A Greek Source on the Origin of the First Crusade
A Greek Source on the Origin of the First Crusade By Peter Charanis Speculum, Vol.24:1 (1949) Introduction: A Greek chronicle contains the following…
Holinshed’s Nation: Ideals, Memory, and Practical Policy in the Chronicles
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Tour the City Walls of Dublin on your iPhone
Dublin City Council has unveiled a new iPhone App which gives a virtual tour of the medieval city walls of the Irish capital.…
The Battle of Wakefield and the Wars of the Roses
The Battle of Wakefield and the Wars of the Roses By Keith Dockray The Ricardian, Vol.9, no.117 (1992) Introduction: The Battle of Wakefield,…
The Tower of London and the garderobae armorum
The Tower of London and the garderobae armorum By Randall Storey Royal Armouries Yearbook, Vol. 3 (1998) Introduction: The history of such a treasured monument…
Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance
Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance Sara Poole Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, August 3, 2010 ISBN:9780312609832 Summary In the simmering hot summer of…
The Secret Eleanor
The Secret Eleanor Cecelia Holland Publisher: Berkley Trade, August 3, 2010 ISBN: 9780425234501 Summary Eleanor of Aquitaine seized hold of life in the…
Medieval Masons’ Tools II: Compass and Square
Medieval Masons’ Tools II: Compass and Square By Lonnie R. Shelby Technology and Culture, Vol.6:2 (1965) Introduction: This second paper in a series…
Medieval Masons’ Tools: The Level and the Plumb Rule
Medieval Masons’ Tools: The Level and the Plumb Rule By Lonnie R. Shelby Technology and Culture, Vol.2:2 (1961) Introduction: In contrast to the…
Thomas Hoccleve’s Complaint: Extracts From A Free Verse Translation
Thomas Hoccleve’s Complaint: Extracts From A Free Verse Translation By Carl James Grindley Glasgow Review, Issue 4 Introduction: The following vers libre translation…
Books of Women’s Conduct from France during the High and Late Middle Ages, 1200-1400
Throughout their lives, men and women in the Middle Ages were expected to conform to strict standards for moral and social behavior.
The Lost Village of Andreschurch
The Lost Village of Andreschurch By A.E. Brown Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol.77 (2003) Abstract: Reasons are given for…
The Bellarmine Museum of Art to open this month
With the long-awaited public opening of the Bellarmine Museum of Art scheduled for October 25, Fairfield University in Connecticut introduces a permanent sanctuary…
That’s Not Funny: Comic Forms, Didactic Purpose, and Physical Injury in Medieval Comic Tales
Comedy, though often seen by the ancients as a lesser form of art, has a certain form and structure that audiences expect. Comedy serves an important social function. It alleviates social fears, draws a community together by defining its values, and often works as a critique of a culture in a non-threatening manner.
What was the Black Death?
What was the Black Death? This feature details the latest news, articles, videos and more resources on the plague that struck in the medieval world in the 14th century
The Semantic Principles Underlying St. Thomas Aquinas’s Metaphysics of Being
The Semantic Principles Underlying St. Thomas Aquinas’s Metaphysics of Being Klima, Gyula Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 1 (1996) Abstract As…
Nicholas of Autrecourt and William of Ockham on Atomism, Nominalism, and the Ontology of Motion
Nicholas of Autrecourt and William of Ockham on Atomism, Nominalism, and the Ontology of Motion Dutton, Blake D. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol.…
Expositions of the Text: Aquinas’s Aristotelian Commentaries
Expositions of the Text: Aquinas’s Aristotelian Commentaries Jenkins, John Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 1 (1996) Abstract A slow but steady…
On a Sophisma of Richard Kilvington and a Problem of Analysis
On a Sophisma of Richard Kilvington and a Problem of Analysis Katz, Bernard D. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 1 (1996)…
Augustine on Theological Fatalism: The Argument of De Libero Arbitrio
Augustine on Theological Fatalism: The Argument of De Libero Arbitrio Hunt, David P. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 1 (1996) Abstract…
An account by John Cananus of the siege of Constantinople in 1422
An account by John Cananus of the siege of Constantinople in 1422 By Margaret Helen Purdie PhD Dissertation, University of Western Australia, 2009…