Medievalists.net » Carthusian http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58508 Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/feed/ 0 Danse Macabre’ Around the Tomb and Bones of Margaret of York http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:08:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44491 Over 500 years ago on 23 November 1503, at Malines, in present day Belgium, died Margaret of York, sister to Edward IV and Richard III of England and third and last wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, whom she survived by a quarter of a century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/feed/ 0 Fools, Devils, and Alchemy: Secular Images in the Monastery http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/fools-devils-and-alchemy-secular-images-in-the-monastery-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/fools-devils-and-alchemy-secular-images-in-the-monastery-2/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:45:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37860 The fool is one of the most popular and stable character types throughout cultures and times. This is especially true of medieval Europe. The fool, sometimes a jester, sometimes a clown or a trickster, is always recognizable through his abnormal appearance.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/fools-devils-and-alchemy-secular-images-in-the-monastery-2/feed/ 0 St Augustine Was Eaten by a Bear: Book Production in Carthusian Monasteries http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/10/st-augustine-was-eaten-by-a-bear-book-production-in-carthusian-monasteries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/10/st-augustine-was-eaten-by-a-bear-book-production-in-carthusian-monasteries/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:08:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37021 So stop reading and lets think about physical appearance: what does it look like, what does it feel like, what does it smell like.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/10/st-augustine-was-eaten-by-a-bear-book-production-in-carthusian-monasteries/feed/ 0 The charterhouse of Nonenque: a discussion of an existing medieval nunnery in the context of Carthusian architecture http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/10/the-charterhouse-of-nonenque-a-discussion-of-an-existing-medieval-nunnery-in-the-context-of-carthusian-architecture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/10/the-charterhouse-of-nonenque-a-discussion-of-an-existing-medieval-nunnery-in-the-context-of-carthusian-architecture/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:10:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19508 The charterhouse of Nonenque: a discussion of an existing medieval nunnery in the context of Carthusian architecture Steyn, Carol South African Journal of Art History, vol. 21, no.1 (2006) Abstract The Charterhouse of Nonenque is one of the few remaining charterhouses for nuns in the world. It was built in the 12th century as a […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/10/the-charterhouse-of-nonenque-a-discussion-of-an-existing-medieval-nunnery-in-the-context-of-carthusian-architecture/feed/ 0 Geometers at Brou: Architecture and ornament in Spain, Brabant and Western Europe around 1500 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/10/geometers-at-brou-architecture-and-ornament-in-spain-brabant-and-western-europe-around-1500/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/10/geometers-at-brou-architecture-and-ornament-in-spain-brabant-and-western-europe-around-1500/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:21:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19456 Geometers at Brou: Architecture and ornament in Spain, Brabant and Western Europe around 1500 Kavaler, Ethan Matt (University of Toronto) Brou, a European Monument in the early Renaissance (2009) Abstract In this essay I wish to discuss connections between the brabantine Late Gothic Ornament of brou and architectural trends in late fifteenth-century Spain. Markus Hörsch has […]

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