Fashion Old and New: Weaving and Tailoring in the Early Medieval and Early Modern Period
Fashion fan? Interested in medieval and early modern textiles? Then this was your session. 2 papers from opposite ends of the spectrum: Early Medieval weaving and Early Modern Tailoring.
York hosts 2015 Richard Hall Symposium on June 20th
The full list of speakers for the 2015 Richard Hall Symposium has been announced, with new research and discussions concerning women in early medieval history included in the programme.
Dyes, Diets and Deodorants: Venetian Beauty Secrets Revealed
If you think it’s hard to keep up a beauty regime now, wait until you see what lengths the Venetians went to in order to be beautiful!
Medieval poaching site discovered in England
Archaeologists working in northern England have uncovered a stone-lined cess pit that was filled with dozens of bones from deer. The evidence suggests that they were dumped here by poachers.
Primetime Paganism: Popular-Culture Representations of Europhilic Polytheism in Game of Thrones and Vikings
This article provides a critical examination of the politico-religious content of the highly successful television series Game of Thrones and Vikings.
‘We Do Not Sow’: The Economics and Politics of A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire brilliantly illustrates a number of basic principles of political economy.
Game of Thrones: What’s Your Role In Westeros?
Find out who you’d be in Westeros, in the Song of Ice and Fire series.
Five Medieval Tales Too Good to be True
We have five stories – funny, strange or just creepy – from the Middle Ages that are (probably) not true – vote on which one is your favourite!
What Job Would You Have Had In Medieval Times?
While 99% would really be peasants, you can always dream! Answer these six questions and find out your job in the Middle Ages :)
Owain’s Revolt? Glyn Dŵr’s role in the outbreak of the rebellion
This article asserts that Owain Glyn Dŵr was neither the instigator nor, initially, the sole leader of the revolt for which he has become well known. It also challenges the idea that there was just one rebellion and casts doubt on the notion that he proclaimed himself Prince of Wales on 16 September 1400.
Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541–543 AD: a genomic analysis
Between 541 and 543 AD, the Plague of Justinian, traditionally regarded as the first of three human plague pandemics, spread from either central Asia or Africa across the Mediterranean basin into Europe, killing an estimated 100 million people according to the contemporary scholar Procopius
Beyond the Medical Text: Health and Illness in Early Medieval Italian Sources
The vast majority of surviving evidence for health care, medicine and attitudes to illness in early medieval northern Italy comes not from traditional medical texts, but legal, hagiographical and archaeological sources.
What We Learned about the Middle Ages This Week
Here are five things we read this week, including about the Black School in Wittenberg, a ransom demand of pepper, what Vikings carved into the walls, what ivory can tell us about medieval walrus hunting, and strange ideas about skin colour in the Middle Ages
‘Such a great multitude’: Biblical numerology as a literary device in Nauigatio Sancti Brendani
This presentation will begin by briefly summarizing the text, presenting evidence for its intended audience and purpose, defining Biblical numerology and outlining its role in Jewish and Christian textual traditions up to the early medieval period. Then the presentation will provide a handful of examples in the use of Biblical numerology in Nauigatio.
Macbeth trailer released – first look at Michael Fassbender’s upcoming film
This adaption of Shakespeare’s tragedy stars Michael Fassbender, with Marion Cotillard portraying his wife, Lady Macbeth.
Viking raids were for more than just money, historian says
In his article, ‘What really caused the Viking Age? The social content of raiding and exploration’, Steven P. Ashby, a medieval archaeologist and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, outlines the many factors that would have prompted Norsemen – both the elites and the regular men – to conduct their raids across Europe.
Dynastic Politics: Five Women of the Howard Family During the Reign of Henry VIII, 1509-1547
The Howards were the most important noble dynasty of Henry VIII’s reign. Tudor political history cannot be written without them; they lived their lives at its core, in the shadow of the Crown.
The Medieval Tournament: Swords and Swordfish
Tournaments were a uniquely medieval phenomenon that were part-military training, part-sport, and of a character all their own. Full of colour, pageantry, and action, the tournament was a marked part of medieval society for centuries.
Genre Medievalisms: Geek Goes Chic!
Is Cersei a collection of bad medieval stereotypes? Have nerds gone mainstream? Were American cowboys a modern retelling of the medieval knight? Put down that comic, put away your bag of dice, and indulge your inner nerd.
Late Medieval Enclosed Gardens of the Low Countries
In the late Middle Ages and Early Modernity an artistic phenomenon emerged in a feminine religious context, particularly in the Low Countries and the Rhineland: the so-called Enclosed Gardens.
Quiz: The Italian Renaissance
Test your knowledge of the Italian Renaissance!
What’s New in Medieval Historical Fiction
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International Congress on Pope Innocent III to take place in Spain
Murcia, Spain, will host an International Congress on ‘Innocent III and his Times’ from December 9-12, 2015.
Conflicting Perspectives: Chivalry in Twelfth-Century Historiography
Historians have found the task of defining medieval chivalry to be an elusive task.