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New Books in Medieval History

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Interview with scholars of the Medieval World about their new books

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Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World (Princeton UP, 2025) by Professor John Blair provides the first in-depth, global account of one of the world’s most widespread yet misunderstood forms of mass hysteria—the vampire ... more

The letters stemming from the First Crusade are premier sources for understanding the launch, campaign, and aftermath of the expedition. Between 1095 and 1100, epistles sustained social relationships across the Mediterranean and within Europe, as a m... more

Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies are a firmly established part of Western popular culture. Since the days of the Vikings and Arthurian legend, these sprites have undergone huge transformations. From J. R. R. Tolkien’s wa... more

Dr. Rosemary Admiral provides a groundbreaking history of women’s legal engagement in Marinid Morocco between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries that fundamentally challenges contemporary assumptions about women’s relationships to Islamic legal t... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. Thomas Smith
History educator at a boarding school in England and researcher focused on medieval history and the Crusades.
Episode: Thomas Smith, "Rewriting the First Crusade: Epistolary Culture in the Middle Ages" (Boydell & Brewer, 2024)
Dr. Matthias Egeler
Professor of Old Norse at Frankfurt University in Germany
Frankfurt University
Episode: Matthias Egeler, "Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld" (Yale UP, 2025)
Dr. Rosemary Admiral
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas specializing in pre-modern Middle Eastern history.
University of Texas at Dallas
Episode: Rosemary Admiral, "Living Law: Women and Legality in Marinid Morocco" (Syracuse UP, 2025)
Katherine French
J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of Medieval History at the University of Michigan.
University of Michigan
Episode: Katherine L. French, "Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London: Consumption and Domesticity After the Plague" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)
Dr. Steve Tibble
Historian specializing in the Crusades and military history.
Yale University Press
Episode: Steve Tibble, "Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood" (Yale UP, 2025)
Cynthia Paces
Professor of history at the College of New Jersey
College of New Jersey
Episode: Cynthia Paces, "Prague: The Heart of Europe" (Oxford UP, 2025)
David Woodman
Professor and historian at Robinson College, Cambridge.
Robinson College, Cambridge
Episode: David Woodman, "The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Anne Lawrence-Mathers
Professor of History at the University of Reading
University of Reading
Episode: Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "Medieval Meteorology: Forecasting the Weather from Aristotle to the Almanac" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Daisy Livingston
Author of Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo, Assistant Professor at Durham University
Durham University
Episode: Daisy Livingston, "Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo: Archives, Waqf and Society" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host and scholar involved in the discussion of new works in medieval history.
Morteza Hajizadeh
Host of New Books in History, focusing on diverse historical narratives.

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#247
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Matthias Egeler, "Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: You chose to start with Medieval, Rural, Iceland. Why?
Because there is so much wonderful material available that shows patterns in storytelling across different Icelandic landscapes.
Matthias Egeler, "Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: Could you please start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Dr. Egeler explains his background as a Professor of Old Norse and how his interest in elves was inspired during the COVID lockdown, aiming to create a book that combines academic rigor with enchanting stories.
Katherine L. French, "Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London: Consumption and Domesticity After the Plague" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)
Q: What kinds of documents do we have that help us answer these questions you've raised?
The bulk of my sources are last wills and testaments, along with probate inventories, which provide insights into household items and their significance.
Katherine L. French, "Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London: Consumption and Domesticity After the Plague" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)
Q: So what did that change actually mean in the immediate aftermath and in the longer term too?
It led to significant changes in household goods and consumption patterns, reflecting shifts in how people lived and interacted with their possessions after the plague.
Nabil Yasien Mohamed, "Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: Can you comment on al-Ghazālī's autobiography, The Deliverance from Error?
This work serves as an intellectual biography showcasing al-Ghazālī's struggles and his competence to interpret Islamic tradition.

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