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General

Introductory Articles

Introducing the Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages

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Simon Forde (Author), 2019
Introducing the Medieval Globe

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Carol Symes (Author), 2019

Bibliographies

Introduction to the Bibliographies of the Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages

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Charles D. Wright (Author), 2019
Bibliography of Disabilities

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Wendy J. Turner (Author), 2019
Bibliography of Fragments and Fragmentology

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Claudia Sojer (Author), 2019
Bibliography of Hagiography

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Charles D. Wright (Author), 2019
Bibliography of the Bible

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Charles D. Wright (Author), 2019
Bibliography of Sorcery and Marginalization Tactics, 500–1500

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Ysabeau Wood (Author), 2019
Bibliography of Women’s Letters, 400–1500

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Ysabeau Wood (Author), 2019

Home Life

Family and Kinship

Fictive and Adoptive Kinship in Medieval Islamicate Societies

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Zoltan Szombathy (Author), Amy Livingstone (Editor) and Nathan Leidholm (Editor), 2019
Kinship and Gender in Medieval Western Europe

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Rachel Stone (Author), Amy Livingstone (Editor) and Nathan Leidholm (Editor), 2019
Kinship and Power: Dynasty, Lineage, and Social Networks

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Christian Raffensperger (Author), Nathan Leidholm (Editor) and Amy Livingstone (Editor), 2019
Life-Stages in the Byzantine Middle Ages

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Stephanie Novasio (Author), Nathan Leidholm (Editor) and Amy Livingstone (Editor), 2019
Marriage

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Mia Korpiola (Author), Amy Livingstone (Editor) and Nathan Leidholm (Editor), 2019

Community Life

Community Unrest

Rebellion and Unrest in the Global Medieval World

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Stephen Basdeo (Author), 2019
The Early Tales of Robin Hood

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Mark Truesdale (Author), 2019
Jewish Pogroms and the Massacre of York

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Lucia Morawska (Author), 2019
The Jack Cade Rebellion

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Alexander L. Kaufman (Author), 2019

Social Organisation

Empire and Colonies

The Crown of Aragon and the Mediterranean

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Jessica Minieri (Author) and Jessica Minieri (Editor), 2019

Political Organisation

Queenship

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Elena Woodacre (Author) and Dr Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019
Female Agency in Nasrid Islamic Granada in the Fifteenth Century

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Ana Echevarría (Author), Roser Salicrúi Lluch (Author) and Dr Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019
Proto-Mongol Khitan Empresses and Emperor Dowagers in the Tenth to Early Twelfth Centuries

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Hang Lin (Author) and Dr Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019
Queenship in the Sultanate of Delhi (1206–1526)

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Jyoti Phulera (Author) and Dr Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019
Tamar of Georgia, 1184–1213

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Lois L. Huneycutt (Author) and Dr Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019
Welsh Queenship in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

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Danna R. Messer (Author) and Dr Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019
Wu Zetian Tang Empress (624-725)

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Elisabetta Colla (Author) and Elena Woodacre (Editor), 2019

Structures for Governing

The Armenian Lordships in the Levant, ca. 1020–1130

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Toby Bromige (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019
SPQR and the Rise of the Comune Romano in the Middle Ages

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Federica Cosenza (Author), 2019
Rome and the Romans in the Tenth Century

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Lorenzo Curatella (Author), 2019

Empires and Colonies

The Byzantine Empire, 395–1453

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Toby Bromige (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019

Intercommunal Relations

Travel and Migration

Early Medieval Migration and Mobility, Fourth–Ninth Centuries

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Johannes Preiser-Kapeller (Author) and Dr Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019

Cultural Exchange

Intellectual Discourse and Global Connectivity in the Early Middle Ages

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Erik Hermans (Author) and Dr Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Crusader States

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Helena P. Schrader (Author), 2019

Persecution of Aliens

Sorcery and Marginalization Tactics, 500–1500

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Ysabeau Wood (Author), 2019
The Other, Otherness, and Othering in the Middle Ages

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Nazan Yıldız (Author) and Dr. Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019

Work

Agriculture and Fishing

Agrarian Maya Culture and Civilization

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Anabel Ford (Author), Horn Sherman (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019
Fish Farming and the Carp in Medieval Europe

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Alison Locker (Author) and Todd Preston (Editor), 2019

Trade and Exchange

Trade Systems, 600–900: Tang China and the Abbasid Caliphate

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Richard L. Smith (Author) and Dr Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
The Cowrie in East Africa

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Anne Haour (Author) and Abigail Moffett (Author), 2019

Technologies

Waste Management in Medieval Europe

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Leslie Carr-Riegel (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019

Creative Culture

Myth and Folklore

Prester John

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John Eldevik (Author), 2019

World Literature

The Arthurian Manuscript Tradition in France

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Katherine A. Rush (Author), 2019
European Medieval Manuscripts

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Katherine Rush (Author), Richard Rush (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019
Chaucer and Italian Humanism

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Jessica Honey (Author) and Dr. Jonathan Fruoco (Editor), 2019
Chaucer “for Children”

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Lucy H. Fleming (Author) and Dr. Jonathan Fruoco (Editor), 2019
Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1342/3–1400)

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Jonathan Fruoco (Author) and Dr. Jonathan Fruoco (Editor), 2019
Adapting the Wife of Bath in the Twenty-first Century

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Kristen Haas Curtis (Author), 2019
Geoffrey Chaucer and Literary Traditions

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Jonathan Fruoco (Author), 2019

The Built Environment

Thematic Overviews

Early Byzantine Architecture, 330–843

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Jenny P. Albani (Author) and Alice Isabella Sullivan (Editor), 2019
Middle Byzantine Architecture, 843–1261

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Jenny P. Albani (Author), 2019
Late Byzantine Architecture, 1261–1453

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Jenny P. Albani (Author), 2019

Core Case Studies

The Early Christian Churches of the Metropolitanate of Salona, Dalmatia

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Irena Cvijanović (Author), 2019

The Natural World

Animals

Animals and Animal Studies

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Todd Preston (Author) and Todd Preston (Editor), 2019
Dogs in the Medieval Period

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Matilda Holmes (Author), 2019
North Atlantic Right Whales

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Vicki Ellen Szabo (Author) and Todd Preston (Editor), 2019
Owls in Medieval Britain

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Michael J. Warren (Author) and Todd Preston (Editor), 2019
Ravens in Medieval Northwest Europe

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Eric Lacey (Author), 2019

Trees and Vegetation

Wood Use in Northern Europe

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Visa Immonen (Author), 2019

Spiritual Life

Holy Persons

Holy Persons in the Global Middle Ages

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Aaron Hollander (Author), Massimo Rondolino (Author), Aaron Hollander (Author) and Massimo Rondolino (Editor), 2019
Imperial Sainthood in Medieval Europe

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L.M. Ciolfi (Author), F. D’Angelo (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019
Eknath of Paithan and Hindu Devotionalism

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Jon Keune (Author), 2019
Hildegard of Bingen and the Four Temperaments Theory

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Minji Lee (Author), 2019
Künga Zangpo and Tibetan Buddhist Hagiography

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David M. DiValerio (Author), Massimo Rondolino (Editor) and Aaron Hollander (Editor), 2019
Medicants and Mesoamericans

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Garry Sparks (Author), Massimo Rondolino (Editor) and Aaron Hollander (Editor), 2019
Musical Hagiography in Western Europe with Reference to the Cult of St Nicholas of Myra

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Mary Channen Caldwell (Author), Massimo Rondolino (Editor) and Aaron Hollander (Editor), 2019
St George (Jirjīs) in Christian and Islamic Hagiography

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Reyhan Durmaz (Author), Massimo Rondolino (Editor) and Aaron Hollander (Editor), 2019

Religious Institutions

Monastery Buildings from Medieval Denmark

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Svend Clausen (Author), 2019

Religious Practices

Healing with Saints in Later Medieval Europe

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Elizabeth Burrell (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019

Religious Writings

The Life and Passion of Christ in the Middle Ages

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Caitlin Branum Thrash (Author), 2019
The Apocalyptic Prophecy Entitled The Last Vision of the Prophet Daniel

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András Kraft (Author), 2019

Health and Biology

Disabilities

Disabilities in the Middle Ages

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Wendy J. Turner (Author), 2019
Injuries, Amputation and Disability in the Middle Ages

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Carmel Ferragud (Author) and Wendy J. Turner (Editor), 2019
Mental Health in the Middle Ages

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Kathryn Hurlock (Author) and Wendy J. Turner (Editor), 2019
Religion and Disability

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Donna Trembinski (Author) and Wendy J. Turner (Editor), 2019

Health and Medicine

Medieval and Premodern Zootherapy

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Marian E. Polhill (Author), 2019

Diseases

Healing with Saints in Later Medieval Europe

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Elizabeth Burrell (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019

Public Health

Health and Wellbeing in Later Medieval Europe 1200–1600

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Elizabeth Burrell (Author), 2019

The Human Body and Mind

Gender in the Middle Ages

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Bruno M. Shirley (Author), 2019
Medieval Transgender Studies

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Blake Gutt (Author), 2019

The Past Today

Thematic Overviews

Fragments and Fragmentology

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Arc Humanities Press (Editor), 2019

Regions

Thematic Overviews

African Periodization and the “Medieval” World

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Adam Simmons (Author), 2019
Aotearoa-New Zealand in the Middle Ages

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Madi Williams (Author), 2019
Southeast Asia (500–1500)

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Andrea Acri (Author) and Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019

Core Case Studies

Inner Asia in the Sixth–Ninth Centuries

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Michael R. Drompp (Author) and Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
The Korean Kingdom of Silla (ca. 300–935)

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Richard D. McBride (Author) and Dr Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
Late Antique and Medieval Ethiopia: 300–1500

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George Hatke (Author) and Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
Late Antique and Medieval Nubia: ca. 500–1500

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George Hatke (Author) and Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
The Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus 1192–1473

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Nicholas Coureas (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019
The Maya Civilization, 600–1500 CE

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Heather McKillop (Author) and Dr Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
Medieval Japan, 1100–1600

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William Wayne Farris (Author) and Dr Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
Oceania 500–1000

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Glenn R. Summerhayes (Author) and Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019
South Arabia in the Middle Ages

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George Hatke (Author), 2019
Tang China (618–907)

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Tineke D’Haeseleer (Author) and Erik Hermans (Editor), 2019

Sex and Procreation

Core Case Studies

Music and Sexuality in the Medieval West

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Arc Humanities Press (Editor), 2019
Socio-economic Status and Sexuality in the Middle Ages

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Arner Lynn (Author), 2019

Sites

Core Case Studies

Music and Sexuality in the Medieval West

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Arc Humanities Press (Editor), 2019

Visual Culture

Thematic Overviews

Astronomical Imagery

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Ivana Lemcool (Author) and Danna R. Messer (Editor), 2019
Late Medieval Visual Culture in Eastern Europe

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Maria Alessia Rossi (Author), Alice Isabella Sullivan (Author) and Alice Isabella Sullivan (Editor), 2019
Misericords

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Betsy Chunko-Dominguez (Author) and Alice Isabella Sullivan (Editor), 2019

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