She has published scholarly works on late Victorian literature and Creative Writing pedagogy and served on the editorial boards of Turn-of-the-Century Women, The Walter Pater Newsletter, and The ...

Only exclusive calfskin was used to make parchment in Iceland. Calfskin parchment is called vellum, and it took dozens of ...

"In addition to sagas, eddic poems, and skaldic verse, scientific literature and political treaties were also written in Iceland during the Middle Ages," Lorenz said. Books and texts from this ...

The Congress embraces the study of all aspects of the Middle Ages, extending into late antiquity and the early modern period, including—but not limited to—history, language, literature, linguistics, ...

This course will introduce you to some major epic and romance texts of the Middle Ages, such as Beowulf, The Song of Romance ... We will particularly focus on how medieval literature can guide us to a ...

Severance Fund, 1978.39.b. Public Domain. New Queer Medievalisms explores new directions in the study of queer, gay, lesbian, transgender, intersex and asexual medieval identities and simultaneously ...

Investigating the lost literary history of Iceland reveals religious upheavals and clever forgeries, new research has ...

Lev Grossman's new novel, "The Bright Sword," follows a young knight who arrives in Camelot just after the fall of King Arthur. Below, the author of the best-selling "Magicians" trilogy recommends six ...

One of the most amazing accomplishments of Byzantine monasteries was the miraculous preservation of ancient Greek treasures ...

Catherine of Alexandria was regarded in hagiographic literature as both a princess ... Helpers and was extremely popular in the late Middle Ages as a helper in need and patron saint.