Recent Publications

Faculty Bookshelf

Book cover: The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Translated with an Introduction by Stephen J. Shoemaker

Brepols Publishers (2023)

Book cover: A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages

A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages

Edited by Martha Bayless

Bloomsbury Academic (2022)

Book cover: Divine Consumption: Sacrifice, Alliance Building, and Making Ancestors in West Africa

Divine Consumption: Sacrifice, Alliance Building, and Making Ancestors in West Africa

By Stephen A. Dueppen

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press (2022)

Book cover: Gender and Status Competition in Pre-modern Societies: Studies in the History of Daily Life 800-1600

Gender and Status Competition in Pre-modern Societies: Studies in the History of Daily Life 800-1600

Edited by Martha Bayless, Jonas Liliequist, and Lewis Webb

Brepols Publishers (2022)

Book cover: Framing the Church: the social and artistic power of buttresses in French Gothic Architecture

Framing the Church: the social and artistic power of buttresses in French Gothic Architecture

By Maile S. Hutterer

Penn State University Press (2020)

Book cover: Compelling God: Theories of Prayer in Anglo-Saxon England

Compelling God: Theories of Prayer in Anglo-Saxon England

By Stephanie Clark

University of Toronto Press (2018)

Book cover: Beyond the Qur'an: Ismaili ta'wil and the Secrets of the Prophets

Beyond the Qur'an: Ismaili ta'wil and the Secrets of the Prophets

By David Hollenberg

University of South Carolina Press (2016)

Book cover: Cosmas of Prague: Narrative, Classicism, Politics

Cosmas of Prague: Narrative, Classicism, Politics

By Lisa Wolverton

The Catholic University of America Press (2015)

Book cover: The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad’s Life and the Beginnings of Islam

The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad’s Life and the Beginnings of Islam

By Stephen J. Shoemaker

University of Pennsylvania Press (reprint, 2015)

Book cover: The Life of the Virgin: Maximus the Confessor

The Life of the Virgin: Maximus the Confessor

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stephen J. Shoemaker

Yale University Press (2012)

Book cover: The Aroma of Righteousness: Scent and Seduction in Rabbinic Life and Literature

The Aroma of Righteousness: Scent and Seduction in Rabbinic Life and Literature

By Deborah A. Green

Penn State University Press (2011)

Book cover: Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture: The Devil in the Latrine

Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture: The Devil in the Latrine

By Martha Bayless

Routledge (2011)