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Fracture and Containment in the Icelandic Skalds’ Sagas
Fracture and Containment in the Icelandic Skalds’ Sagas Sayers, William Medieval Forum Vol.3 (2003) Abstract Icelandic biographies of tenth- and eleventh-century poets are…
Merry Married Brothers: Wedded Friendship, Lovers’ Language and Male Matrimonials in Two Middle English Romances
Merry Married Brothers: Wedded Friendship, Lovers’ Language and Male Matrimonials in Two Middle English Romances Ford, John C. Medieval Forum Vol. 3 (2003)…
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Imagine you could travel in time, back to the fourteenth century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? Should you go to a castle or a monastic guest house? And what are you going to eat? What sort of food are you going to be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord?
Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia
Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia Edited by Thomas Andrew DuBois University of Toronto Press, 2008 With original translations…
Conception Through Infancy in Medieval English Historical and Folklore Sources
Conception Through Infancy in Medieval English Historical and Folklore Sources By Barbara Hanawalt Folklore Forum, Vol. 13:2 (1980) Synopsis: Uses coroners rolls, a…
Western Africa To circa 1860 A.D.: A Provisional Historical Schema Based On Climate Period
Western Africa To circa 1860 A.D.: A Provisional Historical Schema Based On Climate Period By George E. Brooks African Studies Program, Indiana University:…
Charles Homer Haskins and Medieval Science
Charles Homer Haskins and Medieval Science By Edward Grant Lecture delivered in 1984 at a session entitled “Medieval History in America: Charles Homer…
The Wife of Bath: Sexuality vs. Symbol
The Wife of Bath: Sexuality vs. Symbol By Frances Beer Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 3:2 (1981) Introduction: In the figure of the Wife…
Reclaiming the Sheela-na-gigs: Goddess Imagery in Medieval Sculptures of lreland
Reclaiming the Sheela-na-gigs: Goddess Imagery in Medieval Sculptures of lreland By Ann Pearson Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 17:3 (1997) Introduction: The small, sexually-specific…
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts By Suzanne Meyers Sawa Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 8:2 (1987) Synopsis: Examines the…
“She Swims and Floats in Joy”: Marguerite Porete, an “Heretical” Mystic of the Later Middle Ages
“She Swims and Floats in Joy”: Marguerite Porete, an “Heretical” Mystic of the Later Middle Ages By Kathleen Garay Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol.…
The Evolution of Iter
The Evolution of Iter By William Bowen CAML Review, Vol. 32:1 (2004) Synopsis: Examines the development of the Iter database, created at the…
Creating a Gateway to the Renaissance: The Iter Project
Creating a Gateway to the Renaissance: The Iter Project By William Bowen CAML Review, vol.25:3 (1997) Synopsis: Examines the development of the Iter…
The Writings of Julian of Norwich as Accomodation and Subversion
Julian’s status as presumed virginal celibate female mystic and anchoress (hermit) separated her from, and elevated
her above, the conventional status of “woman” during the medieval period
Prisoners in the Castellany of Arras in the Early Fourteenth Century
The fiscal arrangements for the prison, including the charges on prisoners and the provision made for indigent prisoners, can be used to obtain other information on such matters as normal terms of imprisonment, the composition of the prison population, prison conditions, and the fate of prisoners.
Scientia Sermocinalis: Grammar in Medieval Classifications of the Sciences
Scientia Sermocinalis: Grammar in Medieval Classifications of the Sciences By Michael A. Covington Flores Grammaticæ: Essays in Memory of Vivien Law, eds. Nicola…
Christian Heroism and the West Saxon Achievement: The Old English Poetic Evidence
Christian Heroism and the West Saxon Achievement: The Old English Poetic Evidence Hare, Kent G. Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) In its existing manuscript…
Unity, Genre, and Subverting the Absolute Past: The Case of Malory’s “Tournament at Surluse”
Unity, Genre, and Subverting the Absolute Past: The Case of Malory’s “Tournament at Surluse” Hordis, Sandra M. Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) Scholars examining…
“Of this I can make no sense”: Wulf and Eadwacer and the Destabilization of Meaning
“Of this I can make no sense”: Wulf and Eadwacer and the Destabilization of Meaning Donahue, James J. Medieval Forum Vol. 4 (2004)…
Music and Magic in Le Bel Inconnu and Lybeaus Desconus
Music and Magic in Le Bel Inconnu and Lybeaus Desconus Zaerr, Linda Marie Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) The thirteenth-century Old French Le Bel…
“The Pale and Perfect Measured Parade”: John Steinbeck’s First Draft of The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
“The Pale and Perfect Measured Parade”: John Steinbeck’s First Draft of The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights Stork, Nancy Medieval…
I Alisoun, I Wife: Foucault’s Three Egos and the Wife of Bath’s Prologue
I Alisoun, I Wife: Foucault’s Three Egos and the Wife of Bath’s Prologue Baumgardner, Rachel Ann Medieval Forum Vol.5 (2006) Throughout the body…
Lords Temporal and Spiritual: The Interactions of Papal and Royal Power in John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Cronicles
Lords Temporal and Spiritual: The Interactions of Papal and Royal Power in John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Cronicles Konkol, Slawomir Medieval Forum Vol. 5(2006)…
“Turn, traitor untrew”: Altering Arthur and Mordred in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
“Turn, traitor untrew”: Altering Arthur and Mordred in the Alliterative Morte Arthure Floyd, William David Medieval Forum Vol.5 (2006) The Alliterative Morte presents…
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Medieval Reads: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
Once in a generation, a writer comes along and, in making fun of his generation and in creating fun using the Middle Ages brings together a new set of stories for people to tell. This is what Mark Twain did in 1889.
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Örebro Castle: History, Secrets, and Romance
For anyone who visits Örebro, it is hard to miss its castle – an ancient-looking fortress made of weathered grey stones that stands on an islet in the middle of the city centre.
The Vasa: Gustav II Adolf’s Glorious and Doomed Warship
On the 10th of August 1628, the Vasa sank in Stockholm harbour, thus ending the career of the most powerful warship that Sweden had ever seen.
Uppsala Slott: 5 Things You Ought to Know About One of Sweden’s Greatest Castles
This strategic location not only makes the castle a majestic sight, but also earns it the reputation as the most modern defence fortress in its time. But, as all ancient buildings, there is always more than meets the eye. Here are the five things that you may not know about Uppsala Castle.
Making Your Mark: Medieval Masons’ Marks at Tarascon
How do you operate a business when you can’t read and your knowledge of math is extremely limited? Making your mark on the…
The Weird, the Wonderful, and the Macabre in the Cathedral of Narbonne
Narbonne is one of those European cities with evidence of its past on every street. This important Roman city was adopted in the…
Medieval English Embroidery on Display for the Last Time at the V&A’s Opus Anglicanum Exhibit
The V&A Museum opened its latest medieval exhibit exhibit on Saturday: Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery. I had the opportunity to see it opening day and it was spectacular.
