Today is Giving Tuesday! Help support the publication of high-quality research in medieval and early modern studies, including monographs and edited collections, classroom texts, peer-reviewed journals and more, by donating to the Medieval Institute Publications fund! wmich.edu/medieval/giv...

Coming soon! Out in November, Sadomasochistic Beowulf: Queer Narratives of Desire and Dissloution in Old English Literature applies gender/queer theory to the study of Old English literature, advancing the knowledge of both fields... (1/2) wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

There's a new addition to the Middle English Text Series! We're excited to announce the publication of 'The Middle English "Castle of Love" and Robert Grosseteste's Anglo-Norman Original "Le Chasteau d'amour"' ed. by Dana M. Symons.For more information, visit our website: wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

Our final entertainment recommendation for August is "Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games," edited by Allison Levy. Why do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the

Performances and mummings were another form of entertainment in the Middle Ages, and this text will give you fantastic examples. "Mummings and Entertainments" edited by Claire Sponsler, contains multiple different writings of John Lydgate. John Lydgate, the Benedictine monk of Bury, was a

We promised you mirth, and this text will explain exactly how medieval peoples conveyed this joy to audiences. "Telling Tales and Crafting Books: Essays in Honor of Thomas H. Ohlgren" edited by Dorsey Armstrong, Shaun F. D. Hughes, and Alexander L. Kaufman, focuses on the concept of story in

Competition is a key part of games, so today we're highlighting a text that focuses on that: "Rebels and Rivals: The Contestive Spirit in The Canterbury Tale" edited by Susanna Greer Fein, David Raybin, and Peter C. Braeger. Strife occurs everywhere among characters in The Canterbury Tales,

Happy August! To celebrate the end of summer, we're spending all month highlighting playful texts. Games, mummings, and mirth await! To kick us off, we have to recommend one of our newest titles: "Gaming the Medieval English Text: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and the Cotton Nero AX/2

Our final post for disability pride month is "Saints' Lives in Middle English Collections," edited by E. Gordon Whatley, with Anne B. Thompson and Robert K. Upchurch. While many of the hagiographies in this volume offer ideas on the body and disability, pay particular attention to the chapter (1/5)

Jumping back to the TEAMS Documents of Practice Series, this week we recommend "John Stone's Chronicle: Christ's Church Priory, Canterbury, 1417-1472," selected, translated, and introduced by Meriel Connor. It is the purpose of this small book to offer to the reader selections from Stone's (1/2)

Our next disability studies recommendation is 'The Book of Margery Kempe," edited by Lynn Staley. This title features healing, possession, uncontrollable weeping, and many other events that lend themselves to a lens of disability studies. Likely written in the late 1430s, The Book of Margery (1/5)

Great news! "Gaming the Medieval English Text: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and the Cotton Nero A X/2 Manuscript" by Julie Nelson Couch and Kimberly K. Bell is now available. This book innovatively combines traditional manuscript study with contemporary cultural game theory to show how the 1/3

Our first recommendation is a title from TEAMS Documents of Practice Series, 'Source for the History of Medicine in Late Medieval England,' selected, introduced, and translated by Carole Rawcliffe. This volume features sections on mental illness, the body, epidemics, and medical ethics, and so (1/4)

New release announcement! "Authenticity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature" edited by Rebecca Menmuir is available for purchase from De Gruyter Brill! What does it mean to be authentic? The term is as pervasive today as it is difficult to define. To be ‘authentic’ in the Middle Ages or 1/4

To emphasize the importance of disability studies and accessibility within academia, we recommend the forthcoming title 'Towards an Accessible Academy: Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists,' edited by Alexandra R.A. Lee, Hope Doherty-Harrison, and E.R.P. Champion. This volume sits between (1/?)

July in the United States is Disability Pride Month, so it's only right that our theme this month is all about disability and disability studies. Each title we share this month will have aspects that would benefit from disability studies. Check back every Friday for a new recommendation!

Our final Pride Month recommendation is "Prose Merlin" edited by John Conlee. Many tales are contained within this text, but a good starting point for a queer interpretation would be the establishment of the homosocial bonds of King Arthur's court. This anonymously authored Middle English (1/?)

We are happy to announce the newest installment in our New Queer Medievalisms series: 'Sadomasochistic Beowulf: Queer Narratives of Desire and Dissolution in Old English Literature' by Christopher Vaccaro! Sadomasochistic Beowulf applies gender/queer theory to the study of Old English (1/4)

For our third Pride Month recommendation, we present: "Ancrene Wisse," edited by Robert Hasenfratz. Within this text we find depictions of both God and Christ as mother, Christ as a lover, depictions of earthly love and celestial love, and more! The early thirteenth-century devotional guide (1/?)

Check out the newest post on the MIP blog: The Bar Convent and Esopus arma Christi rolls and women's devotions, by Mary Morse author of MIP's English Birth Girdles! wmich.edu/medievalpubl... #medieval #medievalstudies #manuscript #manuscriptstudies

This week, we recommend "Sir Perceval of Galles and Ywain and Gawain," edited by Mary Flowers Braswell. Both romances are rich texts with opportunity to discuss gender, sexuality, and the depictions of masculinity and femininity. This edition brings together two very different Middle English (1/?)

Our first Pride recommendation is "The Cloud of Unknowing," edited by Patrick J. Gallacher. Its depiction of God as beyond conception loans itself well to scholarship discussing gender and sexuality. This anonymous, fourteenth-century spiritual guide known as The Cloud of Unknowing invites 1/?

Happy Pride Month everyone! To celebrate, this year we're going to be recommending METS titles that are ripe for a queer reading. Each of the recommended titles have something in them that could benefit from queer studies. What that is, is up to you! To start, we highly recommend reading (1/2)

The full text of my book THE ENGLISH APOCALYPSE is now online on the new Middle English Text Series website! In addition to introductory material, the site includes the full Middle English text of the Apocalypse with hypertext links to all of my explanatory notes. metseditions.org/editions/89r...

For our penultimate summer preview, we've got an highly anticipated title: 'Gaming the Medieval English Text: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and the Cotton Nero A X/2 Manuscript' by Julie Nelson Couch and Kimberly K. Bell. This book innovatively combines traditional manuscript study with 1/?

This recommendation from our forthcoming titles is a reminder of the great work the Middle English Text Series does. 'The Middle English "Castle of Love" and Robert Grosseteste's Anglo-Norman Original "Le Chasteau D'Armour"' edited by Dana M. Symons is an edition coming from MIP and METS this 1/?

As we look towards the 60th @kzooicms.bsky.social next week, we have a new blog post from @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social on our website! wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

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The Univ. of Rochester is highlighting METS as one of its targets for their annual Day of Giving! All donations up to the first $2k will be matched, so donate now through May 1st to help support this important staple of medieval literature in the classroom. www.givecampus.com/campaigns/57...

Due to the recent termination of almost all NEH grants, one of our partners, the Middle English Texts Series (METS), needs your support to continue their mission to make medieval texts available to all. Your donation will directly support the METS staff. metseditions.org/donate #medieval #METS

If you happen to be at @medievalacademy.bsky.social's meeting this weekend, come say hello! You can find us in the Barker Center, near registration. @harvardmedieval.bsky.social @dgb-mem.bsky.social

And today, we say: Good morning, Cambridge/Mass.! Excited to join the Medieval Academy’s Centennial Meeting at Harvard. @medievalacademy.bsky.social #MAA2025 @harvardmedieval.bsky.social @mip-medpub.bsky.social

On this last day of February we have two lovely TEAMS recommendations from the MIP catalogue! First is "William Caxton's 'Paris and Vienne' and 'Blanchardyn and Eglantine'" ed. by Harriet Hudson. Here are two of the first knightly romances every printed in England (c. 1480s). 1/4

A fine-looking cover — those angels are all business while they slay those dragons of the apocalypse!Thanks, @mip-medpub.bsky.social!

Delighted to share the beautiful cover for our volume, Towards An Accessible Academy: Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists, edited by Alexandra R. A. Lee, E. R. P. Champion, and me. Coming soon from @mip-medpub.bsky.social for the Premodern Transgressive Literatures series ✨

Happy Valentine's Day! This week's recommendation is 'The Feeling Heart in Medieval and Early Modern Europe,' eds. @katieebarclay.bsky.social & Bronwyn Reddan. 1/3

Our second recommendation for today is Amoryus and Cleopes, a 15th c. poem by John Metham. This edition is edited by Stephen F. Page, and is the first edition published since 1916. The poem portrays the titular star-crossed lovers as they face challenges of chivalry and quests for fame. 1/2

Register for ICMS 2025 and come to Kalamazoo to see us! We always love to connect with authors, both old, new, and yet-to-be!

February's recommendations are all about love! We have two for you today. The first is The Lover's Confession: A Translation of John Gower's Confessio Amantis, edited by @bgastle.bsky.social and @catherinewcarter.bsky.social with Latin translations by Andrew Galloway. 1/3

We're so excited for this one!

Our next recommendation of forthcoming titles is "Women, Politics, and Social Networks in the Sagas of Norwegian Kings" by Markus Eldegard Mindrebø. Sagas have been thoroughly studied for centuries, but women have frequently been overlooked in scholarly discussions. (1/2)

It's a new year and MIP has several exciting new titles to share! First is Vikings, Knights, Elves, and Ogres: Essays in Honor of Shaun F.D. Hughes, edited by Eric R. Carlson, Dorsey Armstrong, and Arielle C. McKee. (1/3)

Our final recommendation of December is 'The Early Art of Norfolk' by Ann Eljenholm Nichols! This book serves as a standard reference source for students of the ecclesiastical arts as well as drama scholars! #medieval #medievalart #medievalinstitutepublications #MIP wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

It's Friday, you know that that means! Time for another recommendation from MIP. Today we recommend 'Collectors, Commissioners, Curators: Studies in Medieval Art for Stephen Fliegel,' edited by Elina Gertsman. #curator #art #medievalart #MIP #medievalinstitutepublications wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

A holiday gift from us to you! From now until 12/24/24, enter code DGBHOLIDAY at checkout for 30% off our De Gruyter titles! #books #booksky #medieval

This December, we’re highlighting art history and all the beauty that comes with it. Our first recommendation, “Art and Drama on a Late Medieval Rood Screen” by Michael Calder, is a recent publication from MIP, and is sure to become a classic. With little scholarly attention having been given 1/?

New to the MIP Blog: "A Flawed Bishop, a Facorite Teacher: Lárentíus saga" by Ryder Patzuk-Russell, author of MIP's 'The Development of Education in Medieval Iceland'. Read along as he relates the story of Lárentíus saga byskups, and learn about his latest project! wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

Can I just say, @meganlcook.bsky.social and Elizaveta Strakhov's (not sure if she's on BlueSky) have made teaching this text so much more straightforward and accessible to students.

Hi, new Bluesky friends. I have a book coming out soon from @mip-medpub.bsky.social, titled The English Apocalypse: A 14th-Century Translation of the Book of Revelation. Here's a sneak peek of the cover image, taken from a manuscript at the Cloisters. (My daughter, a big fan of dragons, loves it.)

For our penultimate recommendation of November, we present 'Liturgical Drama and the Reimagining of Medieval Theater' by Michael Norton. The expression "liturgical drama" was formulated in 1834 as a metaphor and hardened into formal category only later in the nineteenth century. Prior to 1/?