Books published by York Medieval Press

Who wrote about the past in the Middle Ages, who read about it, and how were these works disseminated and used?

Fresh investigations into heresy after 1300, demonstrating its continuing importance and influence.

Historiographical survey of inquisition texts, from lists of questions to inquisitor's manual, studies their role in the suppression of heresy.

Material on the production and transmission of medieval literature and the early formation of the canon of English poetry.

Evidence of parish organisation in late medieval England, and the impact of the Henrician Reformation at parish level.

Influential scholars from Britain and North America discuss future directions in rapidly expanding field of manuscript study.

An investigation into the hugely significant works produced by the Worcester foundation at a period of turmoil and change.

Comprehensive catalogue of the hagiographical lessons in Sarum breviaries, with key studies of the most crucial elements.

Essays exploring the great religious and devotional works of the Middle Ages in their manuscript and other contexts.

A fresh examination of the Cathar heresy, using the records of inquisitorial tribunals to bring out new details of life at the time.

Essays examining the compiler and contents of two of the most important and significant extant late medieval manuscript collections.

Collection examining the Anglo-Norman language in a variety of texts and contexts, in military, legal, literary and other forms.

New approaches to the political culture of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, considering its complex relation to monarchy and state.

An examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to construct and define an identity.

Exciting fresh perspectives on Edward I as man, king and administrator.

A wide variety of texts (from chronicles to Chaucer) studied for evidence of medieval attitudes towards the processes of change as they affected individuals at all points of their lives.