Medievalists.net » Early Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:44:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Making the Medieval Relevant: Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Studies on Disease and Disability http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:44:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62643 A summary of a paper given by Professor Christina Lee at the University of Nottingham's "Making the Medieval Relevant" Conference.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/feed/ 0 The End of the Ancient Other World: Death and Afterlife between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/the-end-of-the-ancient-other-world-death-and-afterlife-between-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/the-end-of-the-ancient-other-world-death-and-afterlife-between-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:54:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62106 Peter Brown gives lectures on 'Gloriosus Obitus: Death and Afterlife 400-700 AD' and 'The Decline of the Empire of God: From Amnesty to Purgatory'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/the-end-of-the-ancient-other-world-death-and-afterlife-between-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Penal enslavement in the early middle ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/penal-enslavement-in-the-early-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/penal-enslavement-in-the-early-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:38:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62065 In the specific form it took during the medieval period, penal enslavement therefore amounts to a strikingly new phenomenon. How did such a system come about, and what functions did it serve?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/penal-enslavement-in-the-early-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Medieval Lisbon: Castelo de São Jorge http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61688 Above Lisbon’s skyline of colourful tiled houses and red roofs lies Castelo de São Jorge, a dominating, but beautiful, 11th century fortress in the heart of this vibrant city...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/feed/ 0 Who Were The Celts? The British Museum Offers Answers with New Exhibition http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:51:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61384 The British Museum just opened its latest exhibit, Celts: Art and Identity this past Thursday, covering 2,500 years of Celtic history. The exhibit explores Celtic identity and how it eveolved from the time of the Ancient Greeks to the present through art, culture, daily life, religion and politics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/feed/ 0 Reporting Scotland in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/reporting-scotland-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/reporting-scotland-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:43:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60644 The aim of this paper is to explore the changing way in which the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports events in northern Britain, beyond the Anglo-Saxon territories, in the hope of gaining a better understanding both of events in that region and, perhaps more interestingly, the way in which the Chronicle was constructed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/reporting-scotland-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/feed/ 0 Sexual Violence in the Early Medieval West http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/sexual-violence-in-the-early-medieval-west/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/21/sexual-violence-in-the-early-medieval-west/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:54:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60525 What kind of acts do we consider as sexual violence in relation to the early Middle Ages? And in particular: does the phenomenon come down to a forced sexual act (in the broadest sense of the word, i.e. in a situation whereby somebody against the will of another person achieves sexual satisfaction)?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/13/movie-review-tristan-and-isolde/feed/ 0 Investigating a Murder: The Case of the Justinianic Plague in Scythia Minor http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/investigating-a-murder-the-case-of-the-justinianic-plague-in-scythia-minor/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/investigating-a-murder-the-case-of-the-justinianic-plague-in-scythia-minor/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:46:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60295 The study beforehand applies a logical scheme of analysis over a possible presence of the Justinianic plague in the province of Scythia Minor.

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