Medievalists.net » Explorers 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 Medieval Lisbon: Jerónimos Monastery http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/medieval-lisbon-jeronimos-monastery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/medieval-lisbon-jeronimos-monastery/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:54:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62002 Of the four medieval #placestosee in Lisbon, Jerónimos Monastery, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, was my favourite. The monastery is located in Belém, a suburb of Lisbon, that is famous for the 16th century monastery, as well as for its world famous pastry shop, Pastéis de Belém...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/15/which-explorer-are-you-at-heart/feed/ 0 Which Famous Explorer Are You Most Like? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/04/famous-explorer-like/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/04/famous-explorer-like/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2015 22:10:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55225 Leif Erikson, Marco Polo, or perhaps someone from more recent times? Find out what drives you to discover the next great frontier...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/24/marco-polo-go-alaska/feed/ 0 Christopher Columbus’ flagship may have been found http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/christopher-columbus-flagship-may-found/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/christopher-columbus-flagship-may-found/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 18:20:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49572 An underwater archaeological search may have discovered the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus when he sailed across the Atlantic reaching the New World in 1492.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/christopher-columbus-flagship-may-found/feed/ 0 Did the Vikings reach Madeira? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/07/vikings-reach-madeira/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/07/vikings-reach-madeira/#comments Wed, 07 May 2014 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49481 New research about mice on Madeira suggests that the Vikings may have visited the Atlantic island 400 years before it was colonized.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/07/vikings-reach-madeira/feed/ 0 Vínland and Wishful Thinking: Medieval and Modern Fantasies http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/12/vinland-and-wishful-thinking-medieval-and-modern-fantasies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/12/vinland-and-wishful-thinking-medieval-and-modern-fantasies/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:07:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44848 Reevaluating the wishful reality of the Vinland islands requires that the stories of the Vinland journeys be squarely situated in the context of the world geographic system adopted by those who told those stories.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/12/vinland-and-wishful-thinking-medieval-and-modern-fantasies/feed/ 0 The Vínland sagas as propaganda for the Christian Church http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-vinland-sagas-as-propaganda-for-the-christian-church/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-vinland-sagas-as-propaganda-for-the-christian-church/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:11:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39703 Over the last two centuries, the Vínland Sagas have become some of the most discussed of Medieval Nordic documents. There are arguments about every aspect of the sagas: What the name Vínland means, if Vínland existed, where it would have been geographically, and how much of their content is historically accurate.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/the-vinland-sagas-as-propaganda-for-the-christian-church/feed/ 0 The Cone of Africa . . . Took Shape in Lisbon http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/the-cone-of-africa-took-shape-in-lisbon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/the-cone-of-africa-took-shape-in-lisbon/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:23:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39349 The year that Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic and Isabel and Ferdinand expelled the Jews from Spain, an unheralded event took place. A cartographer in Lisbon, Portugal, drew an amazing map detailing the coasts of Europe, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and western Africa.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/the-cone-of-africa-took-shape-in-lisbon/feed/ 0 L’Anse aux Meadows was a ‘temporary base camp’ for the Vikings in North America, study finds http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/lanse-aux-meadows-was-a-temporary-base-camp-for-the-vikings-in-north-america-study-finds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/lanse-aux-meadows-was-a-temporary-base-camp-for-the-vikings-in-north-america-study-finds/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:22:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38630 A new study of the archaeological remains from the only confirmed Viking settlement in North America argues that it was never meant to be a long-term settlement. It is also very likely that it was the home to at least one Norse woman.

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