Sayyida Hurra: The Isma’ili Sulayhid Queen of Yemen Farhad Daftary
This article explores the career of queen Sayyida Hurra, she was the political and religious leader of Sulayhid Yemen, which was an extremely rare occurrence and privilege for a woman in Fatimid times
INTERVIEW: Author Tinney Sue Heath
In late July, I posted a book review on, “A Thing Done”, by Tinney Sue Heath. The book explores the fantastic world of Italian medieval vendetta during the thirteenth century. Here is my interview with this talented and accomplished author.
Bodies, Saracen giants, and the medieval romance : transgression, difference, and assimilation
Bodies, Saracen Giants, and the Medieval Romance: Transgression, Difference, and Assimilation explores the treatment of the bodies of three Saracen giants in the romances of Roland and Vernagu (c. 1330), Sir Beues of Hamtoun (c. 1330), and The Taill of Rauf Coilyear (c. 1513-42)
Matthew Paris and Henry III’s elephant
Matthew Paris’s drawings of Henry III’s elephant are well-known, and popular accounts of the Tower of London often mention the elephant’s brief residence there.
Abduction and power in late medieval England : petitions to the Court of Chancery, 1389-1515
This study examines fifty petitions sent to the Court of Chancery between 1389 and 1515 that relate to abduction.
A Castellan Claims his Castles: Textualization of Claims in Eleventh-Century Aquitaine
The Conventum inter Guillelmum Aquitanorum Comitem et Hugonem Chilarchum is a 340-line, highly descriptive document of claims, counter-claims, and often violent conflicts, all revolving around property, between Hugh of Lusignan and Count William of Aquitaine, written by an unidentified author and scribe.
Manuel II Palaiologos: Interpreter of dreams?
Discussion on the origin of dreams and the art of dream interpretation always fascinated the Byzantines and other medieval people as it is evident, not only within the numerous texts on the subject, but also in hagiographical and historiographical sources.
The Medieval Metal Industry Was the Cradle of Modern Large-Scale Atmospheric Lead Pollution in Northern Europe
This study indicates that the contemporary atmospheric pollution climate in northern Europe was established in Medieval time, rather than in the Industrial period. Atmospheric lead pollution deposition did not, when seen in a historical perspective, increase as much as usually assumed with the Industrial Revolution (1800 A.D.).
To Subject the North of the Country to his Rule: Edward III and the Lochindorb Chevauchee of 1336
The 1336 military campaign season witnessed the last major attempt by Edward III to subjugate Scotland. The 1336 campaigns also involved the largest number of invasions during the period of intensive English involvement in Scotland between 1332 and 1338.
The intestinal parasites of King Richard III
These results show that Richard was infected with roundworms in his intestines.
A Cell of their Own: The Incarceration of Women in Late Medieval Italy
I will then move to sketch the social profile of female inmates, mainly drawing on the records of Le Stinche, the Florentine municipal prison, during its first century of activity, circa 1300–1400.
A Medieval How-to Book for Shepherds
A recently published book is offering insights into fourteenth-century farming practices and the life of a shepherd named Jean de Brie.
Research uncovers how Christianity changed Anglo-Saxon burial practices
During the 670s and 680s there was a dramatic change in how people were buried in Anglo-Saxon England, according to a new study released by English Heritage.
Voyagers in the Vault of Heaven: The Phenomenon of Ships in the Sky in Medieval Ireland and Beyond
This paper explores the phenomenon of ships voyaging in the sky.
Medieval Studies in Canada
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Medieval Studies in Saskatchewan
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Peasant Society as Revealed by a Thirteenth-Century Manorial Extent
Peasant Society as Revealed by a Thirteenth-Century Manorial Extent By Donald R. Abbott Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 11…
Medieval Studies in Ontario
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Medieval Studies in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Medieval Studies in Manitoba
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Medieval Studies in British Columbia
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