Beauty and brutality: Iceland’s literary landscapes
Dr Emily Lethbridge is breathing new life and understanding into the centuries-old Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) during a unique year-long research trip – conducted in 2011 from the back of a decommissioned Land Rover ambulance.
Evidence for medieval salt-making by burning Eel-grass (Zostera marina L.) in the Netherlands
Evidence for medieval salt-making by burning Eel-grass (Zostera marina L.) in the Netherlands By B. van Geel and G.J. Borger Netherlands Journal of…
Volcanoes and the Climate Forcing of Carolingian Europe, A.D. 750–950
Revolutionary advances of the natural sciences will transform our understanding of the human past. This case study supports that thesis by connecting new data arising from the last decade’s scientific work in palaeoclimatology with the history of the Carolingian empire.
Byzantine Jewellery? Amethyst Beads in East and West during the Early Byzantine Period
Byzantine Jewellery? Amethyst Beads in East and West during the Early Byzantine Period Drauschke, Jörg “Intelligible Beauty”: Recent Research on Byzantine Jewellery, (London, 2010) Abstract…
The Efficacy of the English Longbow: A Reply to Kelly DeVries
The Efficacy of the English Longbow: A Reply to Kelly DeVries By Clifford Rogers War in History, Vol.5:2 (1998) Introduction:Every profession needs its…
The Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Religion of Intent: Interiority and the Emergence of Selfhood Across Religious Boundaries
The Twelfth Century Renaissance and the Religion of Intent: Interiority and the Emergence of SelfhoodAcross Religious Boundaries Elliot, Serena M.A. Thesis (History), North Carolina State…
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results By Wessex Archaeology (Time Team, 2009) Summary: An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Channel…
From Flax to Linen in the Medieval Rus Lands
From Flax to Linen in the Medieval Rus Lands By Heidi Sherman Medieval Clothing and Textiles, Volume 4 (2008) Introduction: In the mid-nineteenth…
The Historic Origins of the National Assembly in Hungary
The Historic Origins of the National Assembly in Hungary Szente, Zoltán Historia Constitucional, No 8 (2007) Abstract The article examines the roots of Hungarian…
Indecent bodies: gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature
Indecent bodies: gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature Oswald, Dana Morgan Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English, (2005) Abstract While…
Constantinople, 1204, renewal of interest in Imperial and other Byzantine cults in the West, and the deep roots of new traditions’
Constantinople, 1204, renewal of interest in Imperial and other Byzantine cults in the West, and the deeproots of new traditions’ Jones, Graham Miša Rakocija…
The Book of Dede Korkut: the Villains within and out of Turks
The Book of Dede Korkut: the Villains within and out of Turks By Dilek Tufekci Can Paper given at the 1st Global Conference: Villains…
Diplomacy gone to seed: a history of Byzantine foreign relations, A.D. 1047-57
Diplomacy gone to seed: a history of Byzantine foreign relations, A.D. 1047-57 By Paul A. Blaum International Journal of Kurdish Studies (2004) Introduction:…
New Relationships in Old Music: Is there a Connection Between the Music of Medieval Spain and the Music of the French Troubadours?
New Relationships in Old Music: Is there a Connection Between the Music of Medieval Spain and the Music of the French Troubadours? Dirks, Christine…
Hopi Oral Traditions and the Anglo Saxon Migration: serial migration in the European Early Medieval Period
Hopi Oral Traditions and the Anglo Saxon Migration: serial migration in the European Early MedievalPeriod Roberts, Christopher M. Paper given at the 74th Annual…
The Problem of French National Identity in the Late Middle Ages
The Problem of French National Identity in the Late Middle Ages By Nathan A. Daniels Ex Post Facto: Journal of the History Students…
A Review of the Development of Basketry, Braiding, Crochet, and Felting towards the Creation of Seamless Fashion
A Review of the Development of Basketry, Braiding, Crochet, and Felting towards the Creation of Seamless Fashion By Frankie M.C. Ng Research Journal…
On the Foreign Policy of Saint Stephen
On the Foreign Policy of Saint Stephen Makk, Ferenc Saint Stephen and his country: a newborn kingdom in Central Europe: Hungary,edited by Attila Zsoldos…
The Bad Behaviour of Friars and Women in Medieval Catalan fabliaux and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
They perpetrate many deceptions in order to gain a sexual or monetary advantage over their victims and are portrayed as malicious mischief-makers and the protagonists of humorous and smutty stories. Women also feature in these either as deceived victims or as the perpetrators of deception, as they outwit their husbands in order to enjoy their own adulterous affairs.
A Chieftain in an Old Norse Text: Sveinn Ásleifarson and the Message behind Orkneyinga Saga
A Chieftain in an Old Norse Text: Sveinn Ásleifarson and the Message behind Orkneyinga Saga By Ian Beuermann Confluence. Interdisciplinary Communications 2007/2008, edited…
Cathedrals and the Cult of Saints in Eleventh and Twelfth-Century Wales
The cathedral churches of the four bishoprics of the Welsh, the reformed episcopal sees that emerged in the eleventh and twelfth centuries at Bangor, St Davids, Llandaf, and Llanelwy, had at their heart the cult of local founding bishops.
The Æðelen of Engle: Constructing Ethnic and Regional Identities in Laȝamon’s Brut
The Æðelen of Engle: Constructing Ethnic and Regional Identities in Laȝamon’s Brut Kleinman, Scott (California State University — Northridge) Exemplaria: A Journal of…
Conference on ‘Alchemy and Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment’ taking place at University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is hosting an international conference – Alchemy and Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment – which will include over…
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Urban-rural connections in Domesday Book and the late Anglo-Saxon town
Urban-rural connections in Domesday Book and the late Anglo-Saxon town Haslam, Jeremy Urban-rural connections, Vol.7, (2011) Abstract The issue concerning the origin of…