Images of Late Medieval ‘Daily Life’: A History of mentalities
Images of Late Medieval ‘Daily Life’: A History of mentalities By Axel Bolvig Medium aevum quotidianum, Vol.39 (1998) Introduction: Speaking of images of…
Who Was Who in Medieval Limerick; from Manuscript Sources
Who Was Who in Medieval Limerick; from Manuscript Sources By Brian Hodkinson Published Online (2010) Introduction: The following list is compiled for my…
The Physical Spell of Gregorian Chant
Gregorian chant was usually sung by the entire congregation and the melodies were always performed in unison
Thomas More’s History of King Richard III: Educating Citizens for Self-Government
In his Historia Richardi Tertii, Thomas More does for England what Sallust did for Rome and what Thucydides had done for Greece.
Coinage and Money in the Latin Empire of Constantinople
What was used for money in the Latin Empire, and why did its rulers not issue coins in their own names?
The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis
The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis By Harry S. Paris1, Marie-Christine Daunay and Jules Janick Annals…
Care of the Children: the Aldermen and the Orphans
Care of the Children: the Aldermen and the Orphans By Betty Masters Paper given at the Guildhall Historical Association (1997) Introduction: Several recent…
Rashi and the First Crusade: Commentary, Liturgy, Legend
Rashi and the First Crusade: Commentary, Liturgy, Legend By Harvey Sicherman and Gilad J. Gevaryahu Judaism, Vol.38 No.190 (1999) Introduction: The tenth and…
The Borgias: “The Borgias in Love”, SE01 EP05
“The Borgias In Love” Cesare pursues Baroness Ursula, while Lucrezia falls in love with the stable boy and plots against her brutish husband.…
The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years’ War
The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years’ War By Clifford J. Rogers The Journal of Military History, Vol.57 (1993) Extract: I believe, however,…
European Women Patrons of Art and Architecture, c. 1500-1650. Some Patterns
To assess women’s patronage roles in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries requires the acknowledgement that women’s support of the arts transpired within a deeply embedded patron-client arrangement pervasive in European social relations and religious practice.
Franchise Conflict: The Tide of Antipopes in the Aftermath of the Eastern Schism
This paper examines the events surrounding the schism between the Eastern and Western Christian churches that occurred in 1054, and explains the se events in terms of opportunistic behavior on the part of the papacy.