Dubbed by the New York Times as "one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county," William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse stu
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In The Benefits of Peace Glenn Kumhera offers the first comprehensive examination of private peacemaking in late medieval Italy, from its critical role in crimi
In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. However, historians have long recognized that medieval culture was characteri
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