinished Christians exploresthesensoryandaffective dimensionsofordinaryChristianswhoassembled forrituals.Withpreciousfewfirst-personaccounts bycommonChristians,itreliesonwrittensources nottypicallyassociatedwithlivedreligion:sermons, liturgicalinstructionbooks,andfestalhymns.

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