How to Kill a Medieval Zombie
By Danièle Cybulskie I’ve often said that people in the Middle Ages shared the same hopes and fears that we do. Believe it…
Call for Papers: Hype, Transmission and Truth in the Middle Ages
Bristol University’s Centre for Medieval Studies invites submissions for its 24th annual postgraduate conference, taking place on Friday 23rd – Saturday 24th February 2018
The Medieval Magazine No. 100 (Volume 3, No. 17) : Halloween Double Issue!
Our 100th Issue and Halloween Edition! This special double issue is 95 pages of scary, spooky, medieval fun. Two magazines in one! Read it if you dare!
The Modern World of a Medieval Sport
You might think that jousting went extinct after the Middle Ages, but it in fact enjoys a strong modern following.
From The Middle Ages to Modern Times: Egg Tempera in Art History
While it’s been utilised as a medium since the Florentine Renaissance, egg tempera never never completely disappeared from western art.
The English Lyric, Medieval to Early Modern
This talk explores the relationship among the medieval and early modern traditions of the lyric in English to argue for the latter’s creative readings of the former.
Thegns in the Danelaw: a case for Scandinavian usage of the term in the 10-11th century England
This presentation addresses the possibility of the Old English influence upon the Old Norse in the usage of the word ‘thegn’.
England’s best-surviving medieval charnel chapel now accessible through new 3D model
Archaeologists and computer scientists at the University of Sheffield have developed a new 3D model of the most complete remaining charnel chapel in the UK.
Cincinnati Art Museum’s Albrecht Dürer exhibition marks 500 years since the Reformation
‘The Age of Reformation and Renaissance’ follows the development of Dürer’s artistic brilliance from his apprenticeship through the eve of the Reformation.
Historical Jigsaw Puzzle: Digitally piecing together Medieval manuscript fragments
The leading manuscript libraries of Europe and North America have been participating for the last three years in developing the digital research platform Fragmentarium.
The Delectable War between Mutton and the Refreshments of the Market-Place: Rereading the Curious Tale of the Mamluk Era
At some point in XV century, Ahmad Ibn Yahya Ibn Hasan al-Haggar composed a curious narrative titled ‘Kitab al-harb alma suq bayna lahm ad-da’n wa-hawadir as-suq’ (‘The Delectable War between Mutton and the Refreshments of the Market-Place’).
“How Do You Know if it is Love or Lust?” On Gender, Status, and Violence in Old Norse Literature
This article examines attitudes towards behaviour relating to women within Old Norse literature, focusing both on chivalric romances and the legendary sagas.
What Medieval Ghosts can tell us about the Afterlife
People in the Middle Ages told tales of seeing and talking with ghosts. While these encounters could be quite scary, it was also an opportunity from them to learn about the afterlife.
New Medieval Books: Frontiers and Meeting Places
Five books for you to add to your medieval reading list. And perhaps even to be read.
Defining Constantinople’s Suburbs through Travel and Geography
This paper considers these challenges as they relate to the suburbs of Constantinople and, in doing so, it seeks to offer some reflections on the ways in which various conceptions of geography, space, and spatial practice can inform late antique suburban studies.
Where are the dead of medieval battles? A preliminary survey
Medieval battles have always fascinated historians as well as the general public. We have to admit, however, that battles of this period are difficult to study.
Assets to the Country: Countesses in Fourteenth Century England
Surviving sources can tell us much about medieval noblewomen, even if many earlier historians ignored them. We learn that these women were strong and intelligent, and can answer questions about their childhoods, their abilities to choose marriage partners, their daily and annual schedules, and their experiences during widowhood.
The mark of the Devil: medical proof in witchcraft trials
This thesis will analyze the intersection between medical and religious beliefs in the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries to evaluate the importance placed upon medical evidence by secular and ecclesiastical courts.
The Winter Camp of the Viking Great Army, AD 872-3, Torksey, Lincolnshire
This paper provides a fresh perspective on the Viking Great Army and its impact on Anglo-Saxon England, based on new tightly dated and contextualised evidence from Torksey.
Making Modern Migraine Medieval: Men of Science, Hildegard of Bingen and the Life of a Retrospective Diagnosis
This article uses Hildegard as a case study to shift our focus from a polarised debate about the merits or otherwise of retrospective diagnosis, to examine instead what happens when diagnoses take on lives of their own.
Statements in Stone: The Politics of Architecture in Charlemagne’s Aachen
Statements in Stone is an intersectional and preliminary study of the architecture and social aspects of the palatine complex of Aachen Germany during the reign of Charlemagne approximately spanning from the 790s to 814CE.
Inventing Saladin: The Role of the Saladin Legend in European Culture and Identity
Legends can forge cultural identities, yet they can also be the bane of historians. All too frequently legend is mixed with enough fact that it misleads historians and laymen alike.
How and why did the Viking Age begin?
The question of how the Viking Age started has been much debated by historians. One of the leading scholars in the field, Neil Price, is looking to address this fundamental question with his latest project – The Viking Phenomenon.
History in Three Dimensions
When we learn about history, the emphasis is often placed on things we find hilarious or shocking, and pretty much everything we take in afterwards confirms that negative impression.
An Interactive Look at a Printed Masterpiece
Thanks to the British Museum, you can get an up close and personal look at one of the most elaborate prints ever produced.