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The Emperor’s Spooky Night

Medievalists.net — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:03:27 +0000

Emperor Charles IV reveals in his autobiography what happened to him one night at Prague Castle, and how he saw a huge swarm of locusts.

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Prostitution in the Medieval City

Medievalists.net — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:20:16 +0000

Prostitution was a vice that was was considered a necessary evil because of "men’s lust". Ecclesiastics felt that if brothels weren’t available to men in cities, they would find other inappropriate outlets for their entertainment. In an effort to curb potential problems, civic officials permitted prostitution to function within the city walls so long as it was regulated and turned a profit.

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Cracking down on illegal gambling in Medieval Livonia

Medievalists.net — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:03:05 +0000

Just like their modern day counterparts, medieval cities had to deal with their own criminal underworlds - the sex trade, gambling, and violence taking place within their walls. At the International Medieval Congress, held earlier this month at the University of Leeds, these issues were explored as part of session #706: Perceiving and Regulating Vices.

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Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015

Medievalists.net — Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000

Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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Lasting Falls and Wishful Recoveries: Crusading in the Black Sea Region after the Fall of Constantinople

Medievalists.net — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 03:52:47 +0000

This paper examines the Black Sea question in the second half of the 15th century, with special emphasis on crusading and religious questions.

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‘Great Moravian State’: a controversy in Central European medieval studies

Medievalists.net — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:27:20 +0000

The idea that Great Moravia was the earliest state of Central European Slavs, which was a direct predecessor of the statehood of the Czech Přemyslids, the Polish Piasts and the Hungarian Arpáds family, remains very much alive in the Central European region.

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Medieval Horse Stable: The Results of Multi Proxy Interdisciplinary Research

Medievalists.net — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:05:19 +0000

A multi proxy approach was applied in the reconstruction of the architecture of Medieval horse stable architecture, the maintenance practices associated with that structure as well as horse alimentation at the beginning of 13th century in Central Europe.

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The Impalings of Vlad the Impaler

Medievalists.net — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:41:11 +0000

One of the most infamous chararacters from the Middle Ages was Vlad III Dracula, the prince of Wallachia. Here is the story of how he gained the name of 'the Impaler'.

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Latin Grammar in the Cathedral School: Fulbert of Chartres, Bonipert of Pécs, and the Way of a Lost Priscian Manuscript

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 03:24:38 +0000

The starting point of the classical tradition in medieval Hungary is marked by a letter written by Bishop Fulbert of Chartres in Northern France to Bishop Bonipert of Pécs in Southern Hungary.

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Nourishment for the Soul – Nourishment for the Body: Animal Remains in Early Medieval Pomeranian Cemeteries

Medievalists.net — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:39:02 +0000

Late medieval sources clearly refer to souls, which in traditional folk beliefs were periodically returning to feed and warm themselves by the fires made by the living. This kind of conception can be merged with Slavic eschatology. There is multiple evidence to confirm that belief some form of spirit or soul was spreading amongst the people, who in the early medieval period, bordered directly with Pomerania.

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