A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Middle Ages

Matthew Gabriele is Professor of medieval studies and chair of the Department of Religion & Culture at Virginia Tech, USA. He is the author of An Empire of Memory: The Legend of Charlemagne, the Franks, and Jerusalem before the First Crusade (2011), many articles on medieval Europe and the memory of the Middle Ages, and most recently with David M. Perry The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe (2021).

General Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Introduction, Matthew Gabriele (Virginia Tech, USA)
1. War, Marcus Bull (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA)
2. Trade, Anne E. Lester (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
3. Natural Worlds, Vicki Szabo (Western Carolina University, USA)
4. Labor, Martha Newman (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
5. Mobility, Shayne Legassie (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA)
6. Sexuality, Patricia Skinner (Swansea University, UK)
7. Resistance, Brett Whalen (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA)
8. Race, Cord J. Whitaker (Wellesley College, USA

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