KALAMAZOO 2011: Session 92 – Thursday, May 12, 2011: In Giro: Italian Identity and Travel in the Middle Ages
In Giro: Italian Identity and Travel in the Middle Ages Sponsor: Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo Organizer: Rachel D. Gibson (University of Minnesota–Twin…
Medieval Identity: A Sign and a Concept
In the two centuries following the turn of the first millennium, literate individuals in Western Europe rarely if ever resorted to mediated expression, to indirect communication by means of the written word, without expressing some sense of the absence of immediacy, that is, of personal presence.
New Byzantine and Roman galleries open at the Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Canada will be opening a new set of permanent galleries tomorrow that will showcase its impressive…
Early Medieval Crystal Amulets: Secular Instruments of Protection and Healing
The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects Sponsor: AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study…
Loadstones Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Lapidary Cures, Midwives, and Manuals of Popular Healing in Medieval and Early Modern England
Loadstones Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Lapidary Cures, Midwives, and Manuals of Popular Healingin Medieval and Early Modern England Harris, Nichola E. (SUNY–Ulster) The Sacred…
Illness without doctors: medieval systems of healthcare in Scotland
When most common folk fell ill they consulted a local healer, either a man (‘cunning man’), but more usually a woman (‘cunning woman’), with a practical knowledge of medicinal herbs, magical amulets and charms
The Feudal Revolution and Europe’s Rise: Institutional Divergence in the Christian and Muslim Worlds before 1500 CE
The Feudal Revolution and Europe’s Rise: Institutional Divergence in the Christian and Muslim Worlds before 1500 CE By Lisa Blaydes and Eric Chaney…
The Struggle Between Osman Gazi and The Byzantines For Nicaea
The Struggle Between Osman Gazi and The Byzantines For Nicaea By Halil Inalcik Iznik Throughout History, ed. H. Inalcik (Istanbul, 2003) Introduction: The…
Medieval scholars to work at the Getty Research Institute
Two medievalists are among a group of scholars who will be part of the Getty Research this September. Heidi Gearhart, who recently earned…
The Norman episcopate, 989-1110
The Norman episcopate, 989-1110 By Richard Allen PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 2009 Abstract: The episcopal office, and the individuals who held it,…
Guilty Pleasures: Luxury In Ancient Greece And The Medieval World
For some, it’s about fine wines, penthouses, exclusive clubs and designer clothes. For others, it can be as simple as settling down for…
A Tale of Two Wonderworkers: St. Nicholas of Myra in the Writings and Life of St. Thomas Aquinas
One subject that has never been closely investigated is the saint’s relationship to another famous saint, Nicholas of Myra, on whose feast in 1273 Thomas experienced the mystical vision that led to the definitive cessation of his writings.
Medieval advice to pregnant mothers: don’t drink water, have wine instead
Medieval medical opinion believed that foods could play an important role in the health and behaviour of people – certain kinds of foods, if eaten too much, could cause illness or cause a person to become depressed or melancholy.
A Viking Slave’s Saga
A Viking Slave’s Saga By Jan Fridegård, translated by Robert E. Bjork Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-86698-375-4 ACMRS…
The medieval blacksmith and his products
The medieval blacksmith and his products By Ian H. Goodall Medieval Industry, edited by D.W. Crossley (London: Council for British Archaeology, 1981) Introduction:…
Early Prints Depicting Eyeglasses
Early Prints Depicting Eyeglasses By Charles E. Letocha and John Dreyfus Archives of ophthalmology Vol.120:11 (2002) Introduction: Much of the history of eyeglasses…
The medical resources and practice of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine 1096-1193
The medical resources and practice of the crusader states in Syria and Palestine 1096-1193 Woodings, Ann F. Medical History, Vol.15:3 (1971) Abstract At the…
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CHARGES AND MOTIVATIONS OF THE CAPETIAN MONARCHY BEHIND INSTITUTING THE FALL OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CHARGES AND MOTIVATIONS OF THE CAPETIAN MONARCHY BEHINDINSTITUTING THE FALL OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE Singhal, Chetan The Concord Review,…
Ethics and poetics: the architectural vision of Saint Francis of Assisi
Ethics and poetics: the architectural vision of Saint Francis of Assisi Caicco, Gregory Paul (McGill University) Phd Philosophy Thesis, McGill University (1998) Abstract…
The Holy Fools: A Theological Enquiry
What is the significance of the deployment of madness in the early Christian ascetic experience of holiness?
Viking Fashions were provocative, historian finds
Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors – the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The…
Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall
Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall Harvey, Dr. David C. (Department of Geography, University of Exeter) Environment and…
Insult and Redress in Cyfraith Hywel Dda and Welsh Arthurian Romance
Insult and Redress in Cyfraith Hywel Dda and Welsh Arthurian Romance Cichon, Michael Arthuriana, Vol. 10:3 (2000) Abstract This article, treating the laws…
The Alleged Illiteracy of Margery Kempe: A Reconsideration of the Evidence
The Alleged Illiteracy of Magery Kempe: A Reconsideration of the Evidence Tarvers, Josephine K. Medieval Perspectives, XI (1996) Abstract Margey Kempe’s illiteracy taken for…
A Comprehensive History of Beer Brewing
Brewing has been a human activity ever since the beginning of urbanization and civilization in the Neolithic period