The Skull and Bones in Egils Saga: A Viking, A Grave, and Paget’s Disease
Both a literary creation and a historical figure, Egill is an intriguing character about whom
to raise the long perplexing question of saga veracity
The myth of the medieval chastity belt
Medieval scholar Albrecht Classen exposes the chastity belt as a popular myth that proliferated in the 19th century. After reviewing the evidence of the existence of the chastity belt, he found that scant research had been carried out, and that the chastity belt was a byproduct of the 19th-century fascination with instruments of torture from medieval times.
The Vikings in the Isle of Man
The Vikings in the Isle of Man By David M. Wilson Aarhus University Press, 2008 ISBN: 87 7934 370 8 The Isle of Man…
Students of the Bible in 4th and 5th Century Syria
Students of the Bible in 4th and 5th Century Syria: Seats of Learning, Sidelights and Syriacisms By Henning Lehmann Aarhus University Press, 2008 ISBN: 87…
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe: Vol. 1. Eight to Twelfth Centuries AD Edited by James Graham-Campbell and Magdalena Valor Aarhus University Press, 2008 ISBN: 87…
Townscape and Building Complexes in Medieval Western Anatolia under Turkish-Islamic Culture
Townscape and Building Complexes in Medieval Western Anatolia under Turkish-Islamic Culture By Çağla Caner Power and culture: Identity, Ideology, Representation, edited by Ann Katherine Isaacs and…
Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages
Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages By Leah DeVun Columbia University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-231-14538-1 In…
The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian
The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian By Dominique Barthélemy, Translated by Graham Robert Edwards Cornell University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8014-7560-3 “The term ‘feudal society’…
Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia
Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia By Debra Blumenthal Cornell University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8014-4502-6 A prominent Mediterranean port located near…
Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures
Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures By Miri Rubin Central European University Press, 2009 This penetrating explanation of medieval…
Albert of Saxony, Quaestiones circa logicam
Albert of Saxony, Quaestiones circa logicam Translated by Michael J. Fitzgerald Peeters Publishing/Dallas Medieval Texts in Translation, 2009 ISBN: 978-90-429-2074-3 This translation of Albert…
‘Abbasid Studies II
‘Abbasid Studies II: Occasional Papers of the School of ‘Abbasid Studies, Leuven, 28 June – 1 July 2004 Edited by J. Nawas Peeters Publishing,…
The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie]
The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Brittannie], by Geoffrey of Monmouth…
The Medieval Cook
The Medieval Cook By Bridget Ann Henisch Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834380 This book takes us into the world of the medieval…
The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England
The Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in Late Medieval England By Simon Philips Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834373 The Prior of the…
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church By Karen George Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834359 Gildas’s De excidio Britonum is…
Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World
Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World Edited by Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies and Eila Williamson Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834328 The way in…
Monarchy with David Starkey
Aired from 2004 to 2006, Monarchy was hosted by David Starkey, an English historian who specializes in Tudor history. The series focuses on…
Local Disputes and the Role of the Royal Judiciary in Early Fourteenth-Century Norway
Local Disputes and the Role of the Royal Judiciary in Early Fourteenth-Century Norway By Anders Berge Communities in European History: Representations, Jurisdictions, Conflicts, edited…
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction and the Reshaping of Icelandic Society c. 1220-1350
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction and the Reshaping of Icelandic Society c. 1220-1350 By Jón Viðar Sigurðsson Communities in European History: Representations, Jurisdictions, Conflicts, edited…
Medieval Maritime Law from Oléron to Wisby: Jurisdictions in the Law of the Sea
This chapter explores the history of medieval maritime law and its practice in Northern Europe.
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction. Northern and Central Italian States in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction. Northern and Central Italian States in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times By Ann Katherine Isaacs Communities in…
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Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food By John Dickie Free Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-7432-7799-0 From the bustle of medieval…
Guns and Government: A Comparative Study of Europe and Japan
Guns and Government: A Comparative Study of Europe and Japan By Stephen Morillo Journal of World History, Vol. 6:1 (1995) Introduction: What role…