Volcanoes have long fascinated people. They have know how dangerous they can be, but throughout history many have tried to figure what causes them. Here is the explanation given by the medieval scholar Albert the Great.
Piety in Pieces: How Medieval Readers Customized their Manuscripts
September 23, 2016 By
Medieval manuscripts resisted obsolescence. Made by highly specialised craftspeople (scribes, illuminators, book binders) with labour-intensive processes using exclusive and sometimes exotic materials (parchment made from dozens or hundreds of skins, inks and paints made from prized minerals, animals and plants), books were expensive and built to last.
Conference explores the Anglo-Saxon site at Rendlesham
September 23, 2016 By
Historians and archaeologists are meeting today to discuss one of the largest and richest settlements of Anglo-Saxon England. ‘Anglo-Saxon Rendlesham, a Royal Centre of the East Anglian Kingdom’, taking place in Bury St Edmunds, will present new research on the internationally important archaeological discovery to the wider public.
The Medieval Magazine (Volume 2 Issue 25)
September 22, 2016 By
Our celebratory Eight-Year Anniversary Issue! We take a journey back through time for the best of our best as well as looking forward to the future and some great new original content!
Archaeologists dig in to explore Tamworth’s history
September 19, 2016 By
Archaeologists excavating the car park next to Tamworth Assembly Rooms have made an interesting discovery during their search for clues about the town’s history.
Landscape, Maternal Space, And Child Exposure In The Sagas Of Icelanders
September 17, 2016 By
A survey of these episodes, then, suggests that maternal space in the sagas reasserts itself generally—and particularly reasserts itself onto the northern landscape—during instances of child exposure, where this mode of attempted infanticide takes on a variant meaning in Northern societies than it would from more Southern ones.
An Approach to Crusading Ethics
September 17, 2016 By
A crusade was a form of holy war, but holy war was itself only one expression of a wider concept, that of sacred violence.
Women and Catharism
September 17, 2016 By
Participation of women in sustaining and spreading the dualist heresy known as Catharism in Languedoc in the first half of the thirteenth century was greater than the passive role generally assigned to them in medieval society
Telling the Truth about Sex in Late Medieval Paris
September 17, 2016 By
Court records that record witness testimony are a rich source for attitudes if not for actual behavior; they provide first-person accounts from people who are otherwise silent in the medieval record.
Japanese medieval trading towns: Sakai and Tosaminato
September 17, 2016 By
Trade was essential to the development of urban forms in medieval Japan.
Heavenly Healing or Failure of Faith? Partial Cures in Later Medieval Canonization Processes
September 13, 2016 By
When thinking of miracles as source material for the conceptions and everyday life of the laity, miracles with remaining symptoms provide an interesting sub-type of a healing miracle.
Depictions of Combat in Medieval Art: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
September 9, 2016 By
Video of a paper given by James Hester at the 2016 IMC
The Copernican System: A Detailed Synopsis
September 9, 2016 By
Dissatisfied with the problems of the geocentric system inherited from Claudius Ptolemy, Nicholas Copernicus began the change from geocentrism to heliocentrism.
The Extent of Indigenous-Norse Contact and Trade Prior to Columbus
September 9, 2016 By
The full extent of Norse exploration in North America is a growing field and the extent of their contact and trade with Indigenous Americans is becoming increasingly known.
Kings, Wars, and Duck Eggs: Interpretations of Poetry in Egil’s Saga
September 9, 2016 By
Although Egil’s Saga is memorable enough for its bloodshed, feuds, and comically disgusting mead-hall scenes, the one characteristic which most distinctly sets it apart from the other Icelandic sagas is its extensive use of poetry.
Science and Nature in the Medieval Ecological Imagination
September 9, 2016 By
This dissertation explores the intersections between nature and culture in medieval literature and art with particular focus on Geoffrey Chaucer’s House of Fame, the thirteenth-century French Bible Moralisée, and William Langland’s Piers Plowman.
That Other Battle of 1066 – Commemorating the 950th Anniversary of Stamford Bridge
September 8, 2016 By
The JORVIK Viking Centre will be hosting for a special walking tour of the battlefield at Stamford Bridge, just outside of York.
The Medieval Magazine (Volume 2 Issue 24)
September 5, 2016 By
The Medieval Iceland Effect: how this island has contributed to our modern world.
Hear the past with free audio recordings and readings from Medieval Manuscripts Alive, apply for a medieval student loan, and put in a bid for medieval stone!
Who Is the Historian?
September 4, 2016 By
How do historians bring past events to life and why is their role so important in society?
The Lancastrian Retreat from Populist Discourse? Propaganda Conflicts in the Wars of the Roses
September 4, 2016 By
This article explores an aspect of the propaganda wars that were conducted between the Lancastrian and Yorkist sides during the series of conflicts historians refer to as the Wars of the Roses.
King Richard III: Politics, Power and People – Annual Symposium coming in October
August 31, 2016 By
The Richard III Foundation has announce the schedule for its 2016 annual symposium, which is under the theme: ‘King Richard III: Politics, Power and People’.
The Life of Saint Euphrosyne of Połack
August 24, 2016 By
Saint Euphrosyne (c. 1105-1167) was the granddaughter of the famous prince of Polack, Usiaslau (Vseslav) whose long reign (1044-1101) and many exploits – in particular his determined struggle against Kiev – made such an impression on his contemporaries that they refused to believe him to be an ordinary mortal
The sons of Eadmund Ironside, Anglo-Saxon king at the court of Saint Stephen
August 22, 2016 By
Eadmund Ironside died shortly after his agreement with Canute, King of Denmark, deciding the boundaries of his realm. His decease took place on 30th November 1016.
The Modern Invention of the Medieval Executioner
August 21, 2016 By
We all know the hooded, ominous figure of the medieval hangman, but in fact that image owes much more to nineteenth-century imaginations than to any historical reality.
The Statutes of the Teutonic Knights: A Study of Religious Chivalry
August 21, 2016 By
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of the religious military orders, and of the Teutonic Knights in particular, within the process of change in developing the concept of a religious and a Christian warrior during the Crusades, or, in other words, how the existing Latin ideal of religious retreat was adapted, blended and attached to the chivalric image of Western Europe in the Holy Land, as reflected in the statutes of the Teutonic Knights.
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