Medieval Fish with Richard Hoffmann
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Richard Hoffmann about what people were eating, how they caught it, and how fish farming evolved over time.
Where the Middle Ages Begin
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Richard Hoffmann about what people were eating, how they caught it, and how fish farming evolved over time.
In 1495, the Danish warship Gribshunden sank off the coast of Sweden. In recent years, researchers have dived to explore the wreck and have made several important discoveries.
Archaeologists from Newcastle University have unearthed evidence for an evolving sacred landscape spanning centuries in Eastern England.
Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne’s Francia a century later, new tests reveal. The findings could transform our understanding of Europe’s economic and political development.
Pre-Eighteenth-Century Traditions of Revivalism: Damascus in the Thirteenth Century By Konrad Hirschler Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol.68:2 (2005)…
Communal Boundaries Reconsidered: Jews and Christians Appealing to Muslim Authorities in the Medieval Near East Simonsohn, U.I. Jewish Studies Quarterly, Vol. 14, Issue…
The unraveling: Seville, The Jews of Castile, and the Road to the Riots of 1391 Weisenberg, Nathaniel (Georgetown University) Georgetown University (Honors Thesis,…
The meanings of elf and elves in medieval England By Alaric Hall PhD Dissertation, University of Glasgow, 2004 Abstract: This thesis investigates the…
The Defense Has Become the Prosecution:” Ezrat HaNashim, a Thirteenth-century Response to Misogyny Jacobs, Jill (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Women in Judaism:A…
Were customs dues levied at the time of the Prophet Muḥammad? By Michael Lecker Al-Qanṭara, Vol 22, No 1 (2001) Abstract: The levying…
This sudden side-light on Jewish–Christian relations in the fifth century comes from Iohannes, archbishop of Antioch, writing to Proclus, his counterpart in Constantinople, in 435
The University of Nottingham will be hosting a workshop this Sunday and Monday that will examine how disability, in all its forms, was…
The traditional methods of its application are described in the medieval Azerbaijani manuscripts in the field of medicine and pharmacognosy written in Old Azerbaijani, Persian, Arabic and date back to the 9-18th centuries AD.
The Scandinavians in Poland: a re-evaluation of perceptions of the Vikings By Gregory Cattaneo Brathair, Vol.9:2 (2009) Abstract: The present essay intends to…
Museum Secrets is a six-part television series where viewers are invited into the world’s greatest museums to uncover surprising stories and revealing secrets.…
The Restoration of Medieval Stained Glass By Gottfried Frenzel Scientific American, Supplement: Science and the Arts (1995) Introduction: Light has long served religion…
Fundamentalism vs. Globalization, A Case Study: Medieval Spain Torres, Cindy (Purdue University Calumet) Paper Given – Unity and Diversity Conference (2005) Abstract Fundamentalism…
Astronomy in the Medieval Spanish Jewish Community Goldstein, Bernard R. Between Demonstration and Imagination: Essays in the History of Science and Philosophy Presented…
The Descent of Belvoir By Judith A. Green Prosopon: Newsletter of the Unit of Prosopographical Research, Issue 10 (1999) Introduction: The history of…
A Nun’s Life: Barking Abbey in the Late-Medieval and Early Modern Periods By Teresa L. Barnes Master’s Thesis: Portland State University, 2004 Abstract: The…
Carolingian Arms and Armor in the Ninth Century By Simon Coupland Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol.21 (1990) Introduction: This study seeks to ascertain…
Conjuring up the Devil in The Quest of the Holy Grail By Patricia H. Ward Postscript, Vol. 17 (2000) Introduction: In the Old…
`The Evil Eye’ in early Irish literature and law By Jacqueline Borsje and Fergus Kelly Celtica, Vol. 24 (2003) Introduction: The belief that…
Community in Voice? A Reconsideration of the Social Context Danish Royal Charters Functioned in the 11th Century By Minoru Ozawa HERSETEC : journal…
From Egypt to Umbria: Jewish Women and Property in the Medieval Mediterranean Frank, Karen A. (University of California – Santa Barbara) California Italian…
A CATALAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONVERSO CONTROVERSY Aronson-Friedman, Amy Mediterranean Studies, Volume 14, Number 1, (2005) Abstract THE MARGINALIZATION OF CATALAN LITERARY WORKS…
HEBREW PRINTING HOUSES IN POLAND AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THEIR HISTORY IN THE WORLD Pilarczyk, Krzysztof (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Studia Judaica 7: 2004 nr…
Adolescence in Jewish medieval society under Islam Frenkel, Miriam Continuity and Change 16 (2), 2001 Abstract Adolescent experience has been the subject of…
The Higgins Armory Museum was located in Worcester, Massachusetts, about an hour’s drive from Boston. The museum hosts one of the world’s largest…
A history of this Egyptian metropolis from its founding by Alexander the Great to our own day. Close to a hundred pages are devoted to the medieval era.
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.
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.
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.
How do you operate a business when you can’t read and your knowledge of math is extremely limited? Making your mark on the…
Narbonne is one of those European cities with evidence of its past on every street.
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.