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Early Christian Mosaic Floor discovered in Nazareth

Medievalists.net — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:17:24 +0000

Mosaic floor found under the Church of the Annunciation is believed to date to the fourth century.

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Katherine of Alexandria: Decline of an Empire

Medievalists.net — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:46:00 +0000

According to hagiographers, (C)Katherine was a princess, the daughter of Roman governor named Constus. She was well educated, beautiful and highly intelligent. She converted to Christianity at the age of 13 or 14 and caught the eye of the Roman Emperor, Maxentius (278-318 AD).

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Places to See: Notre Dame – Part I

Medievalists.net — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:38:24 +0000

Part I of my initial visit to stunning Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

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Unexpected Evidence concerning Gold Mining in Early Byzantium

Medievalists.net — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:40:28 +0000

One of the consequences of the decline of Roman imperial might was the shortage of slaves at state-run mines. Consequently, criminals were often sentenced to damnatio ad metallum. The need for gold especially soared when the gold solidus was introduced at the beginning of the fourth century.

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Amending the Ascetic: Community and Character in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt

Medievalists.net — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:44:53 +0000

Among the most eligible saints for such treatment, Mary of Egypt deserves particular consideration: her popularity is evidenced by over a hundred extant Greek manuscripts of her Life and her uniquely prominent position in the Lenten liturgical cycle in the Eastern Church.

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The transition between late antiquity and the early medieval period in north Etruria (400-900 AD)

Medievalists.net — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:59:53 +0000

Traditionally, the idea that the Roman empire ‘declined and fell’ was considered a historical fact, not a matter for debate. The beginning of the ‘decline’ was usually dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD.

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The soldier’s life: martial virtues and hegemonic masculinity in the early Byzantine Empire

Medievalists.net — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:42:34 +0000

This dissertation argues that martial virtues and images of the soldier’s life represented an essential aspect of early Byzantine masculine ideology. It contends that in many of the visual and literary sources from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE, conceptualisations of the soldier’s life and the ideal manly life were often the same.

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Bright Beginnings: Jewish Christian Relations in the Holy Land, AD 400-700

Medievalists.net — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:37:21 +0000

This paper shows that Christian and Jewish relations in the Holy Land between the fourth and seventh centuries, according to the archaeological evidence, were characterized by peaceful co-existence.

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Did a Megadrought force the Huns to invade Europe?

Medievalists.net — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:13:39 +0000

The worst megadrought in the last 2000 years hit Central Asia around 360 AD, new study finds

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Medieval Thought and its Architectural Expression

Medievalists.net — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 20:07:28 +0000

This dissertation will study the correlation and influences between a series of underlying beliefs and how these find expression in the architecture and setting of place.

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