Beowulf at the Movies: From Anglo-Saxon Poetry to Modern Cinema
Are there differences between the character’s portrayal in the poem and the cinematic adaptations? To what extent has cinema reinvented monstrosity in Beowulf? How does this reflect our modern day view of humanity or the beast within?
Archaeological evidence of the First Crusade discovered
Archaeologists digging along the southern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem on Mount Zion have announced the discovery of a ditch and artefacts that have been linked to siege and conquest of the city in 1099 during the First Crusade.
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse (The Medieval Way)
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle shows how useful medieval history can be in helping us survive the imminent zombie apocalypse.
55,000 Pages of Medieval Manuscripts digitized in The Netherlands
Leiden University Libraries and Brill Publishers have launched Codices Vossiani Graeci et Miscellanei Online – the digitized collection of famous Greek manuscripts and mixed Greek and Latin manuscripts of Isaac Vossius (1618-1689).
Margaret Paston, Woman of Letters, commemorated after six centuries
Later this month a memorial stone will be unveiled in a picturesque English churchyard to one of the most important figures in the history of women’s literature, more than six centuries after she passed away.
Towering Presence: The Role of The Cloisters
The Cloisters stands really as a beacon in northern Manhattan and its tower is visible to travelers from afar.
Singapore in the 14th century
This presentation aims to arouse curiosity and questions about Singapore’s history by providing an overview of early Singapore’s connections with the region and beyond.
Economic Power in Rome. The role of the city’s elite families (the 1400-1500 period)
In this paper we examine a less explored area, namely the existing relationship between political stability and the economic success of the merchant elite
Medieval Storytime
The Middle Ages are full of amazing tales, both fictional and true. This week, Peter Konieczny joins Danièle to talk about three of their favourite medieval stories.
The past and future of De Velitatione Bellica and Byzantine Guerrilla Warfare
This manual contains a great deal of seemingly plausible advice on how to engage in low-intensity warfare along the Byzantine-Islamic frontier across the Tauros and Anti-Tauros Mountains.
The First Battle of Lindisfarne: Where History and Legend Meet
Long before Lindisfarne became known as one of the most isolated holy islands in Britain — second perhaps only to Iona — it was an area of great strategic importance.
Join the Navy! The Medieval version
How do you convince men to take a job on a medieval warship?
Medieval Tips to Improve your Hygiene and Manners
The Middle Ages are often portrayed as a time when people were filthy and crude. Did they even care about their appearance and behaviour?
The V&A to offer medieval art courses this fall
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will be launching two art history courses that will allow students to experience it’s world-class medieval collection like never before.
10 Moments in the Invention of Guns and Gunpowder
Here is our list of ten key moments in the development of guns and gunpowder during the Middle Ages.
The armour of the common soldier in the late middle ages
The designation Harnischrödel (rolls of armour) lumps together different kinds of urban inventories. They list the names of citizens and inhabitants together with the armour they owned, were compelled to acquire within their civic obligations, or were obliged to lend to able-bodied men
New Medieval Books: Texts and Translations
Here are five new books offering the texts and translations of medieval sources.
Medieval Geopolitics: John of Paris on why Kings, not Popes or Emperors, Should Rule
In his view, the world was naturally divided into separate kingdoms, like France and England, all of which claimed supreme authority within their borders.
Medieval Reads: The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
There are many varieties of fantasy Middle Ages, but they all have this path in common. The nature of those works and the genre of those works give us different visions of the Middle Ages.
The Units of Time in Ancient and Medieval India
This is a preliminary survey of time units used or mentioned in ancient and medieval works written in Sanskrit and other Indian languages.
Eve’s Sin, Woman’s Fault: A Medieval View
The fall of Adam and Eve has been a favourite theme in literary and religious literature down through the ages both with Christian and non-Christian authors.
Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259
This article aims to examine the material of a codex entitled Hermeneia of the Painters.
The Anglo-Norman cathedral of Ferns, history and architecture
A history of Ferns and its Cathedral, with an insight into Ferns becoming a diocesan centre in the reform of the 12th century
Two Viking Age ship burials discovered in Sweden
A unique find of two boat burials from the Viking Age have been discovered in Sweden. One of the two graves was intact with remains of a man, a horse and a dog.
