Pursuing salvation through a body of parchment: books and their significance in the illustrated homilies by Iakobos of Kokkinobaphos
Pursuing salvation through a body of parchment: books and their significance in the illustrated homilies by Iakobos of Kokkinobaphos By Maria Evangelatou Mediaeval…
Rivers and Humans: The Civilizing Project of Leonardo da Vinci and Niccoló Machiavelli
Neither man spoke about in his notebooks, letters or diaries. But out of the brainstorming at Imola emerged a project which was as momentous as it was daring
Art, Mathematics and Architecture for Humanistic Renaissance: the Platonic Solids
Art, Mathematics and Architecture for Humanistic Renaissance: the Platonic Solids By Nicoletta Sala Paper given at the The Humanistic Renaissance in Mathematics Education…
The Characters of The Borgias
Here are some profiles and videos of the main characters in The Borgias. Rodrigo Borgia/Pope Alexander VI The head of the Borgia clan…
Bamburgh Research Project
The Bamburgh Research Project is a non-profit independent archaeological research project investigating the area around Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, which is one of…
Staging the Unstageable: Performing the Crucifixion in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
Staging the Unstageable: Performing the Crucifixion in Late Medieval and Early Modern England By David Klausner Medieval English Theatre, Vol.30 (2008) Introduction: Through…
The Borgias: SE01 EP03 – “The Moor”
“The Moor”- SE01 EP03 “My father had many adversaries, Cardinal. One of them came to sing his praises. When they could sing no…
The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship
The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship By Andrew…
Uses of Wodan: The development of his cult and of medieval literary responses to it
Scholars working on Germanic pre-christian religion have generally considered Wodan to have been a deity of considerable importance to most if not all Germanic tribes.
The Medieval Tournament: Chivalry, Heraldry and Reality. An Edition and Analysis of Three Fifteenth-Century Tournament Manuscripts
The contents of the codex are an exceptional primary source for the study of the chivalric culture of late-medieval Burgundy, England, and France. They include challenges to, and narratives of, combat involving influential courtiers such as Anthony Woodville, Lord Scales, brother-in-law of Edward IV, and Antoine, the Great Bastard of Burgundy, an illegitimate son of Duke Philip the Good. There is an account of a deadly combat at Tours in February 1446/7 which is vividly illustrated with eight miniatures.
Textual Representations of Almsgiving in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Textual Representations of Almsgiving in Late Anglo-Saxon England By Aleisha Olson PhD Dissertation, University of York, 2010 Abstract: This thesis is a study…
Clergy and Commoners: Interactions between medieval clergy and laity in a regional context
Clergy and Commoners: Interactions between medieval clergy and laity in a regional context By Andrew W. Taubman PhD Dissertation, University of York, 2009…
The battle of Lincoln (20 May 1217) and William Marshal’s ransom agreement with Nicholas de Stuteville
The battle of Lincoln (20 May 1217) and William Marshal’s ransom agreement with Nicholas de Stuteville By David Carpenter Published Online (2007) Introduction: The…
Franks and Natives in the Crusader States: the State of the Question
An overview of the encounter between Franks and the indigenous peoples of the eastern Mediterranean in the context of the Crusades.
Medieval Farming and Flooding in the Brede Valley
Medieval Farming and Flooding in the Brede Valley By Mark Gardiner Romney Marsh: the Debatable Ground, ed. Jill Eddison, OUCA Monograph 41 (1995)…
Based on a True History?: The Impact of Popular ‘Medieval Film’ on the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages
This thesis examines the understanding of the Middle Ages among the UK public and the impact that popular big-budget films which depict the period have on that understanding.
Trial by Battle
Trial by Battle By Peter T. Leeson Published Online (2010) Abstract: For over a century England’s judicial system decided land disputes by ordering…
Enjoying the saints in late antiquity
Enjoying the saints in late antiquity By Peter Brown Early Medieval Europe, Volume 9, Issue 1 (2000) Abstract: The discovery at Mainz by…
Constitutionalism and the Cloister: Matthew Paris and the Crisis of Royal Monastic Patronage in Thirteenth Century England
In a matter of two decades, the monastery had gone from total identification with the monarchy to supporting a rebellion against the Crown. How could such a change have come about? What could have led the monks to oppose the King?
Reading Rituals in Records and Narratives: Gift Giving in Thirteenth-Century England
Reading Rituals in Records and Narratives: Gift Giving in Thirteenth-Century England By Lars Kjær Paper given at Revealing Records II conference, King’s College…
The role of Christianity in the development of European and Serbian medieval medicine
The role of Christianity in the development of European and Serbian medieval medicine By Radiša Antić Archive of Oncology, Vol.18:4 (2010) Abstract: Being…
Having Faith in History: Critical Empathy in Understanding Medieval Devotion to Christ
Having Faith in History: Critical Empathy in Understanding Medieval Devotion to Christ By Dennis M. Martin Paper given at the Lebel Lectures in…
Sweetness
Sweetness By Mary Carruthers Speculum, Vol.81:4 (2006) Introduction: This essay offers a provisional charting of an aesthetic term so familiar from medieval writing…
Between the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Burzenland in Medieval Hungary – The Teutonic Military Order status and rule in the poles of Christianity
Between the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Burzenland in Medieval Hungary – The Teutonic Military Order status and rule in the poles of…
Nasir al-Din Tusi and His Socio-Political Role in the Thirteenth Century
Nasir al-Din Tusi and His Socio-Political Role in the Thirteenth Century By Abbas Ali Shameli Message of Thaqalayn: A Quarterly Journal of Islamic…