In the video above, Brantley Bryant, associate professor of medieval literature at Sonoma State University, shares what he and others in his field see of the Canterbury Tales, Le Morte d'Arthur and ...

Medievalists often claim that the twelfth century “invented love.” At this moment, which also witnessed the birth of vernacular literature (literature written not in Latin but in romance languages), ...

She studies medieval literature, yet her research is as relevant today as ever. Cal State Fullerton professor Elise Wang is one of 28 scholars across the country selected for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie ...

Those who study human culture must grapple with what amounts to an incomplete data set, since researchers are limited to poring over the books, manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts ...

English professor digs into “playful and weird” medieval texts and explains how modern communication is medieval Medieval literature is a treasure trove of weird linguistic surprises that defy ...

Jessica Brantley, a scholar of medieval reading cultures as they are reflected in manuscripts, and whose writing has illuminated the connection between material culture and devotional practices, has ...

King Arthur’s lasting renown is one for the books. But a statistical spotlight now shines on medieval European literature’s round table of lost and forgotten stories. An international team used a ...