Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church By Karen George Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834359 Gildas’s De excidio Britonum is…
The Columban Church in northern Britain, 664-717: a reassessment
This paper challenges the accepted view that the Columban Church in northern Britain underwent a period of decline during the late seventh and early eighth centuries.
Saints and Orators: the role of religion in cementing the legitimacy of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland and abroad, 1480-1506
Saints and Orators: the role of religion in cementing the legitimacy of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland and abroad, 1480-1506 By Natalia Nowakowska…
The Bishops of Argyll and the Castle of Achanduin, Lismore, AD 1180-1343
The Bishops of Argyll and the Castle of Achanduin, Lismore, AD 1180-1343 Turner, Dennis Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128…
The Bishop’s Palace at Kirkwall
Gives a detailed report on the Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, which was built in the 13th century.
Survivals of the Cult of the Matronae into the Early Middle Ages and Beyond
From the late first century to the beginning of the fifth century CE, the area now referred to as the Rhineland was under Roman occupation. During this period, thousands of altars were carved and dedicated by individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, in honor of divine beings known as the Matres in Gaul and the Matronae in Germania Inferior
On the Transportation of the European Liturgical Objects to Japan in the 16th Century and Their Use by the “Kirishitan”
On the Transportation of the European Liturgical Objects to Japan in the 16th Century and Their Use by the “Kirishitan” By Yoshie Koijma…
A missing figure on slab fragment no 2 from Monifieth, Angus, the a’Chill Cross, Canna, and some implications of the development of a variant form of the Virgin’s hairstyle and dress in early medieval Scotland
A missing figure on slab fragment no 2 from Monifieth, Angus, the a’Chill Cross, Canna, and some implications of the development of a…
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance By Christopher MacEvitt University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-8122-4050-4 In the wake…
The Crown and the Lollards in Later Medieval England
The Crown and the Lollards in Later Medieval England By Attila Bárány Tolerance and Intolerance in Historical Perspective, edited by Csaba Lévai and Vasile Vese (University of…
The Impact of Religious Orders on Political Change in Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe (13th-15th centuries)
The Impact of Religious Orders on Political Change in Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe (13th-15th centuries) By Raphaela Averkorn Religion and Political Change in Europe:…
New evidence of noble and gentry piety in fifteenth-century England and Wales
New evidence of noble and gentry piety in fifteenth-century England and Wales By Peter D. Clarke Journal of Medieval History, Vol.34:1 (2008) Abstract: There…
A Passionate Defence: Exploring The Role Of Athansius And The Cappadocian Fathers In The Establishment Of The Nicene Creed
A Passionate Defence: Exploring The Role Of Athansius And The Cappadocian Fathers In The Establishment Of The Nicene Creed By Katherine Sturm Trinity College…
Religious Responses to Social Violence in Eleventh-Century Aquitaine
Religious Responses to Social Violence in Eleventh-Century Aquitaine By Steven D. Sargent Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 12:2 (1985) Introduction: The late tenth and…
Medieval Christianity: The State of the Field
Medieval Christianity: The State of the Field By Katherine J. Gill Religion Compass, Vol.1 (2004) Abstract: As in other academic disciplines, historical Christianity…
Lords Temporal and Spiritual: The Interactions of Papal and Royal Power in John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Cronicles
Lords Temporal and Spiritual: The Interactions of Papal and Royal Power in John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Cronicles Konkol, Slawomir Medieval Forum Vol. 5(2006)…
Five charters concerning the early history of the chapter at Avranches
Five charters concerning the early history of the chapter at Avranches By Richard Allen Tabularia, No.8 (2008) Abstract: The cartulary of Avranches cathedral, known…
The earls of Dunbar and the church in Lothian and the Merse
The earls of Dunbar and the church in Lothian and the Merse By Elsa C. Hamilton The Innes Review, Vol. 58:1 (2007) Introduction: The…
Popes and Pornocrats: Rome in the Early Middle Ages
Popes and Pornocrats: Rome in the Early Middle Ages By Lindsay Brook Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Vol. 1:1…
Characteristics and Dating of Anglo-Saxon Churches
Characteristics and Dating of Anglo-Saxon Churches By H.M. Taylor The Fourth Viking Congress, ed. Alan Small (Edinburgh, 1961) Click here to read/download this…
Anglo-Saxon Churches in Yorkshire
Anglo-Saxon Churches in Yorkshire By H.M. Taylor The Fourth Viking Congress, ed. Alan Small (Edinburgh, 1961) Click here to read/download this article (PDF…
Church and nation: The discourse on authority in Ericus Olai’s Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1471)
The Chronica regni Gothorum or Chronicle of the realm of the Goths is the first Swedish national history in Latin prose. It was completed after 1471 by a member of the Uppsala cathedral chapter, Ericus Olai, who, arguably, intended his work primarily for the readership of his own arch see. Ericus professed to compile a history of the Swedish realm from the birth of Christ until his own time and according to the succession of kings and bishops governing from Uppsala.
The idea of paradigm in church history: the notion of papal monarchy in the thirteenth century, from Innocent III to Boniface VIII
The three works of medieval history most clearly connected with the paradigm concept are Willemien Otten,’s From Paradise to Paradigm: A Study of Twelfth- Century Humanism and the essay collections Paradigms in Medieval Thought Applications and Medieval Paradigms.
Nicholas Cusanus as Prince-Bishop of Brixen (1450-64)
The impressive accomplishments of Nicolaus Cusanus make him one of the most important personalities of the fifteenth century.