Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages

The Mediterranean Seminar Prize for the Best Book in Mediterranean Studies, 2026  

Co-Winner: Shawcross, Teresa. Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate: Athens and Jerusalem in the Middle Ages 

“Bridging disciplines and linguistic and religious cultures, Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate is a model of how to approach the history of this complex and dynamic world, demonstrating how Mediterranean Studies approaches can generate illuminating and original conclusions by interrogating canonical historiographical paradigms.” (mediterraneanseminar.org, 2026)

“Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate follows a somewhat winding path, and the best way of doing the book justice is by treating each of its chapters as a study of its own.” (Olof Heilo, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR), bmcr.brynmawr.edu, June, 2025)