The Medieval Moon

“This book tells the extraordinary global story of the imaginative power of the medieval moon, via Sufi poetry and Zodiac men, Old English riddles and Inca statues, Andalusian medicine and Old Norse theology. The Medieval Moon is a beautiful and innovative book, accessibly written, rigorously researched, and touched by the transformative potential of its subject.”—Marion Turner, author of The Wife of Bath “Ayoush Lazikani triumphs again – this time with a deeply thoughtful and lyrically sublime book. This sensitive, dreamscape of a study offers alluring new insights and confirms Lazikani’s position at the very forefront of her field.”—Liz Herbert McAvoy, author of The Enclosed Garden and the Medieval Religious Imaginary “The Medieval Moon presents not a moon, but the moons of poets and natural philosophers, astrologers and travellers from areas as far apart from one another as Japan, China, the Abbasid Caliphate, and the kingdoms of Christendom. Lazikani’s approach is as cross-cultural as it is interdisciplinary, written in a style that is both entertaining and erudite, filled with wonderful stories from a broad array of traditions.”—Scott E. Hendrix, Carroll University ""Ayoush Lazikani's wonderful and beautifully-written book of the moon surveys the nights and enchantments of the middle ages, ranging widely in place, time and culture. Seldom has so much learning, and so much magic, been contained in one elegant and readable volume.""—Peter Davidson, author of The Last of the Light