Medievalists.net » Demography 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 England’s Immigrants 1330-1550: Resident Aliens in the Later Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/englands-immigrants-1330-1550-resident-aliens-in-the-later-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/englands-immigrants-1330-1550-resident-aliens-in-the-later-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:26:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62678 Paper by Bart Lambert given at Medieval and Early Modern Records Seminar held in Leeds, on August 2, 2014

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/englands-immigrants-1330-1550-resident-aliens-in-the-later-middle-ages/feed/ 0 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 Plague, Settlement and Structural Change at the Dawn of the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/15/plague-settlement-and-structural-change-at-the-dawn-of-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/15/plague-settlement-and-structural-change-at-the-dawn-of-the-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2015 05:43:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57609 The plague of Justinian definitely hit the coastal areas of the lands surrounding the Mediterranean as well as the inland areas connected with the sea

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/15/plague-settlement-and-structural-change-at-the-dawn-of-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Researchers create genetic map of the British Isles http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/researchers-create-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/researchers-create-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:35:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56923 Many people in the UK feel a strong sense of regional identity, and it now appears that there may be a scientific basis to this feeling, according to a landmark new study into the genetic makeup of the British Isles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/researchers-create-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles/feed/ 0 Millions of people are descended from Genghis Khan and 10 other Asian dynastic leaders, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/11/millions-people-descendant-genghis-khan-10-asian-dynastic-leaders-researchers-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/11/millions-people-descendant-genghis-khan-10-asian-dynastic-leaders-researchers-find/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56766 Geneticists from the University of Leicester have discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders who lived up to 4,000 years ago - including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/11/millions-people-descendant-genghis-khan-10-asian-dynastic-leaders-researchers-find/feed/ 0 Immigrants made up 1% of the population in Medieval England, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:19:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56232 About one out of every hundred people in late medieval England was an immigrant, according to researchers at the universities of York and Sheffield. They have also launched a new database that offers details about 65,000 immigrants who lived in England between 1330 and 1550.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/feed/ 0 The Importance of Parks in Fifteenth-Century Society http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/importance-parks-fifteenth-century-society/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/importance-parks-fifteenth-century-society/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:23:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53486 In this paper, my aim is to consider the role of parks in the fifteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/importance-parks-fifteenth-century-society/feed/ 0 Taxes, Loans, Credit and Debts in the 15th Century Towns of Moravia: A Case Study of Olomouc and Brno http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/taxes-loans-credit-debts-15th-century-towns-moravia-case-study-olomouc-brno/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/taxes-loans-credit-debts-15th-century-towns-moravia-case-study-olomouc-brno/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:59:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52387 The paper explores urban public finance in the late medieval towns on the example of two largest cities in Moravia—Olomouc and Brno.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/taxes-loans-credit-debts-15th-century-towns-moravia-case-study-olomouc-brno/feed/ 0 Archaeology, common rights and the origins of Anglo-Saxon identity http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/archaeology-common-rights-origins-anglo-saxon-identity/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/archaeology-common-rights-origins-anglo-saxon-identity/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:16:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52250 It is generally accepted that rights over land, especially rights of pasture, played a formative role in establishing the identity of early Anglo-Saxon ‘folk groups’, the predecessors of the middle Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/archaeology-common-rights-origins-anglo-saxon-identity/feed/ 0 Living la vita apostolica: Life expectancy and mortality of nuns in late-medieval Holland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/28/living-la-vita-apostolica-life-expectancy-mortality-nuns-late-medieval-holland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/28/living-la-vita-apostolica-life-expectancy-mortality-nuns-late-medieval-holland/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:34:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51420 Living la vita apostolica: Life expectancy and mortality of nuns in late-medieval Holland Jaco Zuijderduijn (Utrecht University ) Centre for Global Economic History: Utrecht University, Working Paper No. 44, June (2013) Abstract Data on vital events of medieval women are extremely scarce. We use a dataset based on a necrology of nuns in late-medieval Holland […]

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