The Sounds that Animals Make – the Medieval Version
It seems that every parent at one time or another teaches their children the sounds that animals make. They did it in the Middle Ages too.
Changing from OV to VO: More evidence from Old French
One of the more obvious syntactic changes in the development of the Romance languages involved a switch in basic word order from the Latin SOV to the Romance SVO, a change still underway in early Old Romance. I
The Regional Impact on Medieval Text and Image: Exploring Representations of Anti-Semitism in English and Northern French Medieval Bestiaries
This thesis endeavors to explain the variations in representations of anti-Semitism between medieval bestiaries.
Access is Power: Financing the Second Crusade in France
I will suggest an explanation for why historians have been slow to use land charters as a primary source for the history of the crusades.
Vikings in Manitoba?
Manitoba bound? Not likely!
The Original Placement of the Hereford Map
This paper relies on new masonry and dendrochronological evidence and the system of medieval ecclesiastical preferments to argue that this monumental world map was originally exhibited in 1287 next to the first shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe in Hereford Cathedral’s north transept.
Þingvellir: Archaeology of the Althing
The Norse General Assembly of Iceland, called the Althing at Þingvellir, was central to early Icelandic society in the Viking Age. Not only was it the high point of the annual social calendar, but it was also the focus of their ideals of justice and law-making, which the early Icelanders refined into an art.
The Importance of Being Good: Moral Philosophy in the Italian Universities, 1300–1600
This paper therefore explores how important moral philosophy was, during the Italian Renaissance, as an independent university subject, and whether its status had a direct relationship with that of rhetorical studies
The Ultimate Military Entrepreneur
With profit his only aim, Count Albrecht von Wallenstein successfully combined the profession of business and the art of war during the early seventeenth century.
Which Marauding Barbarian Horde are you?
Your people have wandered the vast steppes of Eurasia for generations. Suddenly glittering before you are the spires and domes of great cities, filled with people soft from wine and not having to ride in a saddle for 12 hours a day. Which barbarian horde are you?