This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and t

The book examines the lived experience of worship in early medieval England and Ireland, ranging from public experience of church and stone sculptures, to monas

Presents the Anglo-Saxon period of English history from the fifth century up to the late eleventh century, covering such events as the spread of Christianity, t

Contemporary descriptions of objects no longer extant examined to reconstruct these lost treasures.Surviving accounts of the material culture of medieval Europe

Unearths the lives of British women over 1,000 years using the rich historical record of their wills and legacies.