Medievalists.net » Daily Life 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 For the Knyʒhtys tabylle and for the Kyngges tabylle: An Edition of the Fifteenth-Century Middle English Cookery Recipes in London, British Library’s MS Sloane 442 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:22:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62787 The present thesis offers an edition of some fifteenth century Middle English cookery recipes, more specifically those of the Sloane 442 manuscript (MS Sloane 442), located at the British Library, London. The cookery recipes of this collection were most likely meant for the tables of the upper classes

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/feed/ 0 The Power of Poo: Waste and the Medieval Environment http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/20/the-power-of-poo-waste-and-the-medieval-environment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/20/the-power-of-poo-waste-and-the-medieval-environment/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2015 22:26:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61899 This study will compare the ways in which three vastly different European cities and their civic institutions, London England - the Chartered Capital of a Kingdom, Siena Italy - an Oligarchic Republic, and Gdansk Poland - the reluctant territory of a Theocratic state

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/20/the-power-of-poo-waste-and-the-medieval-environment/feed/ 0 The Sense of Time in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/26/the-sense-of-time-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/26/the-sense-of-time-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61357 Much has been written about how the Anglo- Saxons measured time, but relatively little about why, or in what circumstances. When did it seem important to note the year or the month, the day or the hour?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/26/the-sense-of-time-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 How to Make Ink in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/how-to-make-ink-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/how-to-make-ink-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:48:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61185 Creating everyday objects in the Middle Ages often took a lot time and effort. If you needed ink, for example, and had to make it yourself, it could be several weeks before you could dip your quill into the inkwell.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/how-to-make-ink-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Anglo Saxon House: A Reconstruction http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/02/anglo-saxon-house-a-reconstruction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/02/anglo-saxon-house-a-reconstruction/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:12:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60810 Four videos from Woodlands.co.uk on how trees were used in the Middle Ages

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/02/anglo-saxon-house-a-reconstruction/feed/ 0 How a Medieval Bed Should Look Like http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/how-a-medieval-bed-should-look-like/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/how-a-medieval-bed-should-look-like/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:09:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60549 One of the most important pieces of a furniture in the medieval home was the bed - it would not only be the place to sleep and have sex, but also where one would give birth and often where people would have their last moments.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/23/how-a-medieval-bed-should-look-like/feed/ 0 Twelve Thousand Cooks and a Muhtasib: Some Remarks on Food Business in Medieval Cairo http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/08/twelve-thousand-cooks-and-a-muhtasib-some-remarks-on-food-business-in-medieval-cairo/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/08/twelve-thousand-cooks-and-a-muhtasib-some-remarks-on-food-business-in-medieval-cairo/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2015 02:52:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60252 The meals offered by street cooks were probably lacking in subtleness and elegancy if compared to the specialties served by the “caliphs’ kitchen” or by the Arabic-Islamic haute cuisine whose recipes were written down in the cookbooks for the elites

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/08/twelve-thousand-cooks-and-a-muhtasib-some-remarks-on-food-business-in-medieval-cairo/feed/ 0 The Experience of Growing Up in Medieval Society http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/10/the-experience-of-growing-up-in-medieval-society/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/10/the-experience-of-growing-up-in-medieval-society/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:23:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59534 This session (#508) was one of several at Leeds devoted to exploring childhood in the Middle Ages. Our presenters talked about the stereotypes of adolescence, and what the coroner’s rolls revealed about the deaths (and lives) of medieval children.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/16/the-men-behind-the-metal/feed/ 0 Environmental Crusading: The Teutonic Knight’s Impact After the Baltic Crusades http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/environmental-crusading-the-teutonic-knights-impact-after-the-baltic-crusades/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/environmental-crusading-the-teutonic-knights-impact-after-the-baltic-crusades/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:44:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56803 Environmental archaeologist and Professor of Archeology at Reading, Dr. Aleks Pluskowski, examined Malbork and several other sites across Eastern and Northern Europe in his recent paper, The Ecology of Crusading: The Environmental Impact of Holy War, Colonisation, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic. Pluskowski is keenly interested in the impact the Teutonic Knights and Christian colonisation had on the region. His ambitious 4 year project on the ecological changes in this area recently came to a close at the end of 2014.

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