Medieval History

Twelve manuscripts, read and re-read over eight centuries, can tell the heart of medieval Britain

Loud’s biography of Emperor Frederick I is neither a hagiography nor a hatchet job

Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations

This rollicking adventure indicts lazy and self-satisfied readings of the past

Manuscripts have weathered the vicissitudes of time only thanks to human passion

Changes in the early modern period forced people to look at themselves anew

The region combines ancient and modern splendours with an eye turned ever northwards

Shelley Puhak’s woman-versus-woman rivalry between queens is only part of the story

Perhaps two new church histories have a salutary message for today’s C of E

Embodied divinity