Medievalists.net » Africa 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 How Much Do You Know About Ancient and Medieval Africa? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/how-much-do-you-know-about-ancient-and-medieval-africa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/how-much-do-you-know-about-ancient-and-medieval-africa/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:48:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62120 Test your knowledge and see if you can guess these sites of ancient and medieval Africa

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/how-much-do-you-know-about-ancient-and-medieval-africa/feed/ 0 Why Did Valarte Die? Death of a Danish Knight during Expedition to West Africa in mid-15th Century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/why-did-valarte-die-death-of-a-danish-knight-during-expedition-to-west-africa-in-mid-15th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/why-did-valarte-die-death-of-a-danish-knight-during-expedition-to-west-africa-in-mid-15th-century/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:09:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60527 'The fame of their affair having spread through the different parts of the world, it arrived at the Court of the King of Denmark and Sweden and Norway; and as you see how noble men venture themselves with the desire to see and know such things'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/why-did-valarte-die-death-of-a-danish-knight-during-expedition-to-west-africa-in-mid-15th-century/feed/ 0 The Papacy and Christian Mercenaries of Thirteenth-Century North Africa http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/papacy-christian-mercenaries-thirteenth-century-north-africa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/papacy-christian-mercenaries-thirteenth-century-north-africa/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56583 Could one be a good mercenary and a good Christian at the same time?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/papacy-christian-mercenaries-thirteenth-century-north-africa/feed/ 0 Emperor Zar’a Ya’eqob (1434-68) And The Christianization Of Medieval Ethiopia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/20/emperor-zara-yaeqob-1434-68-christianization-medieval-ethiopia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/20/emperor-zara-yaeqob-1434-68-christianization-medieval-ethiopia/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:52:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54250 One of the most important figures in Ethiopian Christianity was the 15th century Emperor Zar’a Ya’eqob.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/20/emperor-zara-yaeqob-1434-68-christianization-medieval-ethiopia/feed/ 0 Medieval Morocco comes to the Louvre http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/17/medieval-morocco-comes-louvre/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/17/medieval-morocco-comes-louvre/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:28:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53400 The Louvre opened its Medieval Morocco: An Empire from Africa to Spain exhibition today, which will feature over 300 artefacts covering the North African kingdom's history during the later Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/17/medieval-morocco-comes-louvre/feed/ 0 Two Rabbinic Views of Christianity in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:17:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50444 In the sessions of our section over the past decade, I introduced a significant distinction between two rabbinic attitudes in the Mediterranean countries during the Middle Ages of 12th and 13th centuries as to their view of Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Western relation with Ethiopia during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/27/western-relation-with-ethiopia-during-the-late-middle-ages-and-early-modern-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/27/western-relation-with-ethiopia-during-the-late-middle-ages-and-early-modern-period/#comments Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:06:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43228 By Hailu Kifle-Egzi

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/27/western-relation-with-ethiopia-during-the-late-middle-ages-and-early-modern-period/feed/ 0 A Crisis of the Middle Ages? Deconstructing and Constructing European Identities in a Globalised World http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/05/a-crisis-of-the-middle-ages-deconstructing-and-constructing-european-identities-in-a-globalised-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/05/a-crisis-of-the-middle-ages-deconstructing-and-constructing-european-identities-in-a-globalised-world/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:56:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42644 In a globalizing world the Middle Ages run the risk of losing their position in the order of history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/05/a-crisis-of-the-middle-ages-deconstructing-and-constructing-european-identities-in-a-globalised-world/feed/ 0 Dead and famous, or unknown but alive? Heroism and common sense in medieval Scandinavian and African tradition http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/09/dead-and-famous-or-unknown-but-alive-heroism-and-common-sense-in-medieval-scandinavian-and-african-tradition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/09/dead-and-famous-or-unknown-but-alive-heroism-and-common-sense-in-medieval-scandinavian-and-african-tradition/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:13:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42037 Although some scholars see heroism as a characteristic of the whole Germanic tradition, a careful study of Scandinavian literature reveals that this is not the case

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