13 papers by 16 leading archaeologists and historians of late antiquity and the early middle ages break new ground in their discussion, analysis and criticism o

Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by

Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.

Publicly performed rituals and ceremonies form an essential part of medieval political practice and court culture. This applies not only to western feudal socie

Examines the history and purpose of political rituals, discusses examples from Aztec cannibal rites to presidential inauguration, and argues that the use of rit