Prolegomena to a critical edition of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, with a discussion of computer-aided methods used to edit the text
Prolegomena to a critical edition of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, with a discussion of computer-aided methods used to edit the text…
Qādīs and the political use of the mazālim jurisdiction under the Abbāsids
Qādīs and the political use of the mazālim jurisdiction under the Abbāsids By Mathieu Tillier Public violence in Islamic societies: Power, discipline, and…
The conquest of Khūzistān: a historiographical reassessment
The conquest of Khūzistān: a historiographical reassessment By Chase F. Robinson Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol.67:1 (2004) Abstract:…
The Idea of the Jihad in Islam before the Crusades
The Idea of the Jihad in Islam before the Crusades By Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and Ridwan al-Sayyid The Crusades from the Perspective of…
Peering into the Middle Ages – Brock University Symposium on Medieval Documents
Peering into the Middle Ages – The Brock University Symposium on Medieval Documents Brock University in Canada showcased three incredible medieval documents Friday,…
Vengeance in the Middle Ages
Vengeance in the Middle Ages: Emotion, Religion and Feud Edited by Susanna A. Throop and Paul R. Hyams Ashgate Publishing, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6421-5…
The Historiography of the Crusades
The Historiography of the Crusades By Giles Constable The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, edited by Angeliki E. Laiou…
Building with God: Anglo-Norman Durham, Bury St. Edmunds and Norwich
I shall argue that in the medieval period, the construction of churches and, to a considerable extent, urban planning, were deemed God-centred processes rather than human-centred activities.
How to End a Crusade: Techniques for Making Peace in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia
How to End a Crusade: Techniques for Making Peace in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Valencia By Robert I. Burns Military Affairs, Vol.35 (1971)…
Anglo-Saxon England, Volume 38
Anglo-Saxon England, Volume 38 Edited by Malcolm Godden Cambridge University Press, 2010 ISBN: 9780521194068 Anglo-Saxon England is the only publication which consistently embraces…
Relations between the Fatimid and Byzantine empires during the reign of the caliph al-Mustans ir bi’llah, 1036-1094/427-487
Relations between the Fatimid and Byzantine empires during the reign of the caliph al-Mustans ir bi’llah, 1036-1094/427-487 By K.E.F. Thomson Byzantine and Modern…
The church and the origins of Scottish independence in the twelfth century
The church and the origins of Scottish independence in the twelfth century By Dauvit Brown Records of the Scottish Church History Society, Vol. 31…
Japanese Pirates and Sea Tenure in the Sixteenth Century Seto Inland Sea: A Case Study of the Murakami kaizoku
Japanese Pirates and Sea Tenure in the Sixteenth Century Seto Inland Sea: A Case Study of the Murakami kaizoku By Peter D. Shapinsky…
Marking Water: Piracy and Property in the Pre-Modern West
An examination of maritime theft in the medieval Mediterranean nevertheless presents what I will suggest is a modest case for ‘bringing’ medieval Europe ‘back in’ to the broader enterprise of studying world history.
The Role of Central Asian Peoples in the Spread of World Religions
This paper will discuss how and why the Iranian-speaking peoples of Central Asia played such a major role in the transmission of religions from the Near East to the Far East throughout the first millennium of the Common Era.
The Viking Age: Ireland and the West
The Viking Age: Ireland and the West – Proceedings of the Fifteenth Viking Congress, Cork, 2005 Edited by John Sheehan and Donnchadh Ó…
The Foundations of Gentry Life: The Multons of Frampton and their World 1270-1370
The Foundations of Gentry Life: The Multons of Frampton and their World 1270-1370 By Peter Coss Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-19-956000-4 In…
Records, Administration and Aristocratic Society in the Anglo-Norman Realm
Records, Administration and Aristocratic Society in the Anglo-Norman Realm: Papers Commemorating the 800th Anniversary of King John’s Loss of Normandy Edited by Nicholas…
The Anglo-Norman Language and its Contexts
The Anglo-Norman Language and its Contexts Edited by Richard Ingham Boydell, 2010 ISBN: 9781903153307 The question of the development of Anglo-Norman (the variety…
Domestic Settings: Sources on Domestic Architecture and Day-to-Day Activities in the Crusader States
Domestic Settings: Sources on Domestic Architecture and Day-to-Day Activities in the Crusader States By Adrian J. Boas Brill, 2010 ISBN: 978 90 04…
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) Edited by Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Thomas M. Izbicki Brill, 2009 ISBN: 978 90 04 16277…
The West Shall Shake the East Awake: Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), A Jesuit in China
The West Shall Shake the East Awake: Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), A Jesuit in China By Francesco Guardiani Limina : Thresholds and borders ;…
Pulling the Witness by the Ear: A Riddle from the Medieval Ragusan Sources
Medievalists are particularly haunted by the question of whether the records mirror what was typical, or, contrarily, the very fact that something was not typical or commonplace guided the recorders to write it down.
Robin Hood
Synopsis: Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as “Robin Hood” whose exploits have endured in popular mythology…
Subversive images of women in Medieval English literature : a selective reading
The resistance that women characters in medieval literatures pose to the hegemonic ideology is a matter of particular interest of this paper. At the same time, the nature of their containment and appropriation is also something that this paper wishes to examine.