These articles seek to understand the attitudes and reactions of medieval society to both external threat and internal dissension, whether real or imagined. The

These articles seek to understand the attitudes and reactions of medieval society to both external threat and internal dissension, whether real or imagined. The

Some of the most portentous events in medieval history—the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition—fall between

Known worldwide among scholars of medieval Europe for her books on the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar, the trial of the Templars in Britain and Ire

Crusading in the Age of Joinville enhances the current literature dealing with the issue of crusaders' motivations by providing a detailed examination of the id