Hierarchies and fractals: Ecclesiastical revenues as indicator for the distribution of relative demographic and economic potential within the cities and regions of the Late Byzantine Empire in the early 14th century By Johannes Preiser-Kapeller and Ekaterini Mitsiou BYZANTINA ΣΥΜΜΕΙΚΤΑ Vol. 20 (2010) Abstract: Until now the source material has made it impossible to reconstruct the distribution […]
The Population of the Dubrovnik Republic in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
November 17, 2010 By
The Population of the Dubrovnik Republic in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries By Nanad Vekarić Dubrovnik Annals, No.2 (1998) Abstract: According to tax evidence in Dubrovačko Primorje and a census performed for the purpose of reducing surplus vineyards in Konavle, the Dubrovnik Republic (Ragusa) had almost 90,000 inbabitants by the end of the fifteenth […]
The Social Status of Women in Latvia in the 7th-13th Centuries, in the Light of Palaeodemographic Data
May 30, 2010 By
This paper is intended as a contribution to the understanding of women’s social role and living conditions in the Iron Age society in Latvia.
Early childhood stress and adult age mortality – A study of dental enamel hypoplasia in the medieval Danish village of Tirup
May 28, 2010 By
Early childhood stress and adult age mortality – A study of dental enamel hypoplasia in the medieval Danish village of Tirup By Jesper L. Boldsen American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 132:1 (2007) Abstract: This study explores how linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) affects mortality in the village of Tirup (A.D. 1150-1350), Denmark. Data consist of […]
Immigration and Identity in the Middle Ages : French Immigrants to Constantinople and Greece in the Thirteenth Century
September 19, 2009 By
Immigration and Identity in the Middle Ages : French Immigrants to Constantinople and Greece in the Thirteenth Century Erica Jo Gilles Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre, Vol. 10 (2006) Abstract After capturing Constantinople in 1204, the Fourth Crusaders established several states in former Byzantine territory. Starting from the captured imperial center, westerners moved into […]
The Electronic Medieval Age
July 25, 2009 By
The Electronic Medieval Age By Bo Franzén Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Abstract: This conference paper has been inspired by the fact that in recent years more and more medieval source material has been published digitally, often in database format. These electronic publications are mainly the result of converting primary or secondary sources, which have previously been […]
Temporal Trends in Demographic Profiles and Stress Levels in Medieval (6th–13th)
February 14, 2009 By
Temporal Trends in Demographic Profiles and Stress Levels in Medieval (6th–13th Century) Population Samples from Continental Croatia By Mario Šlaus, Dana Kollmann, Shannon A. Novak and Mario Novak Croatian Medical Journal, Vol.45:3 (2002) Aim: To analyze and compare the demographic profiles and disease frequencies of early (6th-9th century) and late (10th-13th century) medieval skeletal series from continental Croatia. […]
Prices in the Medieval Near East and Europe
January 12, 2009 By
This phase of growth came to a stop with the Black Death beginning in 1347. Population declined, as well as agricultural and industrial production. The Near East suffered from impoverishment during the second half of the fifteenth century, according to Ashtor. Grain prices fell because of declining demand. Compared to the previous century, standards of living were reduced for the great majority.
Stature as a criterion of the nutritional level of Viking Age Icelanders
January 4, 2009 By
Stature as a criterion of the nutritional level of Viking Age Icelanders By Jon Steffensen Thridji Vikingafundur [Third Viking Congress], edited by Kristján Eldjárn Ritsjóri (Reykjavik, 1958) Introduction: Iceland was settled in the upheavel of teh Viking Age by vikings who came mainly from Norway and the British Isles. For those who take interest in vikings the Icelanders, […]
Population change in medieval Warwickshire: Domesday Book to the Hundred Rolls of 1279–1280
November 28, 2008 By
Population change in medieval Warwickshire: Domesday Book to the Hundred Rolls of 1279–1280 By Trevor John Local Population Studies, No. 59 (1997) Synopsis: Reassessing J.B. Harley’s article on demographic trends in 13th century Warwickshire, using evidence from the Domesday Book and the Hundred Rolls of 1279-1280 to show population and economic developments in this region. Click […]
The Agrarian Problem in the Early Fourteenth Century
October 17, 2008 By
Until recently it was widely believed that feudal tenurial relationships sanctioned and facilitated the extra-economic exploitation of tenants by their lords. Together, the heaviness of rent charges and the arbitrariness of lordship discouraged and depressed tenant investment in agriculture.
Enamel Defects, Well-being and Mortality in a Medieval Danish Village
September 25, 2008 By
Biological anthropologists are in the unique position of being able to analyze human skeletal remains in order to reconstruct health, nutrition, environmental stress, disease and mortality experiences, in past populations. Skeletal assemblages have the potential to tell us about many types of individuals – rich, poor, male, female, young, old, healthy and sick.
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