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The death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus in medieval Christian anti-Muslim religious polemics
Posted on April 18, 2014 | No CommentsChristians and Muslims argued, of course, and continue to argue about key issues of theology such as the nature of God (i.e., Trinity), revelation, the incarnation and divinity of Jesus, scripture, and the role of prophecy -
The Place of the Organ in the Medieval Parish Church
Posted on April 18, 2014 | No CommentsA list of eight hundred existing parish churches with a priori evidence of organs has been drawn up, forming the basis for exploration of medieval churches for physical evidence of liturgical musical arrangements, including organs. -
Jesus Christ’s sufferings and death in the iconography of the East and the West
Posted on April 18, 2014 | No CommentsThe image of God sufferings, Jesus Christ crucifixion has received such wide spreading in the Christian world that is hardly possible to count up total of the similar monuments created throughout last one and a half thousand of years. -
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Call for Papers: Pre-modern Queenship and Diplomacy in Europe
Posted on April 17, 2014 | No CommentsCall for Papers: Pre-modern Queenship and Diplomacy in Europe Canterbury Christ Church University on 12-13 September 2014 (Deadline for CFP, 30 April 2014). This conference organised by Canterbury Christ Church University […] -
Why did Medieval Slave Traders go to Finland?
Posted on April 17, 2014 | No CommentsThe demand for blonde girls and boys was so lucrative that slave traders would hunt for these people as far away as northern Finland, a recent study finds. -
The Battle of Winchelsea
Posted on April 16, 2014 | No CommentsBy early August, Edward received news that forty Castilian ships had gathered at Sluys and there were plans to attack England. -
The Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting – A Recap
Posted on April 16, 2014 | No CommentsWant to know what a medieval conference is like? Our correspondent, Danielle Trynsoki, attended the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, which was held this month in Los Angeles, California. She reports back about the papers, the people and the food at one of this year's most important events for medievalists. -
Database of UK surnames has reached 45,000 entries dating back to the Middle Ages
Posted on April 14, 2014 | No CommentsThe 'Family Names of the United Kingdom Project', which is being carried out by a team at University of the West of England - Bristol, has reached a key milestone with the completion of the first phase of the database with 45,000 surnames researched and explained. -
Ten Thoughts on Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 2: The Lion and the Rose
Posted on April 14, 2014 | No CommentsThis week's episode of Game of Thrones gives many viewers what they have been hoping to see for a very long time... -
Byzantine monastery discovered the Negev Desert
Posted on April 14, 2014 | No CommentsAn impressive Byzantine monastery dating to the late sixth-century has been discovered in the northern part of the Negev Desert in Israel. -
Viking and Ancient boats discovered in Ireland
Posted on April 14, 2014 | No CommentsArchaeologists in Ireland have discovered the remains of boats dating back to the Bronze and Iron Age, including one from the 11th century that may have belonged to Viking raiders. -
Physical Disability and Marriage in Later Medieval (c. 1200–1500) Miracle Testimonies
Posted on April 13, 2014 | No CommentsIn September 1470, a man called Laurencius Rawaldi from Linköping in Sweden was struck by a severe condition in his eyes. The illness left him blind for three years, during which he—according to his own testimony—was useless for both himself and others. -
Take a Quiz about the First Crusade
Posted on April 13, 2014 | No CommentsHere is our quiz on the First Crusade. Eight questions to test how well you know some of the key people and events of the 11th century invasion of the Holy Land. -
Old Norse Influence in Modern English: The Effect of the Viking Invasion
Posted on April 12, 2014 | No CommentsIt is estimated that there are around 400 Old Norse borrowings in Standard English. These borrowings are amongst the most frequently used terms in English and denote objects and actions of the most everyday description. -
Religion and Economy in Pre-Modern Europe: The Medieval Commercial Revolution and the Jews
Posted on April 12, 2014 | No CommentsJews have often been described as the moneylenders for medieval Europe and considered central in Europe's shift from a barter economy to a profit economy. This dissertation challenges that narrative historiographically and empirically. -
The emergence of concentrated settlements in medieval Western Europe: explanatory frameworks in the historiography
Posted on April 12, 2014 | No CommentsThere is now a general scholarly consensus that the concentration of rural people into settlements in Western Europe (as opposed to dispersed or scattered habitations across the countryside) occurred in various stages between the eighth and twelfth centuries, though with regional divergences in precise timing, speed, formation, and intensity. -
Norse cultural reaction to climate change during the little ice age and their societal collapse in Greenland
Posted on April 12, 2014 | No CommentsThis study aims to understand the adaptations of the Norse Greenlanders to climate change in their new home. -
Viking researchers help British Museum translate Norse culture
Posted on April 10, 2014 | No CommentsThe first major exhibition on Vikings at the British Museum for over 30 years which opened on 6 March in London highlights a new research project by Viking experts at The University of Nottingham. -
Trinity College Dublin marks anniversary of Battle of Clontarf with conference and exhibition
Posted on April 10, 2014 | No CommentsThis year marks the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf, one of the most important events in Irish history. -
Antoinette of Bourbon, Duchess of Guise
Posted on April 9, 2014 | No CommentsAntoinette of Bourbon was the formidable matriarch of the Guise family in sixteenth century France. She had many children who were instrumental in international politics as well as in religious life including her daughter Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland. -
Slavic and Greek-Roman Mythology, Comparative Mythology
Posted on April 9, 2014 | No CommentsIn this paper I will present a number of similarities between Greek and Roman deities and the Slavic ones, basing my research as much as possible on the information provided by an etymological analysis, a description of the deity as well as rituals, offerings, sacrifices and celebrations dedicated to the deities. -
Food and prejudice: a western ambassador in Byzantium
Posted on April 9, 2014 | No CommentsOn the 4th of June, 968, Liutprand of Cremona made landfall at Constaninople as ambassador for the German emperor Otto I. -
Researchers trace medieval pilgrimage route in Scotland
Posted on April 9, 2014 | No CommentsA report released earlier this month has revealed the ways medieval pilgrims would travel to the one of Scotland's most holiest sites. -
Theories of the Nonsense Word in Medieval England
Posted on April 8, 2014 | No CommentsThe goos the cokkow and the doke also So cryede kek kek kokkow quek quek hye -
Books by Jacques Le Goff
Posted on April 8, 2014 | No CommentsHere are just a few of his books, which have been translated into English and offer a glimpse at one of the leading historians of the Middle Ages.
