Clare A. Lees Books

This work explores the issues of men's studies and contemporary theories of gender within the context of the Middle Ages.

The book explores pre-Conquest literature, addressing complexities of periodization and chronology in early medieval studies. It considers both the Danish and Norman Conquests, aiming to broaden the scope of the collection to include works up to the year 1200. The editors invite a deeper examination of the literary landscape from this period, highlighting the significance of historical context in understanding early English texts.

Contemporary art can provide medievalists with innovative ways to reframe the past. Meanwhile, medievalists offer contemporary art insights into cultural works of the past that have been reworked in the present. Speculative and nontraditional, The Contemporary Medieval in Practice adapts the conventional scholarly essay to reflect its interdisciplinary subject. Creative critical writing encourages the introduction of dialogue, poetry, and short essays within scholarly style, and this, the authors argue, makes it an ideal format for exploring innovative pathways from the contemporary to the medieval. Discussing urgent critical discourses and cultural practices, such as the study of the environment and the ethics of understanding bodies, identities, and histories, this short, accessible book focuses on early medieval British culture, or Anglo-Saxon studies, and its relation with, use of, and reworking in contemporary visual, poetic, and material culture after 1950.