Medievalists.net » Articles http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 03:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Impact of Holy Land Crusades on State Formation: War Mobilization, Trade Integration and Political Development in Medieval Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/the-impact-of-holy-land-crusades-on-state-formation-war-mobilization-trade-integration-and-political-development-in-medieval-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/the-impact-of-holy-land-crusades-on-state-formation-war-mobilization-trade-integration-and-political-development-in-medieval-europe/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:56:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63031 This paper argues that crusader mobilization had important implications for European state formation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/the-impact-of-holy-land-crusades-on-state-formation-war-mobilization-trade-integration-and-political-development-in-medieval-europe/feed/ 0 Medievalism and Exoticism in the Music of Dead Can Dance http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/medievalism-and-exoticism-in-the-music-of-dead-can-dance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/medievalism-and-exoticism-in-the-music-of-dead-can-dance/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:37:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63027 In 1991, the alternative rock band Dead Can Dance released an album that caught the attention of music reviewers by constructing an aural allegiance to the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/medievalism-and-exoticism-in-the-music-of-dead-can-dance/feed/ 0 Writing History in a Paperless World: Archives of the Future http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:09:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63023 The question I want to pose here concerns the form of archives that will be available to the historians of the early twenty-first century. Or put differently – what will be left behind of the contemporary present in lieu of paper for the future historians?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/feed/ 0 Of Wilderness, Forest, and Garden: An Eco-Theory of Genre in Middle English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/of-wilderness-forest-and-garden-an-eco-theory-of-genre-in-middle-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/of-wilderness-forest-and-garden-an-eco-theory-of-genre-in-middle-english-literature/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2015 05:42:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63010 I posit that the components of the environment play a role in the deployment of the narrative by shaping the characters and influencing the action.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/of-wilderness-forest-and-garden-an-eco-theory-of-genre-in-middle-english-literature/feed/ 0 Europe’s Many Worlds and Their Global Interconnections http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/europes-many-worlds-and-their-global-interconnections/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/europes-many-worlds-and-their-global-interconnections/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63006 First, I will discuss the three Europes of the Middle Ages: the tri-continental Mediterranean-centred World, the Northern World originating in Scandinavia, and the intermediate Europe north of the Alpine mountains and south of the Baltic Sea.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/europes-many-worlds-and-their-global-interconnections/feed/ 0 Social Roles and Status of Women in a Norfolk small market Town Heacham 1276-1324 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/social-roles-and-status-of-women-in-a-norfolk-small-market-town-heacham-1276-1324/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/social-roles-and-status-of-women-in-a-norfolk-small-market-town-heacham-1276-1324/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 04:04:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62963 The objective of this paper is to measure the involvement of women in the Heacham local food and drink market and to assess the social differentiation among these working women mentioned in the 43 leet courts (1276-1324 ca.)

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/social-roles-and-status-of-women-in-a-norfolk-small-market-town-heacham-1276-1324/feed/ 0 Eastward Voyages And the Late Medieval European Worldview http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/eastward-voyages-and-the-late-medieval-european-worldview/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/eastward-voyages-and-the-late-medieval-european-worldview/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 03:00:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62956 This thesis treats the journeys as medieval Europe’s interaction with Asia, outlining how travellers formed their perceptions of ‘the East’ through their encounters with Asian people and places.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/eastward-voyages-and-the-late-medieval-european-worldview/feed/ 0 The Religious Reuse of Roman Structures in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:26:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62944 The study examines burials associated with Roman structures, and churches on or near Roman buildings, to demonstrate that the physical remains of Roman structures had a significant impact on the religious landscape of Anglo-Saxon England despite the apparent discontinuity between many Roman and early-medieval landscapes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Inventing Livonia: The Name and Fame of a New Christian Colony on the Medieval Baltic Frontier http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/inventing-livonia-the-name-and-fame-of-a-new-christian-colony-on-the-medieval-baltic-frontier/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/inventing-livonia-the-name-and-fame-of-a-new-christian-colony-on-the-medieval-baltic-frontier/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:29:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62934 The thirteenth century witnessed the emergence of a new region – Livonia – on the mental map of Latin Christendom.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/inventing-livonia-the-name-and-fame-of-a-new-christian-colony-on-the-medieval-baltic-frontier/feed/ 0 How to make swords talk: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding medieval swords and their inscriptions http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/how-to-make-swords-talk-an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-understanding-medieval-swords-and-their-inscriptions/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/how-to-make-swords-talk-an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-understanding-medieval-swords-and-their-inscriptions/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:53:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62927 In the present article we want to explain in detail the methods we used for the documentation and interpretation of medieval swords and their inscriptions.

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