From the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, founded by Saint Louis in the mid-13th century and abolished in 1787, to the Sainte-Chapelles ranging from Bourges to Dijon or Chambéry, forming a network of sacredness for the princes of the House of France, this book traces the political, religious, and artistic history of a crucial imaginary institution for the Kingdom of France.
Category Archives: Publications
New Publication: ‘Crusader Rhetoric and the Infancy Cycles on Medieval Baptismal Fonts in the Baltic Region’ by Harriet M. Sonne De Torrens
Explore the intertwining of crusader ideology with the liturgy in this new book, which offers an unprecedented look into how twelfth-and-thirteenth-century art reflects political ambitions and religious narratives.
New Publication: ‘Illuminating the Vitae patrum: The Lives of Desert Saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy’, by Denva Gallant
Explore ‘Illuminating the Vitae patrum’ by Denva Gallant, a new book that reveals how 14th-century Italians embraced the Desert Fathers, as seen in the Morgan Library’s illustrated MS M.636.
New publication: ‘Giants in the Medieval City’, by Assaf Pinkus
This new book explores the role and function of the vision and the experience of the gigantic north of the Alps between the 14th and 16th centuries.
Call for Submissions: ‘Storytelling and the Middle Ages’, deadline 1 May 2024
Submissions are invited for the upcoming Trivent Medieval series which examines the cultural practice of storytelling in and about the Middle Ages. It aims at advancing our understanding of the art and practice of storytelling in the global Middle Ages in different languages and media.
New Publication: ‘The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300-1600’, Edited By Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan
The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300–1600 brings to light the interconnectedness of this broad geographical area too often either studied in parts or neglected altogether, emphasising its shared history and heritage of the regions of modern Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia.
New Publication: ‘The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages’, by Sara J. Charles
This new book takes the reader on an immersive journey through medieval manuscript production in the Latin Christian world.
New Publication: ‘A Spectacle for a Spanish Princess: The Festive Entry of Joanna of Castile into Brussels (1496)’, ed. by Dagmar H. Eichberger
This new book, ‘A Spectacle for a Spanish Princess: The Festive Entry of Joanna of Castile into Brussels (1496)’, ed. by Dagmar H. Eichberger, examines Joanna of Castile’s grand 1496 entry into Brussels through the vibrant, fully illustrated Berlin manuscript 78 D5, capturing a pivotal dynastic event.
Call for Submissions: ‘White and Whiteness in the Medieval Period, 400-1400 AD’, deadline 1 April 2024
The editors for the upcoming book Deep White: Unsettling White in Western Art History and Aesthetics (Brill, 2025) are seeking contributions concerning examination of white and whiteness from the period 400-1400 AD.
New Publication: ‘Staging the Ruler’s Body in Medieval Cultures: A Comparative Perspective’
This new book, ‘Staging the Ruler’s Body in Medieval Cultures: A Comparative Perspective’ examines the portrayal and perception of medieval rulers’ bodies across cultures, highlighting their symbolic and political significance.
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