Love of God or Hatred of Your Enemy? The Emotional Voices of the Crusades
Love of God or Hatred of Your Enemy? The Emotional Voices of the Crusades By Sophia Menache Mirabilia, Vol. 10 (2010) Abstract: The…
“Who Will Break The Deer?”: Lord and Huntsman in Medieval English Hunting Ritual
“Who Will Break The Deer?”: Lord and Huntsman in Medieval English Hunting Ritual By Ryan Judkins Hayes Forum Conference Paper (2009) Abstract: The…
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Representation of Animals in His Works
Leonardo studied both the anatomy and physiology of animals in order to render them with scientific precision.
The Chronicle of George Hamartolos, an Old Russian MS of the 14th Century
The Chronicle of George Hamartolos, an Old Russian MS of the 14th Century By Ol’ga A. Kniazevskaia Polata Knigopisnaia: an Information Bulletin Devoted…
The Viking Sagas to be aired on BBC 4
The BBC will be airing a show examining Iceland’s medieval history this week. The Viking Sagas will first be see on Tuesday, May…
International Gothic: Art and Culture in Medieval England and Hungary c. 1400
International Gothic: Art and Culture in Medieval England and Hungary c. 1400 By M. R. Palmer Eger Journal of English Studies, Vol.7 (2007)…
Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1200–1268) – A source of early Croatian History
Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1200–1268) – A source of early Croatian History By Mirjana Matijević Sokol Review of Croatian History, Vol.1 (2007) Introduction:…
From Medieval Mnemonics to a Social Construction of Memory
From Medieval Mnemonics to a Social Construction of Memory: Thoughts on Some Early European Conceptualizations of Memory, Morality, and Consciousness By Noel Packard…
The Labyrinthine Path of Pilgrimage
Within many of the great Gothic cathedrals such as Chartres Cathedral, San Michele Maggiore, Pavia, and San Vitale, Ravenna, lay large floor labyrinths.
The Genesis of the Black Madonna
The Genesis of the Black Madonna By Jacqueline Leinbach Published online by The Mint Museum (2006) Introduction: This study will focus on representations…
Between Arles, Rome, and Toledo: Gallic collections of canon law in Late Antiquity
Between Arles, Rome, and Toledo: Gallic collections of canon law ¡n Late Antiquity By Ralph W. Mathisen Fronteras Religiosas entre Roma, Bizancio, Damasco…
Difficult decisions by women from the Tang dynasty
Difficult decisions by women from the Tang dynasty By Annika Pissin Paper given at the V Congresso della Società Italiana delle Storiche, Naples…
Pietro Bembo: A Renaissance Courtier Who Had His Cake and Ate It Too
Pietro Bembo: A Renaissance Courtier Who Had His Cake and Ate It Too Quattrocchi, Ed JOURNAL OF THE CAXTON CLUB OF CHICAGO Abstract…
Parents and Children in the Early Middle Ages
Parents and Children in the Early Middle Ages (Review article) By Pauline Stafford Early Medieval Europe, Vol.10:2 (2001) Introduction: In the ninth century…
Archaeologists explore grounds of English church dating back to the Anglo-Saxon era
An archaeological team from Kingston University has gone beneath the surface of the historic churchyard at All Saints Church in Laleham, Middlesex to…
Viking houses discovered in Dublin
Two Viking houses have been found in the Temple Bar area of Dublin, Ireland. The area was once an island in the middle…
The York Environs Project: an early medieval town and its hinterland
During the first millennium AD, the City of York grew to be one of the foremost towns of northwest Europe. This study will examine the origins and growth of the Viking age town, whose development can be seen to parallel that of many of the urban centres of early medieval Europe.
The development of urbanism in the northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval times
The development of urbanism in the northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval times By Rodolfo Fattovich The Development of Urbanism from…
Medieval artefacts discovered in Bury St Edmunds
Medieval pottery, jewellery and building materials have been unearthed in Bury St Edmunds. Archaeologists from Suffolk County Council were called in to work…
Viking Shipyard discovered on the Isle of Skye
Archaeologists have discovered a 12th century Norse shipbuilding site on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Investigations at Loch na h-Airde on Skye’s…
The army of Godfrey of Bouillon, 1096-1099 : Structure and dynamics of a contingent on the First Crusade
The army led in the First Crusade by Godfrey of Bouillon, duke of Lower Lotharingia, set off on its journey to the Holy Land about the middle of August 1096
Museum to reveal treasures of Anglo-Saxon princess
A stunning collection of 7th century treasure, shedding light on the extraordinary life of an Anglo-Saxon princess, is set to be revealed to…
Naples: a case of urban survival in the early Middle Ages?
Naples: a case of urban survival in the early Middle Ages? By Paul Arthur Mélanges de l’Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes,…
Peasant Religion in Medieval Europe
The following essay is divided into three parts. The first presents a chronology of religious conversion and peasant history to roughly the year thousand. The second reflects on the methodological and conceptual issues raised by the evidence presented in the first part. The third then looks at peasant religion in Europe to the end of the Middle Ages.
Leprosy and Identity in Medieval Rouen
To us today, leprosy, like the plague, is undoubtedly symbolic of the Middle Ages – but this paper will conclude by considering the extent to which leprosy was viewed by contemporaries as the disease afflicting their society.