The Medieval Globe provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of all world areas by focusing on convergence, movement, and interdependence. Contributions to a global understanding of the medieval period (broadly defined) need not encompass the globe in any territorial sense. Rather, TMG advances a new theory and praxis of medieval studies by bringing into view phenomena that have been rendered practically or conceptually invisible by anachronistic boundaries, categories, and expectations. TMG also broadens discussion of the ways that medieval processes inform the global present and shape visions of the future.
Contents
“Gripping It by the Husk: The Medieval English Coconut,” – Kathleen E. Kennedy
“The India Trade and the Emergence of the Engagement Contract: A Cairo Geniza Study,” – Amir Ashur
“Re-examining Usama ibn Munqidh’s Knowledge of “Frankish”: A Case Study of Medieval Bilingualism during the Crusades,” – Bogdan C. Smarandache
Medieval Media Revolutions: Two Perspectives