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Ceremonial Drinking in the Viking Age
Posted on January 31, 2015 | No CommentsDrinking ceremonies played a very important social role in Viking Age Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England. -
War on the Waterways: Maritime Conflict in the Viking Age in the North Sea Region
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsThe ubiquitous Viking warship is perhaps the most high-profile symbol of early medieval Scandinavians. -
Eyewitness accounts of the 1510 influenza pandemic in Europe
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsIn 1510, there was little appreciation that a specific respiratory disease might have been recurring over centuries, but historians now believe that influenza had probably been circulating as an epidemic disease since as early as the 9th century AD, if not earlier. -
Dragons: A Symbol of Evil in European Synagogue Decoration?
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsAt first glance, images of evil would seem to be an unexpected element in synagogue art. Only during a relatively short period in eighteenth-century eastern-European synagogues were paintings of predatory beasts and birds catching their prey depicted to convey the idea of the People of Israel pursued by enemies. -
Ten Strange Medieval Animals You Might Not Have Heard Of
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsA fish that can stop a ship and a bull that passes gas to defend itself - these and more strange animals from the Middle Ages! -
Historical Lives in Fiction, Characters in Fiction: Are they the same people?
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsThere is a strong relationship between history and fiction. The characters created by writers, either in historical novels and literary fiction, reflect that relationship. Many of the characteristics of fictional characters can also be ascribed to characters depicted in historical fiction and biographical writing. -
Trowbridge Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Conference
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsTrowbridge, home to one of the 25 barons elected to enforce Magna Carta, will be hosting an entertaining event at the Civic Centre on 25th April 2015, with a full day of informative seminars by some of the country’s leading historians. -
Free online course offers unique insights into Richard III reinterment
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsThe third run of the free popular ‘England in the Time of King Richard III’ online course will be launching Monday 16 February – and will offer a fascinating insight into life during 15th century England in the build up to the reinterment of Richard III on Thursday 26 March. -
The Anonymous of Bethune, King John and Magna Carta
Posted on January 29, 2015 | No CommentsOne of the most frequently met generalizations about King John is that he was unfortunate to have lived at a time when those authors who chronicled the events of their own day were churchmen -
The Troubadours, Part I: Sad Songs Say So Much
Posted on January 29, 2015 | No CommentsThe height of their popularity was in the 12th-13th Centuries, and they wrote songs about people, politics, and religion, but most of all, love. Let’s take five minutes to talk about troubadours. -
Mermaids in the Book of Treasures
Posted on January 28, 2015 | No CommentsFlorentine writer Brunetto Lattini explains what mermaids are in his Book of Treasures. -
Through Trial and Error: Learning and Adaptation in the English Tactical System from Bannockburn to Poitiers
Posted on January 28, 2015 | No CommentsDuring the late thirteenth century and early fourteenth century, the English in medieval Europe fought in two wars: the Scottish Wars of Independence followed by the Hundred Years War. -
Medieval Warfare Magazine – Volume V Issue 1
Posted on January 28, 2015 | No CommentsThe latest issue of Medieval Warfare Magazine explores Traitors in the Middle Ages. -
Where should the remains of Richard III be until he is buried?
Posted on January 28, 2015 | No CommentsSome of the people responsible for finding Richard III are asking that his remains be no longer kept in an university laboratory, but be coffined in a holy place until his reburial in March. -
A Quick Guide to Norse Gods
Posted on January 28, 2015 | No CommentsThe Norse pantheon includes some very interesting characters. This is a little guide to get you started about learning who these gods and goddesses were. -
Slavs in Fredegar and Paul the Deacon: medieval gens or ‘scourge of God’?
Posted on January 27, 2015 | No CommentsThis article presents a new interpretation of the accounts of Slavs given by two early medieval Latin narrative sources. -
Chaucer the Love Poet: A Study in Historical Criticism
Posted on January 27, 2015 | No CommentsThis thesis is an historically based inquiry into the aesthetic function and moral significance of the themes of marriage, fornication, and adultery in Chaucer's poetry about sexual love -
‘Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice and Vikings’ symposium takes place next month
Posted on January 27, 2015 | No CommentsThose interested in Iceland's history and future will be gathering at California Lutheran University next month for the 16th Annual Nordic Spirit Symposium. The two-day conference's theme is 'Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice and Vikings'. -
Gothic Wonder: New Book examines the spectacular buildings of Medieval England
Posted on January 26, 2015 | No CommentsIn his book, Gothic Wonder, Professor Paul Binski explores a period in which English art and architecture pushed the boundaries to produce some of Europe’s most spectacular buildings and illuminated manuscripts. -
Why Candlelight offers little Light
Posted on January 26, 2015 | No CommentsHow much light does candlelight offer? -
This Week in Medieval Manuscript Images
Posted on January 26, 2015 | No CommentsAfter missing a week, we are back with the best of Twitter when it comes to medieval manuscript art - including monkeys playing organs and owls wearing hats -
Amazing archery shots based on historical research
Posted on January 26, 2015 | No CommentsBy making use of ancient and medieval sources, Lars Andersen is revealing techniques lost for centuries and showing off some incredible archery shots. -
Metaphor in the Medieval Middle East
Posted on January 26, 2015 | No CommentsThrough a study of metaphor in medieval Arabic literature, Stanford comparative literature professor Alexander Key finds that the Arab world had a head start on the West when it comes to understanding how language works. -
Beautiful Images from the Nuremberg Chronicle
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsCreated in 1493, the Nuremberg Chronicle is a history of the World going back to Biblical times. Written by Hartmann Schedel, it was printed in Latin and German editions with hundreds of copies being sold. The 1801 woodcut illustrations were done by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Here are some of favourite images! -
Top 10 Antipopes
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsA list of men who ultimately failed to become Pope.
