Popular Belief and the Image of the Beardless Christ
No one knows what Jesus of Nazareth looked like. Nevertheless, over the course of time , the Western world gave him a physiology that became familiar to every Christian – a slender solemn face with curly dark hair and a small beard.
Brethren Behaving Badly: A Deviant Approach to Medieval Antifraternalism
Brethren Behaving Badly: A Deviant Approach to Medieval Antifraternalism By Guy Geltner Speculum, Vol.85:1 (2010) Introduction: Clizia, the titular protagonist of Machiavelli’s play,…
Medieval Microcredit? Pledging and Rural Credit in England During the Middle Ages
How did credit markets emerged in medieval England? This is the puzzle addressed in this paper.
Book Review – Under Heaven
By Guy Gavriel Kay Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, March 30, 2010 ISBN: 9780670068098 Guy Gavriel Kay is one of the best known writers…
If I Had Stayed in Salonika – The Holocaust and its Precursors in Sephardic History and Literature
“If I Had Stayed in Salonika” (Si io stava en Salanik): The Holocaust and its Precursors in Sephardic History and Literature Lecture by…
An Introduction to the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England Project
An Introduction to the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England Project By David A. E. Pelteret Paper presented at University College London (2002) Introduction: The…
Crucifixion and Conversion: King Henry III and the Jews in 1255
The supposed crucifixion in 1255 of a little Christian boy by the Jews of Lincoln, in macabre parody of the crucifixion of Christ, was for Jews and Christians alike, although for very different reasons, one of the most shocking events in the reign of King Henry III.
The Burgundian Court and the Urban milieu as patrons in 15th century Bruges
The Burgundian Court and the Urban milieu as patrons in 15th century Bruges By W.P. Blockmans Economic History and the Arts, edited by…
Books, scribes and sequences in medieval Norway
The study of manuscript fragments is of immense importance in Norway to increase our knowledge of medieval book and scribal culture, as so little material is transmitted in the form of complete codices.
Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay
Medievalists.net interviews Guy Gavriel Kay, the highly successful historical fiction and fantasy author, about his latest novel Under Heaven and his career as…
Donatello’s decapitations and the rhetoric of beheading in Medicean Florence
Donatello’s bronze sculptures of Judith and David continue to elude a definitive art-historical interpretation despite their high visibility within the field of Renaissance studies.
Romancing Islam: Reclaiming Christian Unity in the Middle English Romances of Otuel and Ferumbras
Romancing Islam: Reclaiming Christian Unity in the Middle English Romances of Otuel and Ferumbras By Andrew W. Klein Master’s Thesis, University of Saskatchewan,…
The gentil example : thematic parallels in Froissart’s Chroniques and Chaucer’s Franklin’s tale
I intend to go beyond the biographical and source study that has dominated discussion on Chaucer and Froissart and embark on a project of tracing thematic parallels in two of their works, specifically focusing on the issue that I find most obvious between them: the desire to create and record literary discussions of ethical behaviour.
We Rule – iPhone game
This new game for iPhone users is a medieval version of the popular Farmville game. Developed by Newtoy and ngmoco, the game can…
The Viking Mind, or In Pursuit of the Viking
The Viking Mind, or In Pursuit of the Viking By Anthony Faulkes Saga Book of the Viking Society, Vol.31 (2007) Introduction: Historians and…
Relations between Portugal and Castile in the Late Middle Ages – 13th-16th centuries
Relations between Portugal and Castile in the Late Middle Ages – 13th-16th centuries By Vicente Ángel Álvarez Palenzuela e-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.1:1…
The Portuguese Medieval Parliament: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
The Portuguese Medieval Parliament: Are We Asking the Right Questions? By Luís Miguel Duarte e-Journal of Portuguese History, Vol.1:2 (2003) Abstract: It had…
The Post-Resurrection Appearances of Christ: The case of the Chairete or ‘All Hail’
The Chairete is a unique event described by Matthew. According to the Evangelist, two women, namely Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (the mother of Jacob and Joses) discovered Christ’s empty tomb and when they saw the resurrected Christ, he hailed them.
Reconstructing the Image of an Empress in Middle Byzantine Constantinople: Gender in Byzantium, Psellos’ Empress Zoe and the Chapel of Christ Antiphonites
Reconstructing the Image of an Empress in Middle Byzantine Constantinople: Gender in Byzantium, Psellos’ Empress Zoe and the Chapel of Christ Antiphonites By…
Bloody Slaughter: Ritual Decapitation and Display At the Viking Settlement of Hofstaðir, Iceland
This article attempts an interpretation of an unusual assemblage of cattle skulls recovered from recent excavations at the Viking Age monumental hall of Hofstaðir in Iceland.
The historic repair and reuse of Byzantine wooden bookboards in the manuscript collection of the monastery of St Catherine, Sinai
The historic repair and reuse of Byzantine wooden bookboards in the manuscript collection of the monastery of St Catherine, Sinai By Andrew Honey…
Prayer Bead Production and use in Medieval England
The word ‘bead’ derives from the Old English word ‘ebed’, originally meaning to pray or request, and was used to describe groups of beads which were loosely strung together.
Plundering the Territories in the Manner of the Heathens: Identifying Viking Age Battlefields in Britain
Plundering the Territories in the Manner of the Heathens: Identifying Viking Age Battlefields in Britain By Benjamin Raffield Rosetta: Papers of the Institute…
Bernard of Clairvaux and the Knights Templar: The New Knighthood as a Solution to Violence in Christianity
Using writings from Bernard of Clairvaux and other religious and secular writers of the time, this thesis will examine how the crusades were originally meant to redeem Europe from its violent nature, not to extend that violence.
The uses of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, c. 1066-1200
By focusing on the most common types of use evident in the manuscripts, it explores how readers actually interacted with books. It also treats manuscripts as cultural artefacts through which it is possible to observe the literary and social consequences of the Conquest.