Ruined Castle for Sale in Dordogne, France
On the outskirts of a peaceful hamlet in the Dordogne region in France, on an island surrounded by wide water-filled moats, crossed by a stone bridge, stand the imposing ruins of a castle built during the 14th and 15th centuries.
Chambers of Death
Chambers of Death By Priscilla Royal Publisher:Poisoned Pen Press, August 1, 2009 ISBN:9781590586419 When one of her company falls ill on a return…
Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood
Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood By Tony Lee Publisher: Candlewick Press, September 22, 2009 ISBN:9780763644000 How did Robin of Loxley become Robin…
Editorial practice in Smaragdus of St Mihiel’s commentary on the Rule of St Benedict
Editorial practice in Smaragdus of St Mihiel’s commentary on the Rule of St Benedict By Matthew D. Ponesse Early Medieval Europe, Vol.18:1 (2010)…
On the Medieval Urban Economy in Wallachia
On the Medieval Urban Economy in Wallachia By Laurentiu Radvan Scientific Annals of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi: Economic Sciences Series,…
Techniques of seigneurial war in the fourteenth century
Techniques of seigneurial war in the fourteenth century By Justine Firnhaber-Baker Journal of Medieval History, Vol.36:1 (2010) Abstract: Despite the many studies devoted…
The Saint-Vaast Bible, politics and theology in eleventh-century Capetian France
The Saint-Vaast Bible, politics and theology in eleventh-century Capetian France By Diane J. Reilly PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1999 Abstract: Arras BM…
The Military Orders Established in Portugal in the Middle Ages: A Historiographical Overview
The Military Orders Established in Portugal in the Middle Ages: A Historiographical Overview By Paula Pinto Costa E-Journal of Portuguese History, Volume 2:1…
No Law In The Land
No Law In The Land By Michael Jecks Publisher:Headline, February 24, 2010 ISBN:9780755357901 King Edward II is furious when he learns that his…
Troubador
Troubador By Mary Hoffman Publisher:Bloomsbury USA, September 1, 2009 ISBN:9781599903675 A story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th century…
Ian McNeely on Reinventing Knowledge from Alexandria to the Internet
Professor Ian McNeely discusses the book written by him and Lisa Wolverton “Reinventing Knowledge”. This event took place August 15, 2008, as part…
The Lombard connection: northern influences in the Basilicas of San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito in Florence
The Lombard connection: northern influences in the Basilicas of San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito in Florence By Matthew A. Cohen Annali di architettura…
Marino Sanudo Torsello, Byzantium and the Turks: The Background to the Anti-Turkish League of 1332-1334
Marino Sanudo Torsello, Byzantium and the Turks: The Background to the Anti-Turkish League of 1332-1334 By Angeliki Laiou Speculum, Vol. 45, No. 3,…
The Irish Astronomical Tract: A Case Study of Scientific Terminology in 14th Century Irish
The extent of astronomical knowledge in medieval Ireland is given specific attention with a review of scholarly works in Latin since the seventh century.
Marco Polo and His ‘Travels’
What is the book we associate with Polo’s name? With what purpose was it written? What claims does it make for itself? To what extent does it purport to represent Polo’s own experiences? Just where did Polo go?
Facts and fictions: Chronicle, Romance and Arthurian narrative in England, 1300-1470
This dissertation examines the relationship between chronicle and romance traditions of Arthurian narrative in England and Scotland in the late Middle Ages.
‘A Mirror for Princes?’ A Textual Study of Instructions for Rulers and Consorts in Three Old French Genres
A number of twelfth-century works from three genres of Old French literature are examined in order to ascertain what forms any didacticism takes, and whether the texts can be read as Mirrors for Princes.
Stopping the rot: subsidence and structural damage at Westminster Hall
Stopping the rot: subsidence and structural damage at Westminster Hall Nash, George London Archaeologist, Volume 11-11 (2007) Abstract Westminster Hall is a Grade…
THE CHANGING POSITION OF THE SERVING BROTHERS AND THEIR CARITATIVE FUNCTIONS IN THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN JERUSALEM AND ACRE, ca 1070-1291
THE CHANGING POSITION OF THE SERVING BROTHERS AND THEIR CARITATIVE FUNCTIONS IN THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN JERUSALEM AND ACRE, ca 1070-1291…