Some observations on martyrdom in post-conversion Scandinavia
Martyrdom – here defined as the perceived attainment of sanctity through the suffering of violent death – is widely attested in early Scandinavian written sources.
Rethinking Jagiełło Hungary
Rethinking Jagiełło Hungary By Martyn Rady Central Europe, Vol.3:1 (2005) Introduction: Whereas in western Europe, the fifteenth century compares badly with the sixteenth,…
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe By Lisa Bitel Oxford University Press,…
The campaigns of the Norman dukes of southern Italy against Byzantium, in the years between 1071 and 1108 AD
I intend to examine all the main campaigns conducted by the Normans in the Byzantine Empire’s western Balkan provinces, in the period from the fall of Bari, the capital of Byzantine Longobardia (Italy) and the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy in 1071, to the Treaty of Devol that marked the end of Bohemond of Taranto’s Illyrian campaign in 1108.
Isle of Man hosts Festival of Archaeology
The Isle of Man will be celebrating all things archaeological from July 17th to August 1st. The celebrations are to coincide with the…
Recession hurts efforts to preserve heritage buildings in England
English Heritage has published its annual Heritage at Risk Register today, which shows a significant slow-down in the number of historic buildings being…
I Serve
I Serve By Rosanne E. Lortz Publisher: Anno Domini, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780979214547 This novel details the events of one knight, Sir…
Garima Gospels found to be oldest surviving Christian illustrated manuscripts
Radiocarbon testing has revealed that a pair of illustrated gospels kept in a remote monastery in Ethiopia may have been made as early…
Licoricia of Winchester: Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community
Licoricia of Winchester: Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community By Suzanne Bartlet Vallentine Mithcell, 2009 ISBN: 978-05-85303-822-1 On a spring…
Public asked to help created world’s largest archive on Anglo-Saxon England
An Oxford academic has challenged the public to help create the world’s largest archive of online material concerned with the Anglo-Saxons, after being…
The Muslim Colony of Luceria Sarracenorum (Lucera)
The life and dispersion of Lucerine Muslims in Apulia (c.1220–1300) are examined from the onomastic point of view
Satellite, Sentinel, Stepping Stone: Medieval Malta in Sicily’s Orbit
This essay reconstructs Malta’s ties to Sicily mainly in terms of the surviving primary documents from the period
Bridging Europe and Africa: Norman Sicily’s Other Kingdom
The Norman conquest of Sicily detached the island from its North African framework, and a century of Latin Christian rule effectively transformed its society. But the island was not completely disconnected from the southern Mediterranean, as long term trade contacts, political links and military ambitions intervened to cast relations between the two sides.
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court By Charlotte Harrison, University of Liverpool Session: Rural Experience in Late Medieval England: Manorial Records…
Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages now published after 12-year project
A project to create a new reference work about the Middle Ages has just been completing with the publishing of the Oxford Dictionary…
Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries
Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th–13th Centuries Edited by Malcolm Barber and Keith Bate Ashgate, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6356-0…
Economic Growth and Currency in Ayyūbid Palestine
Economic Growth and Currency in Ayyūbid Palestine By Stefan Heidemann Ayyūbid Jerusalem: The Holy City in Context, 1187-1250, edited by Robert Hillenbrand and…