Recognising the importance of the Middle Ages as a vital point of reference in the construction of national identities, this challenging book examines the remar

This volume provides a complex discussion of the variety of social efforts which were undertaken to create meaningful communities in the process of the formatio

The construction of a church was undoubtedly one of the most demanding events to take place in the life of a medieval parish. It required a huge outlay of time,

Liverpool’s contribution to the modern construction of the middle ages is here recognized for the first time. From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first,

Dangerous and difficult for both mother and child--what was the birth experience like in the Middle Ages? Dependent, in part, on social class, what pastimes did