Seven videos on making medieval manuscripts
The British Library has released a set of seven videos to look at the process of creating medieval manuscripts.
Viking Age Christmas Traditions
By Emma “Bruni” Boast Everyone knows that a lot of the modern Christmas traditions stem from previous pagan cultural ones. What are the seasonal…
The Young Caliph and his Wicked Advisors: Women and Power Politics under Caliph Al-Muqtadir (r. 295–320/908–932)
This article explores the role of women as contenders for power at al-Muqtadir’s court.
Pigment and parchment at Penn
University of Pennsylvania students pair with visiting scholars to paint illustrations like those in centuries-old illuminated manuscripts.
Rare Japanese medieval documents discovered
In total, the boxes purchased contained 119 separate documents, 55 of which were written between 1308 and 1615.
The Scars of War in the Portuguese Border Zone (1250-1450)
In this article we will consider the period between 1250 and 1450 in order to understand the effects of war in the Portuguese lands closest to the border and therefore more exposed to enemy weapons.
How the borders of Germany changed in the Middle Ages
Three videos showing the changing borders of what is now Germany and Austria, between the years 843 to 2018.
New Medieval Books: From China to Valhalla
From kings to witches, and from Vikings to poets, here are five new books about the Middle Ages.
From Ale to Wassail: Lady Matilda’s Guide to Surviving a Medieval Christmas
Christmas is around the corner, are you worried about hosting the perfect medieval feast? Lady Matilda has you covered.
Medieval Geopolitics: The Counterfactual History of the Third Crusade
What would have happened if Richard had defeated Saladin and taken Jerusalem in early 1192?
Byzantium and Venice: The Rise and Fall of a Medieval Alliance
The story of the Venetian-Byzantine military alliance is a complex one, with many questions that need to be answered.
Viking Age garden plants from southern Scandinavia – diversity, taphonomy and cultural aspects
This article presents the diversity of evidence for garden plants from archaeological contexts in southern Scandinavia dated to the Viking Age (AD 775–1050).
Historian discovers earliest evidence of a Scottish ship sailing to North America
An entry in a late sixteenth-century register has revealed that a ship known as “William” of Aberdeen made a voyage to “the new fund land” (Newfoundland) in 1596
The Medieval Ritual Landscape: Archaeology and Folk Religion
This lecture explores the value of archaeology in reconstructing lived religion as it was practised and experienced by medieval people.
Climate Impacts and Societal Resilience in the Mediterranean of the Last Millennium: the Case of Medieval Byzantium
The period we’re talking about is covering the period after the early medieval crisis until the period that followed the fall of Constantinople to the Latins in the year 1204
Rescuing Llwyn Celyn: The Inside Story
The discoveries, triumphs and challenges during the restoration of Llwyn Celyn, a medieval hall house in the beautiful Llanthony Valley in Monmouthshire.
Merrie Medieval Recipes for Holiday Feasting
I’d like to suggest a few common and simple medieval recipes for your table.
“From what is earthly to what is divine”: The Story of Caritas Pirckheimer, Renaissance Woman
An abbess fighting for her nuns, a scholar of humanism, and a historian of the Franciscans.
The Medieval Sketches of Villard de Honnecourt
Ten of our favourite pages from Villard de Honnecourt’s 13th century sketchbook.
Artful Words: Calligraphy in Illuminated Manuscripts begins this month at the Getty
The J. Paul Getty Museum is hosting a new exhibition starting this month that showcases the medieval word.
Medieval Cough Medicine
Here are five recipes, dating back to the ninth century, for creating medicine to treat a cough.
“In the resurrection, no weakness will remain”: Perceptions of disability in Christian Anglo-Saxon England
This paper will focus on perceptions of physical impairment in the later Anglo-Saxon period (c. 800–1066 AD).
The Fifteenth-Century Middle High German Tale The Queen of France
The Middle High German tale, The Queen of France, portrays a queen, a good and faithful wife, being banished for alleged adultery by her husband, the king, who is burning with anger.
How the Vikings Inhabited Scotland: A Social Zooarchaeological Approach
The field of human-animal relations is a growing area of research, and with regard to the
Viking Age the majority of this research has concerned the Scandinavian homelands.
