Warfare in the Plain of the Po 1189–1226
His paper examines the ‘theatre of war’ around Milan, which includes cities such as Cremona, Brescia and Lodi.
The Farce of the Fart – new book offers scandalous plays from medieval France
They were the sitcoms of their time –– lowbrow comedies that lampooned every serious topic, from sex and relationships to politics and religion
HASKINS CONFERENCE: Public and Private Audiences: Reflections on the Anglo-Saxon Archive of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk
This paper focused on the Anglo-Saxon writs, and charters of Bury St. Edmunds.
Hincmar and Anastasius: Lying, Treacherous Villains
Did Anastasius help kidnap and murder the wife and daughter of Pope Adrian II?
HASKINS CONFERENCE: Feudal Prerogatives and Female Vassals: Philip II’s Manipulation of Marriage
This paper discussed the mutually beneficial relationship between Philip II and women, and their experiences in wielding power during his rule.
HASKINS CONFERENCE: Context and Cultivation: The Formation of a Monastic Property Network in Eleventh Century Brittany
This paper focused on the Benedictine abbey of St. Florent.
HASKINS CONFERENCE: The Monks of Fécamp and their Ducal Patrons: Transformations of the Eleventh Century
This paper investigates the relationship between the 11th century Norman Dukes and the monastery from the monastic point of view.
Southern Italy and the Construction of the Historia ecclesiastica of Orderic Vitalis
Of all the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman historians, Orderic Vitalis was the most interested in southern Italy
The Flemish Evidence for the Gender of Weavers and the Boat Shuttle
Professor Berman’s paper details a story about changes in weaving found in the Gesta abbatum Trudonsium…
HASKINS CONFERENCE: Regarding the Water: Landscapes of Conversion in Early Medieval England
This paper focused on Christian influences and viewsheds for burials near water and conversion period monuments.
Profiling English Landed Society in 1066
Professor Lewis details the project, Profile of a Doomed Elite: The Structure of English Landed Society in 1066 project, which involves completing a prosopography of landowners from England in 1066
The Dynamics of Landed and Portable Wealth: Defining Elites in Northwest Europe from an Archaeological Perspective, between AD 650 and 1150
What was the relationship between material wealth and social status? Did portable wealth convey to social status for elites?
Episcopal Liberty and the Council of Paris (556/73)
Halfond takes a look at the reign of Charibert I, the Merovigian ruler of the Kingdom of Paris from 561-567, and his early relations with the church.
The Medieval Cistercians
A film about the work of historian Constance Berman on the medieval Cistercians.
Making History: Antiquaries in Britain
The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College is now presenting the exhibition: Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, which showcases treasures from the Society of Antiquaries of London
The Conversion of Russia to Christianity in the Light of Greek Missionary Activity among the Slavs
What is this? What is this distressing and heavy catastrophe and abomination? Why has this dreadful thunderbolt fallen on us out of the farthest north?
Anglo-Saxon Ironwork
The aim of this paper is to describe the principal products (including arrowheads, but excluding other weapons) of the blacksmith in the Middle and Late Anglo-Saxon periods…
The contribution of early medieval China (AD 220-589) to the travel culture of landscape appreciation
Tourism has a long history that in the Western culture dates back to ancient Rome and Greece. In imperial China, tourism has a tradition independent of Europe, and is defined in the present study as “the travel culture of landscape appreciation”.
Sanctified Sex: How Familial Support of the Rule of the Church Turned the Marriage Ceremony into a Religious Rite
During the twelfth and thirteenth century, northern France underwent a subtle but dramatic change in its social power structure: the regulation of marriage fell under the power of the Church
Medieval manuscripts highlight of Lilly workshops at Indiana University
British scribe and illuminator Patricia Lovett will be this year’s guest for Indiana University’s Mediaevalia at the Lilly, an annual event focused on the Lilly Library’s large collection of rare medieval manuscripts and books.
What actually is a deviant burial? Comparing German-language and Anglophone research on deviant burials
‘Deviant burials’ are generally associated with bizarre practices like decapitations and strange body positions.
Byzantine-era Christian prayer box discovered in Jerusalem
A miniature Christian prayer box decorated with a cross has been uncovered in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem