Medieval Studies Book Club: Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate: Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages

For our next session, we will read the newest book by our very own Teresa Shawcross: ‘Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate: Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages’ (2024). Teresa Shawcross’ ‘Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate’ takes “as its starting point an investigation into the physical topography and symbolism of the two cities of Athens and Jerusalem, this book offers a cultural history of the rival superpowers — the Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate — that between them dominated the Mediterranean world during the Central Middle Ages.”

Teresa Shawcross will also be there to talk about her new publication. 

Dinner will be provided. If you would like to join, please send an email to Mo van de Wege at mv9132@princeton.edu

These meetings are for graduate students only.