Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization By Lars Brownworth Crown Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-307-40795-5 In AD 476…
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire By Edward N. Luttwak Harvard University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-674-03519-5 In this book, the distinguished writer Edward…
The Transformation of Middle Eastern Cities in the 12th Century: Financing Urban Renewal
The Transformation of Middle Eastern Cities in the 12th Century: Financing Urban Renewal By Stefan Heidemann AKPIA@MIT FORUM: Studies In Architecture, History and Culture (2008)…
Chapters on Awakening to the Real : A Song Dynasty Classic of Inner Alchemy Attributed to Zhang Boduan (circa 983-1081)
Chapters on Awakening to the Real : A Song Dynasty Classic of Inner Alchemy Attributed to Zhang Boduan (circa 983-1081) By Paul Crowe…
The Creighton Century: British Historians and Europe, 1907-2007
The Creighton Century: British Historians and Europe, 1907-2007, a lecture by Robert Evans. This lecture was given in November 2007 at the Institute…
Fishes and other aquatic species in the Byzantine literature: Classification, terminology and scientific names
Fish was a substantial food item during antiquity and the Middle Ages for the people living around the Mediterranean area, as it is considered of high nutritional value.
The Byzantines in Medieval Arabic Poetry: Abu Firas’ “Al-Rumiyyat” and the Poetic Responses of al-Qaffal and Ibn Hazm to Nicephore Phocas’ “Al-Qasida al-Arminiyya al-Malʿuna” (The Armenian Cursed Ode)
The Byzantines in Medieval Arabic Poetry: Abu Firas’ “Al-Rumiyyat” and the Poetic Responses of al-Qaffal and Ibn Hazm to Nicephore Phocas’ “Al-Qasida al-Arminiyya…
Byzantines in the Florentine polis: Ideology, Statecraft and Ritual during the Council of Florence
Byzantines in the Florentine polis: Ideology, Statecraft and Ritual during the Council of Florence By Stuart M. McManus Journal of the Oxford University…
The role of Frankish and Papal missi in diplomatic exchanges in the eighth century
This article now turns to this collection of letters in order to examine diplomacy between pope and king by looking at the frequently-mentioned missi, the men who carried their correspondence and in doing so represented them abroad.
Institutionalization and Vita Religiosa. New Approaches towards the History of the Medieval Religious Orders
Institutionalization and Vita Religiosa. New Approaches towards the History of the Medieval Religious Orders By Anne Müller Journal of the Oxford University History Society,…
Multi-Use Management of the Medieval Anglo-Norman Forest
Despite the commonly held view that medieval man consumed his resources without control, the Middle Ages were in fact a time of balancing the multiple uses of the forest to obtain the highest feasible short and long-term economic benefit.
To Have and To Hold: Marriage in Premodern Europe
The University of Toronto held a two-day conference, entitled “To Have and to Hold: Marriage in Premodern Europe (1200-1700)”, which examined how marriage…
Unknown revolution: Archaeology and the beginnings of the Polish state
Unknown revolution: Archaeology and the beginnings of the Polish state By Andrzej Buko East Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages, edited…
The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt Including a Comparison of Electronic Remote Sensing and Remote Viewing
The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt Including a Comparison of Electronic Remote Sensing and Remote Viewing By Stephan A…
Marea on Lake Maryut
Marea on Lake Maryut By Hanna Szymańska and Krzysztof Babraj Polish Archaeology in Egypt (2007) Marea or Philoxenite? This question comes to mind first.…
To Have and to Hold: Marriage in Pre-Modern Europe 1200 – 1700
To Have and to Hold: Marriage in Pre-Modern Europe 1200 – 1700 The last session I had the pleasure of attending was entitled,…
Holy Medicine and Diseases of the Soul: Henry of Lancaster and Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines
Henry of Grosmont (c.1310-61) was one of the most outstanding English aristocrats of the mid-fourteenth century.
The Symbolic Significance of Medieval Armenian Canon Tables
The Symbolic Significance of Medieval Armenian Canon Tables By Roseen Giles Saeculum Undergraduate Academic Journal, Vol 4, No 2 (2009) Introduction: The highly ornamented illuminations…
Assassin’s Creed II
Assassin’s Creed II is an action-adventure video game from Ubisoft. The sequel to Assassin’s Creed, was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox…
11th Century Castle in Condom, France, for sale
An 11th century castle near the town of Condom, in Gascony, is for sale. The property belonged to the family of a nobleman, le Seigneur Bertrand de Marreaux, for more than 700 years.
Holy Warriors: The Romanesque Rider and the Fight Against Islam
Holy Warriors: The Romanesque Rider and the Fight Against Islam By Linda V. Seidel The Holy War, edited by Thomas Patrick Murphy (Ohio State University…
The Invention of the Jewish People
The Invention of the Jewish People By Shlomo Sand Verso, 2009 ISBN: 978-1844674220 Publisher’s Description: Leading Israeli historian evaluates the national myth of…
Interview with Kevin Leahy
Dr Kevin Leahy is national finds adviser from the Portable Antiquities Scheme. He has been an instrumental part of the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon…
Two Early Anglo-Saxon Holy Men: Oswald and Cuthbert
Two Early Anglo-Saxon Holy Men: Oswald and Cuthbert By John Corbett The Anglo-Saxons, synthesis and achievement, edited by J. Douglas Woods, David Anthony…
Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies
Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies: Speaking New Mysteries By Beverly M. Kienzle Brepols, 2009 ISBN: 978-2-503-51777-3 Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), the…