When did Islamic science die (and who cares)?
When did Islamic science die (and who cares)? By Jamil Ragep Viewpoint: Newsletter of the British Society for the History of Science, No.85 (2008)…
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits By Andrew Rabin Old English Newsletter, Vol. 41.3 (2008) Introduction The…
Beowulf: Prince of the Geats, Nazis, and Odinists
Beowulf: Prince of the Geats, Nazis, and Odinists By Richard Scott Nokes Old English Newsletter, Vol. 41.3 (2008) Introduction: Beowulf, a poem written in a…
Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch. The case of the Mamluk sultan Baybars and the Ilkhans in the 13th century
Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch. The case of the Mamluk sultan Baybars and the Ilkhans in the 13th century By Denise Aigle Representing…
Viking Denmark and Early Medieval Italy: a possibility for a comparison
I think that Viking Age in Denmark and the Early Middle Ages in Italy (more or less from 800 until 1100-1200) were both a period of experimentation, with changes in economy, society and, as a consequence, in settlement pattern.
A Medieval Worldview and its relation to Literary Authorities in a Late Medieval Pilgrimage Account
A Medieval Worldview and its relation to Literary Authorities in a Late Medieval Pilgrimage Account By Andreas Sylvest Wille Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004)…
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On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375
On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375 By Juha Heinänen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: German nobility in 14th…
New light on the colonisation of Nyland/Uusimaa
New light on the colonisation of Nyland/Uusimaa By Georg Haggrén & Henrik Jansson Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: Especially the late Iron Age but…
The Electronic Medieval Age
The Electronic Medieval Age By Bo Franzén Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Abstract: This conference paper has been inspired by the fact that in recent…
Varangians in Europe’s Eastern and Northern Periphery The Christianization of Northand Eastern Europe c. 950-1050 – A Plea for a Comparative Study
Varangians in Europe’s Eastern and Northern Periphery The Christianization of Northern and Eastern Europe c. 950-1050 – A Plea for a Comparative Study…
Understanding peace in 13th century German culture. Were the Rhenish league and town leagues “coniurationes”?
Understanding peace in 13th century German culture. Were the Rhenish league and town leagues “coniurationes”? By Ossi Kokkonen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: In…
Eighth-Century Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Attitudes to Dreams and Visions
Eighth-Century Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Attitudes to Dreams and Visions By Jesse Keskiaho Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: In Anglo-Saxon England, Christianised from the late 6th…
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla By Sirpa Aalto Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: The Kings’ Sagas (konungasögur) are a genre of Icelandic sagas,…
Young Church in God´s New Vineyard The Motifs of Growth and Fertility in Henry´s Chronicle of Livonia
Young Church in God´s New Vineyard The Motifs of Growth and Fertility in Henry´s Chronicle of Livonia By Linda Kaljundi Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4…
Ŭng Kol Pang, a 14th century Korean treatise on falconry
The earliest evidence for falconry in ancient Korea is found on a 5th-6th century AD tomb wall at Jilin Sheng.
Interview with Linda Carroll and Laura Sanguineti White
Marin Sanudo (1466-1536) is considered to be one of the most important historians of Venice. His most important work is his Diary, which…
A plague of poison: a Templar Knight mystery
A plague of poison: a Templar Knight mystery By Maureen Ash Berkley Prime Crime, 2009 ISBN: 9780425226773 With the approach of May Day…
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks By John Ashdown-Hill Breedon Books, 2009 ISBN: 978 1 85983 686 6 Colchester is proud of being the ‘Britain’s…
Cita Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diary of Marin Sanudo
Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diary of Marin Sanudo Edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White; Translated by Linda L.…
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis By Amanda Jane Hingst University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Castleford’s Lost Chronicle: The Historic Imagination in Yorkshire
The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an intersting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim By Paul Strohm Chapter 4 of Hochon’s Arrow: The Social Imagination…
Merchant Banking in the Medieval and Early Modern Economy
This paper describes the evolution of merchant banks – merchants who specialized in remittance and credit.
GRETTISFÆRSLA: THE HANDING ON OF GRETTIR
GRETTISFÆRSLA: THE HANDING ON OF GRETTIR By Kate Heslop VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book Vol. XXX (2006) Abstract The old Icelandic poem Grettisfærsla (‘The…