The Trumpet and the Wolf: Noises of Battle in Old English Poetry
The Trumpet and the Wolf: Noises of Battle in Old English Poetry By Alice Jorgensen Oral Tradition, Vol.24:2 (2009) Introduction: Battle and warfare…
The Baltic Sea and the Sea of Japan: History of Cooperation
The Baltic Sea and the Sea of Japan: History of Cooperation By Yulia Lamasheva The journal of the study of modern society and…
Sailing Directions of the North Atlantic Viking Age
Sailing Directions of the North Atlantic Viking Age (from about the year 860 to 1400) By Soren Thirslund Journal of Navigation, Vol.50 (1997)…
An Egyptian doctor at the Comnenian court
An Egyptian doctor at the Comnenian court By Krijnie N. Ciggaar Nea Rhome Vol. 2 (2005) Introduction: One of the attractions of studying…
Stolen 14th-century Italian painting found in the United States
A 14th-century triptych painting, which was stolen from an Italian villa nearly 40 years ago, has been found in a museum in Kentucky.…
Medieval medical malpractice: the dicta and the dockets
have selected seven legal cases from the surviving documents of medieval London, ranging over the 150-year period from the mid-14th century through the late 15th.
Gregorian Chant and Power Politics in Medieval Tuscany
Gregorian Chant and Power Politics in Medieval Tuscany Lecture by James Maiello Given at Vanderbilt University (2011) James Maiello, senior lecturer in music…
Alcohol Consumption by Children in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
Alcohol Consumption by Children in Late Medieval and Early Modern England By Virginia L. Allen Honours Thesis, University of Adelaide, 1994 Introduction: Alcohol…
Anglo Saxon Music: 500-1066
Anglo Saxon Music: 500-1066 By Jessica Lovett Published Online (2000) Introduction: Unlike its current trivial place in today’s society, in the early middle…
Common Medieval Pigments
Common Medieval Pigments By Amy Baker Published Online (2004) Introduction: Within the period of time formerly known as the “Dark Ages” there existed…
Ruins of 13th-century castle discovered in northern England
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of Westgate Castle in the northern English area of Weardale in the North Pennies region. The lost castle…
British medieval records award special status by UNESCO
Twenty items have been selected from the UK’s libraries, archives and museums to represent the outstanding heritage of the United Kingdom, including several…
Remains of Medieval Village found in Cheshire
Construction work on a new housing development in Runcorn, Cheshire, has unearthed what are thought to be the final remains of the medieval…
Turnabout is Fair Play: Cross-Dressing and Female Tricksters in Medieval French Texts
I will be examining a very particular version of this woman. In each case she appears, at least for a time, in disguise, in male garb.
Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade
Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade By Ivančica Dvoržak Schrunk Paper given at Living for Eternity: The White Monastery…
The Setting of the Tournament in Chrétien de Troyes and its Historical Actuality
But in Chrétien’s time there were already tournaments. From c.1160 to c.1190, when he would have written the five romances we know today, he was also witnessing the flourishing of a tournament circuit that was bringing the lords from the Anglo-French world together into a premier league of knightly teams.
The nobiliary concept of play as a mechanism for ethical-political distinction in the Late Middle Ages
The nobiliary concept of play as a mechanism for ethical-political distinction in the Late Middle Ages By Miguel Vicente Pedraz and Juan Rodríguez…
Fiore Dei Liberi: 14th century Master of Defence
Fiore Dei Liberi: 14th century Master of Defence By John Clements Published Online (2006) Introduction: Unarguably the most important Medieval Italian fighting treatise,…
The Politics of Wet System Building: Balancing Interests in Dutch Water Management from the Middle Ages to the Present
The Politics of Wet System Building: Balancing Interests in Dutch Water Management from the Middle Ages to the Present By Cornelis Disco and…
Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the Genesis of Medieval Romance
Almost nine hundred years ago, between 1130 and 1139, the legend of King Arthur erupted for the first time in full literary form in England, elaborated out of obscure hints and sketchy entries in written history and Celtic legendary tradition by Geoffrey of Monmouth…
The Folk-Tale Element in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Folk-Tale Element in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight By Claude Luttrell Studies in Philology, Vol.77:2 (1980) Introduction: Ever since Kittredge published…
Isaac of Stella, the Cistercians and the Thomas Becket Controversy: A Bibliographical and Contextual Study
Isaac of Stella, the Cistercians and the Thomas Becket Controversy: A Bibliographical and Contextual Study By Travis D. Stolz PhD Dissertation, Marquette University,…
The Rapture in Twenty Centuries of Biblical Interpretation
The Rapture in Twenty Centuries of Biblical Interpretation By James F. Stitzinger The Master’s Seminary Journal, Vol.13:2 (2002) Abstract: The coming of God’s…
A Rapture Citation in the Fourteenth Century
A Rapture Citation in the Fourteenth Century By Francis Gumerlock Bibliotheca Sacra, No.159 (2002) Introduction: Is the doctrine of the pretribulation rapture a…
Abelard the Scholar
Abelard the Scholar By Helen Steele Published Online Introduction: The twelfth century was a time of great intellectual ferment: at the forefront of…