Mutating Monsters: Approaches to “Living Texts” of the Carolingian Era
Mutating Monsters: Approaches to “Living Texts” of the Carolingian Era By Abigail Firey Digital Proceedings of the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript…
First Knight
In terms of historical accuracy, or even accuracy in portraying the Arthurian legend, it would be best to say that anything actually medieval-related was only included by accident.
“Graduating in Paradise”: Robert of Sorbon and the Importance of Universities in the Middle Ages
“Graduating in Paradise”: Robert of Sorbon and the Importance of Universities in the Middle Ages By Jean-Luc Solère Originally published as “Etre licencié…
The Impact of the Third Crusade upon Trade with the Levant
The momentous changes that the crusade wrought on the workaday world of the Near East have been largely overlooked.
A Tale of Two Chroniclers: Ptolemy of Lucca and Giovanni Sercambi
A Tale of Two Chroniclers: Ptolemy of Lucca and Giovanni Sercambi By Fabrizio Mari Masters thesis, Durham University, 2008 Abstract: The following pages…
The perception of difference and the differences of perception: The image of the Norman invaders in southern Italy in contemporary western medieval and Byzantine sources
The subject of the present study is the image of the Norman invaders of southern Italy as it emerges from Western and Byzantine contemporary sources.
Byzantine war against Christians – an “emphylios polemos”?
Byzantine war against Christians – an “emphylios polemos”? By Ioannis Stouraitis Βyzantina Symmeikta, Vol. 20 (2010) Introduction: The Byzantine perception of civil war…
Why Medieval? with Robin Wardle
I have to say my first real memory of something that was obviously medieval was when I was 8 and accidentally saw Monty…
Major medieval library in Amsterdam may have collection sold off
The upcoming sale of a medieval manuscript has raised speculation that a major academic library will be closed and have it collection sold…
Henry III Fine Rolls Project almost complete
A unique project between scholars at three institutions, to translate and digitalise documents drawn up in the thirteenth century for Henry III, is…
Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children.
Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children Buckberry, Jo Assemblage, Issue 5 (2000) Abstract Sam Lucy (1994: 26) has…
Churches as Pre-Historic Ritual Monuments: A Review and Phenomenological Perspective from Somerset
Churches as Pre-Historic Ritual Monuments: A Review and Phenomenological Perspective from Somerset Corcos, Nick Assemblage, Issue 6 (2001) Abstract It is probably fair…
The Transformation of Tradition: the Origins of the Post-medieval Ceramic Tradition in Yorkshire
The Transformation of Tradition: the Origins of the Post-medieval Ceramic Tradition in Yorkshire Cumberpatch, C.G. Assemblage, Issue 7 (2003) Abstract My intention in…
Getting al-Maqrizi’s Khitat on the Web
Getting al-Maqrizi’s Khitat on the Web By Martyn Smith Paper given at the Middle East Studies Association 2010 Annual Meeting (2010) Introduction: No…
The Modulated Scream: Pain in Late Medieval Culture
The Modulated Scream: Pain in Late Medieval Culture By Esther Cohen University of Chicago Press, 2010 ISBN: 9780226112671 Publisher’s Synopsis: In the late…
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The Last Vikings: The Epic Story of the Great Norse Voyagers
The Last Vikings: The Epic Story of the Great Norse Voyagers By Kirsten A. Seaver IB Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 9781845118693 Publisher’s Synopsis: Late…
Pre-Medieval Landscapes in Medieval Court Romance
Pre-Medieval Landscapes in Medieval Court Romance Graves, A.B. Assemblage, Issue 8 (2004) Abstract This essay examines the appearance in the early phases of…
Roman Policy in the Red Sea between Anastasius and Justinian
Roman Policy in the Red Sea between Anastasius and Justinian By Dario Nappo Connected Hinterlands. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the…
Hospitaller activities in medieval Malta
Hospitaller activities in medieval Malta By Charles Savona-Ventura Malta Medical Journal Volume 19:3 (2007) Introduction: The Medieval Period in the Mediterranean World is…
Welsh Triads: An Overview
Welsh Triads: An Overview By Morfydd E. Owen Celtica, Vol. 25 (2007) Introduction: In 1957 I went as an aliated student with a…
A charm for staunching blood
I hinder the blood through a man’s point (of a weapon).
I let go (or: I destroy) the flowing, I hinder the blood,
the stream of pain, the swift, sad storm.
I hinder the blood, I slay the disease.’
‘I have traveled a good deal in Norfolk’: Reconsidering Women’s Literacy in Late Medieval England
Many of our received critical beliefs about medieval literacy in general and medieval women’s literacy in particular come from analysis of very rarified texts, mostly those with literary intentions and particularly those in Latin
Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare
Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare By Bernard S. Bachrach The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches, edited by Howell Chickering and Thomas…
Two Women and their Monumental Brass, c. 1480
Two Women and their Monumental Brass, c. 1480 By Judith M. Bennett Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Vol. 161 (2008) Abstract: In…