Interview with Jeff Sypeck
One of most interesting medieval books to come out in 2006 was Becoming Charlemagne by Jeff Sypeck. His account of how a Germanic…
Internal Strife and Unrest in Later Byzantium, XIth-XIIIth Centuries (A.D. 1025-1261). The Case of Urban and Provincial Insurrections (Causes and Effects)
Internal Strife and Unrest in Later Byzantium, XIth-XIIIth Centuries (A.D. 1025-1261). The Case of Urban and Provincial Insurrections (Causes and Effects) By Alexis…
The Miracle of Water: Prolegomena to the Early Renaissance Aqueduct of Dubrovnik
The Miracle of Water: Prolegomena to the Early Renaissance Aqueduct of Dubrovnik By Relja Seferović and Mara Stojan Dubrovnik Annals, No.11 (2007) Abstract: Inadequate water supply…
Clare of Montefalco (1268-1308): The life of the soul is the love of God
This dissertation introduces St. Clare of Montefalco, a medieval mystic of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, to the English-speaking world.
The Augustinian canons of Plympton Priory and their place in English church and society, 1121-c. 1400
The Augustinian canons of Plympton Priory and their place in English church and society, 1121-c. 1400 By Allison Dawn Fizzard PhD Dissertation, University…
The Reel Joan of Arc: Reflections on the Theory and Practice of the Historical Film
The Reel Joan of Arc: Reflections on the Theory and Practice of the Historical Film By Robert A. Rosenstone The Public Historian, Vol. 25,…
A Study on the Earliest Representation of Garment & Accessories in the Figure Illustrations of ‘Nushi zhen’
A Study on the Earliest Representation of Garment & Accessories in the Figure Illustrations of ‘Nushi zhen’ By Yue Hu Asian Culture and…
The Wycliffite Bible and ‘Central Midland Standard’: Assessing the Manuscript Evidence
The Wycliffite Bible and ‘Central Midland Standard’: Assessing the Manuscript Evidence By Matti Peikola Nordic Journal of English Studies, Vol 2, No 1…
Settlement and defence of Byzantine and Longobard northern and central Italy
This thesis considers the patterns of settlement in Northern and Central Italy during the Byzantine and Longobard epochs, with close attention to the form of military occupation along the various provincial borders.
The Secret of Kells
The Secret of Kells is an animated film released in 2010. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the film is…
Time Team
Time Team is a British television series that has been airing since 1994.
Time Team: Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in Lincolnshire First Broadcast in 2001 On the surface it looks just like any other large Lincolnshire field. But when…
Pre-Eighteenth-Century Traditions of Revivalism: Damascus in the Thirteenth Century
This article examines whether it is possible to trace eighteenth and nineteenth-century revivalist thought to earlier ‘medieval’ examples.
The Regicide of the Caliph al-Amīn and the Challenge of Representation in Medieval Islamic Historiography
Fifty years after its founding in A.D.762 as the ideal political center of the Abbasid caliphate, Baghdad underwent its first destructive siege during the civil war between the two sons of Haruin al-Rasid, al-Amin and al-Ma’mun.
Banditry and the Subversion of State Authority in China: The Capital Region during the Middle Ming Period (1450-1525)
Banditry and the Subversion of State Authority in China: The Capital Region during the Middle Ming Period (1450-1525) By David M. Robinson Journal…
Value and symbolic practices: objects, exchanges, and associations in the Italian courts (1450-1500)
Value and symbolic practices: objects, exchanges, and associations in the Italian courts (1450-1500) By Leah Ruth Clark PhD Dissertation, McGill University, 2009 Abstract: Arguing…
The Queen’s Council in the Middle Ages
The Queen’s Council in the Middle Ages By Anne Crawford The English Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 469. (2001) Introduction: In February 1605, James…
Medieval News Archive for January 2010
Here is the complete archive of news items from our Medieval News Blog for January 2010: Palaeography programme at King’s College London faces elimination…
The Serpent’s Tale
The Serpent’s Tale By Ariana Franklin Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, February 3, 2009 ISBN: 9780143052852 Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II,…
Mistress Of The Art Of Death
Mistress Of The Art Of Death By Ariana Franklin Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, March 4, 2008 ISBN: 9780143053101 In medieval Cambridge, four children…
Grave Goods
Grave Goods By Ariana Franklin Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, January 26, 2010 ISBN: 9780143170020 England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury Abbey-according to legend the…
The Plague
The Plague By Joanne Dahme Publisher: Running Press, May 4, 2009 ISBN: 9780762433445 In a land overshadowed by death, fifteen year-old Nell’s uncanny…
On the Origin and Diffusion of European Ball Games: A Linguistic Analysis
It thus appears that the medieval chivalric tournament served as the model for the ancestor of all, medieval football, and that this came was later the inspiration for other games such as hockey, tennis, and, ultimately, of seemingly unrelated games such as golf.
Hangman Blind
Hangman Blind By Cassandra Clark Publisher: Minotaur Books, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780312537302 “It is November 1382, the month of the dead, and…
Anglo-Saxon costume : a study of secular civilian clothing and jewellery fashions
The conclusions include descriptions of the probable appearance of men and women during the successive centuries of the Anglo-Saxon era; with suggestions as to the cultural influences which may have contributed to the changes in dress which took place during this time.