The Companion to Medieval Palermo offers a panorama of the history of Medieval Palermo from the sixth to the fifteenth century. Often described by contrast with

This book offers the first complete overview of Byzantine poetry from the 4th to the 15th century. By bringing together 22 scholars, it explores the development

This book explores the complex history of contact and exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West over a formative period of more than three hundred years, wi

Demonstrates how food-growing gardens in early medieval cities transformed Roman ideas and economic structures into new, medieval values.

The work presented in this book opens a new window on the history and archaeology of medieval Sicily, by focusing on the development of human-animal relationshi