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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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The Black Death that arrived in the spring of 1348 eventually killed nearly half of England's population. In its long aftermath, wages in London rose in response to labor shortages, many survivors moved into larger quarters in the depopulated city, a... more

The Wound Man—a medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseases—was reproduced widely across the medieval and early modern globe. In Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image (Princeton Uni... more

The Assassins and the Templars are two of history’s most legendary groups. One was a Shi’ite religious sect, the other a Christian military order created to defend the Holy Land. Violently opposed, they had vastly different reputations, followings, a... more

Prague: The Heart of Europe (Oxford University Press, 2025) traces Prague's origins in the ninth century through the end of the Cold War. Highlights include the golden ages of Charles IV and Rudolph II; the religious conflicts of the Hussite and Thir... more

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Recent Guests

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)
Professor Michelle Brown
Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
University of London
Episode: Michelle P. Brown, "Bede and the Theory of Everything" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
Marla Segol
Associate Professor in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Buffalo
University of Buffalo
Episode: Marla Segol, "Kabbalah and Sex Magic: A Mythical-Ritual Genealogy" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2022)
Nabil Yasien Mohamed
Lecturer in Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
University of the Western Cape
Episode: Nabil Yasien Mohamed, "Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty" (Routledge, 2024)
Anne Blackburn
Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University
Cornell University
Episode: Anne M. Blackburn, "Buddhist-Inflected Sovereignties Across the Indian Ocean: A Pali Arena, 1200-1550" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of the New Books Network.

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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.
Nabil Yasien Mohamed, "Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: What is the significance of al-Ghazālī's writings for ethics?
Al-Ghazālī's work emphasizes ethical praxis and integrating Sufism with Islamic law to achieve felicity in the afterlife.
Nabil Yasien Mohamed, "Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: Can you say something about al-Ghazālī's relationship with occasionalism?
Al-Ghazālī's occasionalism suggests that there's no inherent causal connection and that all powers are divinely conferred by God.
Nabil Yasien Mohamed, "Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: Can you comment on al-Ghazālī's ideas regarding doubt?
Al-Ghazālī introduces methodological doubt to establish certainty about knowledge, moving from doubt toward a firm foundation.
Nabil Yasien Mohamed, "Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: What inspired you to write this book?
After being influenced by Charles Taylor's work, I wanted to explore al-Ghazālī's attitude towards doubt and skepticism within the Islamic tradition.

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