A translation of Grazia Deledda's first novel, an autobiographically based portrayal if an Italian woman coming to terms with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century. BACKCOVER: The Church of Solitude tells the story of Maria Concezione, a young Sardinian seamstress living with breast can[...]

In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. As historians have long recognized, however, medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law, legal procedure, and the ideals of justice and equity. Many of our most important modern institutions and[...]