The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating religious developments of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Christians admired martyrs already in the

This book considers the visual qualities of inscriptions from a cross-cultural perspective focusing on the period from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Christianity in the late antique world was not imposed but embraced, and the laity were not passive members of their religion but had a central role in its crea

The last half century has seen an explosion in the study of late antiquity, which has characterised the period between the third and seventh centuries not as on

A look at the developing conflicts in Christian-Muslim relations during late antiquity and the early Islamic era How did the medieval Middle East transform from