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Special Feature: Domesday Book – our guide to the famous English document, including articles, books and other resources about the eleventh century records.
60 Tweeters for Medievalists – looking to follow the Middle Ages on Twitter. Look at this list of people and organizations that post about medieval topics
News: Medieval Academy of America decides to keep its annual meeting in Arizona – members wanted the meeting moved because of Arizona’s immigration laws
Article: The Establishment of the Tudor Dynasty – by David Grummitt, examines how the Tudors came to the English throne in the 15th century
News: BBC to explore the History of the Normans – several new television series begin this week on the BBC, which focus on the Normans and the impact they made on medieval history.
Article: The Holy Lance of Antioch: A Study on the Impact of a Perceived Relic During the First Crusade – by Marius Kjørmo
News: Cleveland Museum of Art unveils two exhibits on medieval art this fall – Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe begins in October
Interview: Dan McCarthy, author of The Irish Annals
News: Study finds Charlemagne was very tall, but not robust – researchers use leg bone to estimate Carolingian Emperor’s height and weight
Article: Danzig and Poland in History - by Stanislaw Kutrzeba, examines the medieval history of Gdansk
Video: Tolerance’s End: Religious Minorities, Philosophers, Free-Thinkers and the Rise of Fundamentalism in 12th and 13th Century Islamic Spain – lecture by Lourdes Maria Alvarez
Article: The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685 – by Julie Parsons
Article: Women in the Military: Scholastic Arguments and Medieval Images of Female Warriors – In their political treatises, the scholastic writers Ptolemy of Lucca (c.1236–1327) and Giles of Rome (1243–1316) discussed the question of whether women should serve in the military.
Television: The Pillars of the Earth mini-series – an eight-hour mini-series based on the novel of the same name by Ken Follett, begins airing this month on North American television. Set in England during the 12th century, the story revolves around the building of a cathedral in the fictional market town of Kingsbridge.
News: Historian Wins Grant for Study of Medieval Automata – Elly Truitt, Assistant Professor of History at Bryn Mawr College, has received a Scholar’s Award from the National Science Foundation to fund a year’s time doing research for and writing her new book, tentatively titled Magical Mechanisms: Automata in the Medieval West.
Movies: Valhalla Rising – Danish-film now opening in theatres – Vikings and a lot of blood
Interview with Claire Jones, editor of HerStoria – on the history magazine “that puts woman in her place”
News: Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece restored – The Virgin of the Rockshas gone back on display at the National Gallery in London, England, after 18 months of specialist conservation work.
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Our reports detailing papers given at the world’s largest medieval academic conference
Reflections of Reality in the Manor Court: Sutton-in-the-Isle, 1308–1391
Acknowledging the Annals: A New Perspective on Witchcraft in the Alice Kyteler Trial
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon
Poison, Medicine, and the Medieval Apothecary
Debating Lordly Lanscapes: the Deer Park of Earlspark Loughrea, Co. Galway
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Castle for Sale – Interested in buying a medieval castle? Check out this section to see what is on the market
UNESCO Heritage Sites – videos of over 50 medieval heritage sites
The Staffordshire Hoard – news, articles and videos about the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard in Staffordshire, England
Guides to Medieval History: Medieval Warfare , Medieval England and Medieval Ireland
Interviews
Bernard and David Bachrach – we speak with the father and son, both professors of medieval history, about their experiences as historians and teachers.
Richard Britnell – our video interview with Professor Richard Britnell of Durham University, a renowned medieval historian in the area of economic and social history for medieval England and the British Isles.
Jeff Sypeck – author of Becoming Charlemagne and The Tale of Charlemagne and Ralph the Collier
Jerome de Groot – author of Consuming History, on how society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation.
And click here to read more than thirty more interviews
Book Reviews
The King’s Mistress, by Emma Campion – read our review of the latest novel from Emma Campion, as well as our video interview with the author
Viking Age Archaeology, by Richard Hall – our video review of this short guide to the impact that the Vikings had on the British Isles during the Early Middle Ages and the archaeological remains they produced.
The Astronomer, by Lawrence Goldstone
Video review of three books about Knights and Knighthood
Medieval Articles
Read over 1000 articles about medieval history and society. Our latest additions include:
Pristina libertas: liberty and the Anglo-Saxons revisited
Coastal landscapes and early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
The Matthew of Bristol and the financiers of John Cabot’s 1497 voyage to North America
Detective Fiction in the Archives: Court Records and the Uses of Law in Late Medieval England
Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders
Ethical views of Ibn Miskawayh and Aquinas
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Medieval Videos
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance – From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power.
Innovations in Sculpture and the Status of Artists at the Court of Burgundy
Mosfell Archaeological Project: A Viking Landscape
What’s the point of studying medieval literature?
Icon: A Word with Many Meanings
Ships of Korea: from Koryo Kingdom (918-1392)
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Medieval Fiction Novels
Author Profile: Guy Gavriel Kay
The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz
Rashi’s Daughters Book Three: Rachel
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