Medievalists.net » Websites http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Parker Library on the Web turns 10-years-old, announces improvements to medieval manuscripts database http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/24/parker-library-on-the-web-turns-10-years-old-announces-improvements-to-medieval-manuscripts-database/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/24/parker-library-on-the-web-turns-10-years-old-announces-improvements-to-medieval-manuscripts-database/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:38:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59961 Parker Library on the Web has become one of the leading digital medieval manuscript sites since 2005, when an early prototype was first demonstrated. Now, ten years after the prototype, and six years after the release of the first production version, work has begun on Parker on the Web 2.0.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/24/parker-library-on-the-web-turns-10-years-old-announces-improvements-to-medieval-manuscripts-database/feed/ 0 How I Built an Information Time Machine http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/how-i-built-an-information-time-machine/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/how-i-built-an-information-time-machine/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:31:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59764 Frederic Kaplan shows off the Venice Time Machine, a project to digitize 80 kilometers of books to create a historical and geographical simulation of Venice across 1000 years

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/how-i-built-an-information-time-machine/feed/ 0 New online database allows users to explore the families of Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/new-online-database-allows-users-to-explore-the-families-of-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/new-online-database-allows-users-to-explore-the-families-of-medieval-england/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:13:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59716 Mapping the Medieval Countryside has announced that the beta version of their searchable English translations of inquisitions post mortem (IPMs) - a major source into the lives and legacies of thousands of families from the Later Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/new-online-database-allows-users-to-explore-the-families-of-medieval-england/feed/ 0 The Medieval #Twitterati at #IMC2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/08/the-medieval-twitterati-at-imc2015/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/08/the-medieval-twitterati-at-imc2015/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:20:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59504 The International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds hosted the session The Twitterati: Using Twitter in Medieval Scholarship and Pedagogy – A Round Table Discussion. Over 300 tweets went out during talk, and here are some of the best. [View the story “The Medieval #Twitterati at #IMC2015 ” on Storify]  

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/08/the-medieval-twitterati-at-imc2015/feed/ 0 Unique digital platform to explore Magna Carta through art http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/15/unique-digital-platform-to-explore-magna-carta-through-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/15/unique-digital-platform-to-explore-magna-carta-through-art/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:48:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58975 The 1215.today project launched at Lincoln Castle yesterday on the eve of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the ‘Great Charter’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/15/unique-digital-platform-to-explore-magna-carta-through-art/feed/ 0 Medium and the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/30/medium-and-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/30/medium-and-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 31 May 2015 03:05:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58559 Take a look at 15 articles on the Middle Ages that you can find on Medium.com

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/30/medium-and-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Immigrants made up 1% of the population in Medieval England, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:19:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56232 About one out of every hundred people in late medieval England was an immigrant, according to researchers at the universities of York and Sheffield. They have also launched a new database that offers details about 65,000 immigrants who lived in England between 1330 and 1550.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/feed/ 0 A Clerk of Oxford wins best History Blog of the Year award http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/23/clerk-oxford-wins-best-history-blog-year-award/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/23/clerk-oxford-wins-best-history-blog-year-award/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:45:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55607 Eleanor Parker's blog A Clerk of Oxford has been named Blog of the Year during the Longman-History Today awards, which was held last week.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/23/clerk-oxford-wins-best-history-blog-year-award/feed/ 0 New Project to look at Medieval Miracles in the British Isles http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/12/new-project-look-medieval-miracles-british-isles/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/12/new-project-look-medieval-miracles-british-isles/#comments Mon, 12 May 2014 14:54:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49545 A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge have started creating an online database to categorize the miracles found in saints’ lives that were written in Britain and Ireland between 500 and 1300.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/12/new-project-look-medieval-miracles-british-isles/feed/ 0 Medieval Friends: Chansons De Geste Ltd. – thematteroffrance.com http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/09/medieval-friends-chansons-de-geste-ltd-thematteroffrance-com/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/09/medieval-friends-chansons-de-geste-ltd-thematteroffrance-com/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:27:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48178 This week on Medieval Friends, we're featuring Thomas Motter's website, thematteroffrance.com. Thomas is fluent in French, and has lived in Paris and Munich. He's done extensive research on medieval French history with an emphasis on the Chansons de Gestes.

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