“Like a virgin”: Absence of rheumatoid arthritis and treponematosis, good sanitation and only rare gout in Italy prior to the 15th century
“Like a virgin”: Absence of rheumatoid arthritis and treponematosis, good sanitation and only rare gout in Italy prior to the 15th century By…
Ibn Sina and the clinical trial
Ibn Sina and the clinical trial By Mohammad M. Sajadi, Davood Mansouri, and Mohamad-Reza M. Sajadi Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 150 no.…
Before and after the Black Death: money, prices, and wages in fourteenth-century England
One of the most common myths in European economic history, and indeed in Economics itself, is that the Black Death of 1347-48, followed by other waves of bubonic plague, led to an abrupt rise in real wages, for both agricultural labourers and urban artisans – one that led to the so-called ‘Golden Age of the English Labourer’, lasting until the early 16th century.
Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070
Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 By Robin Fleming Penguin/Allen Lane, 2010 ISBN: 9780713990645 The extraordinary discovery last year…
Eadric the Grasper – Sons of Mercia vol. 1
Eadric the Grasper- Sons of Mercia vol. 1 By Jayden Woods Publisher: Create Space ISBN:978-1452862866 Release: October 5th, 2010 Eadric the Grasper is…
Preparations begin for the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Calls for papers and preparations are now underway in advance of the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which will be held at…
Calculating Byzantium? Social Network Analysis and Complexity Sciences as tools for the exploration of medieval social dynamics
Calculating Byzantium? Social Network Analysis and Complexity Sciences as tools for the exploration of medieval social dynamics By Johannes Preiser-Kapeller Historical Dynamics of…
Standards of Living, Order, and Prestige: Public Facilities in Early Fifteenth-Century Lviv (Lemberg)
Standards of Living, Order, and Prestige: Public Facilities in Early Fifteenth-Century Lviv (Lemberg) By Rostyslav Paranko Medium Aevum Quotidianum n.42 (2000) Introduction: This contribution is…
Scientists develop new methods to discover maritime archaeology
By combining meteorology and archaeology, Norwegian scientists may discover old sea routes and mooring sites, and boost our knowledge of maritime culture dating…
The Krakus’ and Wanda’s Burial Mounds of Cracow
The Krakus’ and Wanda’s Burial Mounds of Cracow By Leszek Pawel Slupecki Studia Mythologica Slavica vol.2 (1999) Abstract: The author presents the Krakus’…
The Economics of Feuding in Late Medieval Germany
The Economics of Feuding in Late Medieval Germany By Oliver Volckart Explorations in Economic History, Vol.41 (2004) Abstract: In this paper, the problem…
Medieval Clock in Wells Cathedral goes electric
Since 1392 a clock has been chiming and turning in Wells Cathedral in the English county of Somerset. But the world’s oldest continually-working…
Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French warfare, 1337-1360
Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French warfare, 1337-1360 By Timothy J. Runyan American Neptune, v.46 (1986) Introduction: The most consuming military and naval conflict of later…
Calculating the Synod? A network analysis of the synod and the episcopacy in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the years 1379–1390
Calculating the Synod? A network analysis of the synod and the episcopacy in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the years…
Religious Conflict in Late Antique Alexandria: Christian Responses to ‘Pagan’ Statues in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries AD
Religious Conflict in Late Antique Alexandria: Christian Responses to ‘Pagan’ Statues in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries AD By Troels Myrup Kristensen Alexandria…
The recruitment of armies in the early middle ages: what can we know?
The recruitment of armies in the early middle ages: what can we know? By Timothy Reuter Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a…
The Economics of Exhaustion, the Postan Thesis, and the Agricultural Revolution
The Economics of Exhaustion, the Postan Thesis, and the Agricultural Revolution By Gregory Clark The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 52, No. 1. (1992)…
Diseases and causes of death among the Popes
Our research indicates that 25 popes (9,5%) died of unnatural causes,most of them (18,5%) in the early period and the fewest (2,0%) in recent times.
Medieval Projects earn grants from NEH
Two medieval projects have been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). One project will develop an interactive jousting computer…
Interview with John Hosler
We interview John D. Hosler, associate professor of history at Morgan State University. Professor Hosler talks about going from a graduate student to…
Gossip and Resistance among the Medieval Peasantry
I aim in this article to offer a defence of the study of gossip in medieval (and not only medieval) history.
The Relationship between the Papacy and the Jews in Twelfth-Century Rome: Papal Attitudes toward Biblical Judaism and Contemporary European Jewry
During the twelfth century, the papacy apparently encouraged commonly-held Christian and Jewish perceptions that the legendary Treasures of the Temple of Herod were in Rome, and used them to promote publicly the Church’s identification with the heritage of the biblical Jews, and to buttress papal power and authority.
Cleveland Museum of Art unveils two exhibits on medieval art this fall
This fall, the Cleveland Museum of Art will premiere a groundbreaking exhibition examining the role of relics and reliquaries in the development of…
The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685
The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685 By Julie Parsons Master’s Thesis, East Tennessee State University, 2002 Abstract: This…
Anglian Leadership in Northumbria, 547 A.D. through 1075 A.D.
During the seventh century, the Northumbrian kings were recognized as the overkings of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, as well as the neighboring British and Pictish kingdoms.