Medievalists.net » 2013 Books http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Public Toilets in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/14/public-toilets-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/14/public-toilets-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:15:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52576 Where should you go to find a public toilet in the medieval city?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/06/book-review-early-meal-viking-age-cookbook-culinary-odyssey/feed/ 0 Books: Medieval Sources in Translation 2013 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/books-medieval-sources-in-translation-2013/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/books-medieval-sources-in-translation-2013/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2014 03:22:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46617 Here are some medieval sources in translation that were published last year.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/books-medieval-sources-in-translation-2013/feed/ 0 Gay Reformers? Why the Medieval Church Banned Priests from Marrying http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/17/gay-reformers-why-the-medieval-church-banned-priests-from-marrying/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/17/gay-reformers-why-the-medieval-church-banned-priests-from-marrying/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:49:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45846 Among the issues that the current-day Roman Catholic Church is debating are whether or not priests should marry, and how accepting they should be of homosexuals. Interestingly, about nine hundred years ago both of these issues intertwined in the Anglo-Norman world.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/17/gay-reformers-why-the-medieval-church-banned-priests-from-marrying/feed/ 0 Book Review: Dangerous Women, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/16/book-review-dangerous-women-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/16/book-review-dangerous-women-edited-by-george-r-r-martin-and-gardner-dozois/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:22:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45819 The twenty-one story anthology features a wide array of modern and historical fiction, sci-fi and fantasy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/08/45559/feed/ 0 Renaissance Table Manners http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/renaissance-table-manners/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/renaissance-table-manners/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:17:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45319 How should one behave at parties or dinners, in the company of friends and relatives? Every society has its list of do's and don'ts, including in Renaissance Italy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/25/medieval-books-great-reads-of-2013/feed/ 0 Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome, Life in Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/20/witches-spies-and-stockholm-syndrome-life-in-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/20/witches-spies-and-stockholm-syndrome-life-in-medieval-ireland/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:16:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45041 In this unique book, Dublin based historian Finbar Dwyer has created a captivating picture of life in the Late Middle Ages from fatal tavern fights to football; sex to sea travel and other topics often neglected by histories of the period

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