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Parutions : the most recently published books in the field of Medieval Studies.A new Catalogue on Medieval &#38; Renaissance Studies is also available that features the latest information on our publications on Medieval Society &#38; Culture, the Crusades, Church History, Languages &#38; Literature, Art History, Book &#38; Manuscript Studies, History of Science, Archaeology, Music, Scandinavian Studies,.... Download your copy here (pdf). On the occasion of the 26th International Medieval Congress (Leeds, UK) you can now order all available titles with FREE SHIPPING* via the brepols webshop using the following code: IMC19.The Lands of Saint Ambrose Monks and Society in Early Medieval MilanRoss BalzarettiSeries: Studies in the Early Middle Ages, vol. 44ISBN 978-2-503-50977-8This book provides a history of early medieval Milan that incorporates the as-yet underestimated role of  the city's Benedictine monastery.More InfoJews and Muslims under the Fourth Lateran Council Papers Commemorating the Octocentenary of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215)Marie-Thérèse Champagne, Irven M. Resnick (eds.)Series: Religion and Law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies, vol. 10ISBN 978-2-503-58151-4The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) was groundbreaking for having introduced to medieval Europe a series of canons that sought to regulate encounters between Christians and Jews and Muslims.More InfoThe Art and Architecture of the Cistercians in Northern England, c.1300-1540 Michael CarterSeries: Medieval Monastic Studies, vol. 3ISBN 978-2-503-58193-4A major reappraisal of the art and architecture of the Cistercians in the late Middle Ages.More InfoEnvironment, Colonization, and the Baltic Crusader States Terra Sacra IAleksander Pluskowski (ed.)Series: Environmental Histories of the North Atlantic World, vol. 2ISBN 978-2-503-55132-6This is the first of two Terra Sacra volumes, which share the aim of changing our understanding of the environmental impact of crusading and colonization in northeastern Europe.More InfoEcologies of Crusading, Colonization, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic Terra Sacra IIAleksander Pluskowski (ed.)Series: Environmental Histories of the North Atlantic World, vol. 3ISBN 978-2-503-55133-3This second Terra Sacra volume draws together a series of case-studies on Livonia and Prussia that provide a unique snapshot of recent research into environmental change during the Baltic Crusades and also explore long-term trends in landscape organization and environmental exploitation.More InfoCartulaire de l’abbaye de Saint-Pierremont (1095-1297) Édition d’après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouvelles acquisitions latines, 1608Yoric Schleef, Natacha Helas (eds.)Série : Atelier de recherche sur les textes médiévaux, vol. 25ISBN 978-2-503-58084-5L’abbaye de chanoines réguliers de Saint-Pierremont a été fondée en 1095 dans le nord de la Lorraine. Le cartulaire édité ici est donc une source privilégiée pour la connaissance des possessions de cette abbaye et des structures foncières de cette région.More InfoIllustrated Medieval Alexander-Books in French Verse David Ross, Alison Stones, Maid Pérez-SimonSeries: Manuscripta Illuminata, vol. 4ISBN 978-2-503-58105-7This book offers new perspectives on the reception of one of the most popular medieval heros of history and legend.More InfoThe First Latin Treatise on Ptolemy’s Astronomy: The Almagesti minor (c. 1200) Henry ZepedaSérie : Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus – Texts, vol. 1ISBN 978-2-503-58137-8This volume presents a critical edition, translation, and study of one of the most important works of medieval science, the Almagesti minor, the earliest Latin commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest.More InfoFolk Songs and Material Culture in Medieval Central Europe Old Stones and New MusicNancy van DeusenSeries: Studies in the History of Daily Life (800-1600), vol. 6ISBN 978-2-503-54132-7This book takes a unique approach to the study of folk music in Central Europe. Through an analysis of this cultural tradition, and of how words and ideas that were first introduced in Latin Antiquity became increasingly cultivated, refined, and established in the centuries that followed, the volume also questions present-day studies of sound and its organization into the field of so-called ‘folk music’.More InfoByzantine and Umayyad Jerash Reconsidered Transitions, Transformations, ContinuitiesAchim Lichtenberger, Rubina Raja (eds.)Series: Jerash Papersm, vol. 4ISBN 978-2-503-58024-1This volume tackles aspects of the overlooked but crucial pottery of the Byzantine and Umayyad periods stemming from Gerasa, modern Jerash, in northern Jordan.More InfoNEW WITH BREPOLS Studies in Byzantine Sigillography Volume 13Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Christos Stavrakos (eds.)Series: Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, vol. 13ISBN 978-2-503-58373-0This volume contains papers about the seals as historical source and archaeological finding presenting their role in the Byzantine Prosopography, Byzantine Administration, Historical Geography and Byzantine Art History.More InfoPregnancy and Childbirth in the Premodern World European and Middle Eastern Cultures, from Late Antiquity to the RenaissanceCostanza Gislon Dopfel, Alessandra Foscati, Charles Burnett (eds.)Series: Cursor Mundi, vol. 36ISBN 978-2-503-58055-5Practices, perceptions, and representations of pregnancy and childbirth across regions and through history.More InfoTransmission of Knowledge in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance Outi Merisalo, Susanna Niiranen, Miika Kuha (eds.)Series: Bibliologia, vol. 53ISBN 978-2-503-58156-9This volume explores the Late Medieval and Renaissance transmission of texts of different genres, languages and periods from the book historical point of view, taking into consideration not only the textual but also the material aspect of the traditions. More InfoNorse-Gaelic Contacts in a Viking World Colmán Etchingham, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Elizabeth Ashman RoweSeries: Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe, vol. 29ISBN 978-2-503-57902-3This multi-disciplinary volume draws on the combined expertise of specialists in the history and literature of medieval Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland to shed new light on the interplay of Norse and Gaelic literary traditions.More InfoA Soul’s Journey Franciscan Art, Theology, and Devotion in the Supplicationes variaeAmy NeffSeries: Studies and Texts, vol. 210ISBN 978-0-88844-210-9The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence houses an extraordinary manuscript: an anthology of devotional texts and images called the Supplica­tiones variae, dated 1293 and made for use in Genoa, that ends with a remarkable series of full-page illustra­tions.More InfoHeretics, Schismatics, or Catholics? Latin Attitudes to the Greeks in the Long Twelfth Century Savvas NeokleousSeries: Studies and Texts, vol. 216ISBN 978-0-88844-216-1This study aims to revisit and challenge the view that the so-called schism between the Latin and Greek Churches led to the isolation of the Byzantine Empire by the Latin states and eventually to the events of 1204.More InfoThe Repertory of Processional Antiphons Clyde W. BrockettSeries: De musicae cultu, vol. 1ISBN 978-2-503-57452-3A critical edition of the repertory of processional antiphons with detailed commentary.More InfoFemmes de savoir et savoirs des femmes Littérature et musique religieuses entre l'Antiquité tardive et le Moyen ÂgeGabriella Aragione, Beat Föllmi (eds.)Série : Cahiers de Biblia Patristica, vol. 20ISBN 978-2-503-58167-5Consacrées aux femmes de savoir, de l'Antiquité tardive au Moyen Âge, les contributions ici réunies se proposent d’identifier et de reconstituer, d’une part, les milieux et les contextes où ces femmes pouvaient exprimer leurs convictions religieuses par une prise de parole publique et sans intermédiaires masculins, d’autre part, les formes d’expression choisies, comme la rédaction d’ouvrages et la composition d’hymnes liturgiques, mais aussi les pratiques d’enseignement et la direction spirituelle.More InfoPoetry in Motion Languages and Lyrics in the European Middle AgesDavid MurraySeries: Epitome musicalISBN 978-2-503-58222-1This book traces the fascinating travels of medieval courtly song around most of western Europe, and tells the story of what poetry, poets, and their scribes had to say about vernacular languages. More Info