The great crusader hero: Louis IX or Joinville?
The great crusader hero: Louis IX or Joinville? Almeida, Adriana (Aluna de Mestrado da Faculdade de Letras do Porto) Revista Medievalista Online, ano 4, número…
Marriage and Mutilation: Vendetta in Late-Medieval Italy
‘All of the family take up offensive weapons, for the injury done to one stains the whole house’, wrote one fourteenth-century lawyer. Vendetta was an obligation on kinsmen. That obligation did not die with an injured party: often quoted is Dante’s experience in Hell, when an ancestor angrily fled from his presence because his death had not yet been avenged.
How Eager He Was for the Victory of Islam!’: Saladin’s Strategy Against the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1171-1187)
How Eager He Was for the Victory of Islam!’: Saladin’s Strategy Against the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1171-1187) By Jan Vandeburie Paper given at…
The Medici Bank and the World of Florentine Capitalism
The Medici bank is certainly the most suitable subject for such an investigation. More is known about it than about any other firm in Renaissance Florence.
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni By Andrew Gow…
15th century Tudor House re-opens in Southampton
Southampton’s rich history is set to come alive once again as the city’s most important historic attraction re-opens its doors to the public…
Expeditio persica of Heraclius: Holy War or Crusade?
This essay will try to explain if the expeditio persica of Heraclius was similar or not with the concept of western Crusade.
Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: A Look at the English and Franco-Belgian Regions
Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: A Look at the English and Franco-Belgian Regions By Charles Donahue, Jr. Proceedings of…
Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6
Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6 By Sarah Arenson TROPIS Symposia Proceedings, Vol.2 (1987) Introduction: Our knowledge of ship construction in the Middle Ages…
July issue of BBC History Magazine features the Crusades
BBC History Magazine, a leading monthly periodical on all things history, features an article about the Crusades and Christian-Muslim medieval interaction. “Traders and…
Bannockburn centre to receive £3.7m in funding
The site of one of Scotland’s greatest battles will celebrate its 700th anniversary with a new state-of-the-art visitor and interpretation centre as the…
The New Middle Ages: Medievalism in McLuhan and Vacca
The New Middle Ages: Medievalism in McLuhan and Vacca By Francesco Guardiani McLuhan Studies, Issue 6 (1996) Abstract: A very successful book formulated…
Crusader castle torn apart by earthquake at dawn, 20 May 1202
Crusader castle torn apart by earthquake at dawn, 20 May 1202 By Ronnie Ellenblum, Shmuel Marco, Amotz Agnon, Thomas Rockwell and Adrian Boas…
Infidel Dogs: Hunting Crusaders with Usama ibn Munqidh
Infidel Dogs: Hunting Crusaders with Usama ibn Munqidh By Paul M. Cobb Crusades, Vol. 6 (2007) Introduction: Few works of medieval Arabic literature…
Joanna, Queen of Sicily
Joanna, Queen of Sicily By Dana Cushing The Plantagenet Connection, v. 8 n. 1 (Summer 2000) Introduction: In my studies of the Third…
Medieval seamanship under sail
Medieval seamanship under sail By Tullio Vidoni Master’s thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987 Abstract: Voyages of discovery could not be entertained until…
The Venetian Crusade of 1122-1124
The Venetian Crusade of 1122-1124 By Jonathan Riley-Smith I Comuni Italiani nel Regno Crociato di Gerusalemme / The Italian communes in the Crusading…
Hagia Sophia: Political and Religious Symbolism in Stones and Spolia
Hagia Sophia: Political and Religious Symbolism in Stones and Spolia By Michele Stopera Freyhauf Anthropology Journal, Vol.3 (2011) Introduction: There has not been…
The Artifice of War: Intelligence and Intrigue in the Third Crusade
The Artifice of War: Intelligence and Intrigue in the Third Crusade By Dana Cushing Paper given at the 33rd International Medieval Congress, Western…
Oystermouth Castle reopens to the public
The Welsh Castle of Oystermouth has officially re-opened earlier this month, after the first phase of an ambitious project to improve access to…
Traces of Ancient Earthquakes in Medieval Cities Along the Silk Road, Northern Tien Shan and Dzhungaria
Traces of Ancient Earthquakes in Medieval Cities Along the Silk Road, Northern Tien Shan and Dzhungaria By ANDREY KORJENKOV, KARL BAIPAKOV, CLAUDIA CHANG,…
The Romance of England: Richard Coer De Lyon, Saracens, Jews, and the Politics of Race and Nation
The Romance of England: Richard Coer De Lyon, Saracens, Jews, and the Politics of Race and Nation By Geraldine Heng The Postcolonial Middle…
The Wood Beyond the World: Jämtland and the Norwegian Kings
The Wood Beyond the World: Jämtland and the Norwegian Kings By Alex Woolf West over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement…
The Flower of Wheat: Bread in the Middle and Colonial Ages
The Flower of Wheat: Bread in the Middle and Colonial Ages By Vickie L. Ziegler Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History (2007)…
Ceramics as a Reflection of Maritime Commercial Activity at Crusader Acre
Ceramics as a Reflection of Maritime Commercial Activity at Crusader Acre By Edna J. Stern One Thousand Nights and Days: Akko through the…