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Unlocking the secrets to Sweden’s Holy King
Posted on April 23, 2014 | No CommentsResearchers in Sweden have opened the casket of King Erik IX, and hope to analyze his bones to understand more about the health of the twelfth-century ruler and to even make sure these remains are his. -
Old St. Paul’s Cathedral of London
Posted on April 23, 2014 | No CommentsIt was the fourth church to be built on the site on Ludgate Hill and the presence of the shrine of St. Erkenwald made the church a pilgrimage site in medieval times. -
Charles the Fat and the Viking Great Army: The Military Explanation for the End of the Carolingian Empire
Posted on April 22, 2014 | No CommentsIn late July 885 a large Viking fleet gathered at the mouth of the River Seine and began to move upstream in the direction of Paris. -
Gesta Danorum and the Wendish Crusade
Posted on April 22, 2014 | No CommentsThe Wendish Crusade from 1147 marks the beginning of 'Holy Wars' fought against the Balto-Slavic and Finno-Ugric populations from the Baltic See. -
Vatican Library plans to digitize 41 million pages
Posted on April 21, 2014 | No CommentsThe Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana has begun the first phase of a massive digitization project and over the next four years will digitize over 3000 manuscripts. The Vatican library hopes to eventually digitize all 82 000 manuscripts in it collection, which covers over 41 million pages. -
The Medievalverse from London
Posted on April 21, 2014 | No CommentsWe give you an update from London, where we talk about some of the sites we have seen, including Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. We also tell you about a few things coming up on Medievalists.net -
Stained Glass: Radiant Art
Posted on April 21, 2014 | No CommentsReaders are treated to an overview of medieval stained glass as an art medium, an academic topic of study, and as a prized portion of the collection of the Getty. -
Intermarriage Between Christians and Jews in Medieval Canon Law
Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsRestrictions on contact between Christians and Jews appeared early in Christian history and remained a prominent feature of ecclesiastical law throughout the Middle Ages. -
Medieval London Quiz
Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsHow well do you know your way around medieval London? Try this quiz of various sites around England's largest city. -
Olivia Remie Constable passes away
Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsThe University of Notre Dame has announced the passing of Olivia Remie Constable, Director of its Medieval Institute. -
When was Offa’s Dyke built?
Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsHistorians have long believed that Offa's Dyke was built in the late eighth-century, but new evidence suggests it might be 200 years older. -
Time and Clocks in the Middle Ages
Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsWhat is told by hands, measured in sand, and announced with bells? -
Teaching the Middle Ages to K-12
Posted on April 20, 2014 | No CommentsDaniele Trynoski reports on Teaching the Middle Ages to K-12: Sites of Encounter in the Medieval World: The History Blueprint Approach -
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.
