History of religion

A fresh approach to the works and manuscripts of this influential monk, whose writings synthesised some of the finest minds of the period.

Revisionist approach to the question of the authenticity - or not - of the documents in the Book of Llandaf.

Mysticism in Early Modern England traces how mysticism featured in polemical and religious discourse in seventeenth-century England and explores how it came to be viewed as a source of sectarianism, radicalism, and, most significantly, religious enthusiasm.

An examination of the tradition that the Ark of the Covenant was held in a Roman church, and how it developed.

Fresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church.

In-depth study of an important writer and close associate of Becket.

First English translation of seminal essays on heresy and other aspects of medieval religious history.

An examination of typology about place in relation to the Virgin Mary.

An important new perspective on this critical intellectual and religious community, and on the conflicted nature of religious change at the time.

Interdisciplinary study of chapels provides a more complex and fuller picture of engagement with the Church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.

An examination of changes in religious practice over the course of the long fourteenth century.

Wycliffite's theology and learning examined in the context of their physical appearance in contemporary books and manuscripts.

Miniaturisation is the creation of small objects that resemble larger ones, usually but not always for purposes different to those of the larger original object.

Exploring Materiality and Connectivity in Anthropology and Beyond provides a new look at the old anthropological concern with materiality and connectivity.

Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age explores the nature of digital objects in museums, asking us to question our assumptions about the material, social and political foundations of digital practices.

The Muslim Speaks reimagines Islam as a strategy for investigating the modern condition.

The Muslim Speaks reimagines Islam as a strategy for investigating the modern condition.

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.

The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes and films depicting the period in myriad ways.

The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes and films depicting the period in myriad ways.

Using the life and writings of Cyril III Ibn Laqlaq, 75th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, along with a variety of Christian and Muslim chroniclers, this study explores the identity and context of the Christian community of Egypt and its relations with the leadership of the Ayyubid dynasty in the early thirteenth century.

'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya ChakraborttyTaking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain s oil-soaked past, present and future.

'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya ChakraborttyTaking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain s oil-soaked past, present and future.

'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' - Mike DavisIn a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power.

'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' - Mike DavisIn a post-Trump world, the right is still very much in power.

'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918.

'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918.

Rubbish is something we ignore.

Rubbish is something we ignore.

Thought of as one of the world's greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci's writings push readers to interpret and change the world.

Thought of as one of the world's greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci's writings push readers to interpret and change the world.

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

Joanna Southcott (1750 1814) remains one of the most significant and extraordinary religious figures of her era.

People in Western societies have long been interested in their dreams and what they mean.

Despite its rich history in the Latin tradition, Christian monasticism began in the east; the wellsprings of monastic culture and spirituality can be directly sourced from the third-century Egyptian wilderness.

We live in a secular world and cinema is part of that secular edifice.

Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Publication Award

Experimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the grotesque and carnivalesque within contemporary fashion and the close relation between fashion and performance art, from Lady Gaga's raw meat dress to Leigh Bowery's performance style.

A century before Martin Luther and the Reformation, Jan Hus confronted the official Church and helped to change the face of medieval Europe.

Despite its rich history in the Latin tradition, Christian monasticism began in the east; the wellsprings of monastic culture and spirituality can be directly sourced from the third-century Egyptian wilderness.

Fashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be.