The Importance of the Belt in Religious and Secular Medieval Courtly Love Literature
Three stories from this time period focus on a sort of courtly love relationship between two people that involves this characteristic giving of a gift: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Guigemar, and an apocryphal account of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven by “John the Evangelist”. These seemingly different stories share one unifying bond: a belt.
Little-known Medieval Texts: Good Counsel for a Young Lady: A Low German Mother-Daughter Conduct Poem
One such text is the anonymous 121-line conduct poem, ‘Eyne gude lere van einer junchvrowen’ (Good Counsel for a Young Lady), in which a mother instructs her daughter in good behavior.
Birgitta of Sweden and the Divine Mysteries of Motherhood
Birgitta of Sweden and the Divine Mysteries of Motherhood Stjerna, Kirsi Feminist Forum, 24, no. 1 (1997) Abstract St. Birgitta of Sweden is…
Christine de Pizan’s Advice to Prostitutes
In late medieval Paris, prostitutes were everywhere, it seems. Looking at the map published in Bronislaw Geremek’s study of the margins of medieval society we get the impression that prostitutes were in fact not marginal at all, at least as far as their locations are concerned.
Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt
Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt Jeppson, Karolina M.A. Cultural Anthropology Thesis,Uppsala University,…
When pregnancy gets you out of a bad relationship – female slaves in medieval Spain
Debra Blumenthal examines 33 cases found in the archives of the Spanish city between 1425 and 1520 where female slaves sued to get their freedom on the basis that they bore the children of their male masters.
Embodying Mysticism: The Utilization of Embodied Experience in the Mysticism of Italian Women, Circa 1200-1400 CE
Embodying Mysticism: The Utilization of Embodied Experience in the Mysticism of Italian Women, Circa 1200-1400 CE Esposito, Elizabeth A. M.A. Thesis, University of…
The Aesthetics of Marriage in The Canterbury Tales
The Aesthetics of Marriage in The Canterbury Tales Kuo, Ju-ping M.A. Thesis, The Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature, June 23 (2003) Abstract…
Female healers and the boundaries of medical practice in post-plague England
Female healers and the boundaries of medical practice in post-plague England Chamberland, Celeste M.A. Thesis, Concordia University, March, (1997) Abstract This study is an…
Motte and Bailey Castle in England to go on sale at auction
The remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle will be sold at auction next month, and is expected to fetch between £25,000…
Perceptions of beauty in Renaissance art
The depiction of beauty in Renaissance art is shown to be more complex than a mere photograph-like representation of sexuality or of a person’s physical appearance.
Female Wage-Earners in Late Fourteenth-Century England
Historians are becoming increasingly aware of the role played by women in the economy of medieval England
Ravishment, Legal Narratives, and Chivalric Culture in Fifteenth-Century England
Ravishment, Legal Narratives, and Chivalric Culture in Fifteenth-Century England McSheffrey, Shannon and Pope, Julia (Concordia University) Journal of British Studies, 48 (October, 2009) Abstract Late…
Feminine and masculine in the images of power. A study of the changes in visual political symbolism in Sweden ca. 1350-1600
Feminine and masculine in the images of power. A study of the changes in visual political symbolism inSweden ca. 1350-1600 Berglund, Louise, PhD (Örebro University…
A Norfolk gentlewoman and Lydgatian patronage: Lady Sibylle Boys and her cultural environment
A Norfolk gentlewoman and Lydgatian patronage: Lady Sibylle Boys and her cultural environment Bale, A. Medium Aevum, 78(2), (2009) Abstract The poetry of John…
Fashioning the Middle Ages: Teaching Medieval Culture Through Clothing
The first hurdle is to make sure students accept that these are clothes, not costumes. Despite how odd some medieval fashions look to modern eyes, people in the past wore this clothing every day, found it comfortable, reasonable, and lovely, and were able to accomplish what they needed to while wearing it.
A social analysis of Viking jewellery from Iceland
This thesis is original in attempting to decipher the social messages conveyed in jewellery.
Crossing The River: Of Whores and Watermen
As a cultural perspective on the movements of local Londoners, this paper seeks to examine the nature of the River Thames as a boundary of propriety, behaviour, and acceptance in late-medieval and Tudor London
Medieval Schools: Roman Britain to Renaissance England
Medieval Schools: Roman Britain to Renaissance England By Nicholas Orme Yale University Press, 2006 ISBN: 9780300111026 Publisher’s Synopsis: Children have gone to school in…
Researchers discover original bacteria of the Black Death
The bacteria responsible for causing the 1348 Black Death, identified as one of the most cataclysmic events in human history, has been identified…
“An Unhappy Knight”: The Diffusion and Bastardization of Mordred in Arthurian Legends from Select Works of the Sixth through the Fifteenth Centuries
“An Unhappy Knight”: The Diffusion and Bastardization of Mordred in Arthurian Legends from Select Works of the Sixth through the Fifteenth Centuries By…
Mealtime in monasteries: the culture of the Byzantine refectory
Mealtime in monasteries: the culture of the Byzantine refectory By Alice-Mary Talbot Eat, Drink and be Merry (Luke 12: 19): Food and Wine…
Astronomy and Compotus at Oxford University in the Early Thirteenth Century: The Works of Robert Grosseteste
Astronomy and Compotus at Oxford University in the Early Thirteenth Century: The Works of Robert Grosseteste Dowd, Matthew F. PhD Philosophy Thesis, University…
Teaching the Canterbury Tales in American High Schools
Despite formidable obstacles, teachers have developed creative and effective ways to engage students with Chaucer’s texts.
The Appearance of Lighthouses on Portolan Charts: 1300-1600 AD
The Appearance of Lighthouses on Portolan Charts: 1300-1600 AD By Kevin Sheehan North and South, East and West: Movements in the Medieval World: Proceedings…