Deep into the Middle Ages, in Western Europe a small group of clergymen, mainly monks, had a monopoly on recording dreams in writing
Mother, wife, temptress, virgin and tyrant: defining images of feminine power in medieval queenship and modern politics
September 5, 2011 By
Mother, wife, temptress, virgin and tyrant: defining images of feminine power in medieval queenship andmodern politics Curwen, Emma B.A. Thesis, Regis University, May (2009) Abstract The Queens of Anglo-Saxon England were restricted and defined by traditional gender expectations and images. Though these ideals are less rigid, gender roles and images of femininity still restrict women. Standards […]
The Persistence of Late Antiquity: Christ as Man and Woman in an Eighth-Century Miniature
September 1, 2011 By
The Persistence of Late Antiquity: Christ as Man and Woman in an Eighth-Century Miniature Lifshitz, Felice Medieval Feminist Forum, 38, no. 1 (2004) Abstract This brief essay. originally delivered as part of an SMFS panel at Kalamazoo, forms part ofa larger project to reconstruct the intellectual culture of the eighth-century Main Valley, with a particular focus […]
“Frankish” or “Byzantine” Saint? The origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia
August 28, 2011 By
“Frankish” or “Byzantine” Saint? The origins of the cult of Saint Martin in Dalmatia Vedris, Trpimir Papers from the First and Second Postgraduate Forums in Byzantine Studies: Sailing to Byzantium, a cura di S. Neocleous, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2009) Abstract This paper grew out of my research in Dalmatian hagiotopography and was originally meant to contribute […]
Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351
August 28, 2011 By
Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351 Williamson, Dean V. US Department of Justice, July (2001) Abstract The paper explores how merchants enabled long-distance trade in the Mediterranean before and after the Black Death. The Black Death disrupted the flows of information about commercial prospects upon which merchants depended for deciding when, […]
Lex Salica and the Carolingian ‘Frankish’ Past
August 14, 2011 By
Lex Salica and the Carolingian ‘Frankish’ Past Turnbull, Anna Revealing Records II Conference, King’s College London (2010) Abstract The year 751 is regarded by historians of the early medieval period as a fundamental turning point in the history of the Frankish world, marking the official and final transfer of power, and of the Crown, from […]
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism?
July 27, 2011 By
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner Asia 7 (2005) Abstract This paper deals with the Great Khans and Ilkhans’ letters, and with the question of their authenticity. Generally, these letters were written in Mongolian, but very few of […]
‘The Lord put His people to the sword’: Contemporary perceptions of the Battle of Hattin (1187)
July 22, 2011 By
‘The Lord put His people to the sword’: Contemporary perceptions of the Battle of Hattin (1187) Roach, Daniel (University of Exeter Undergraduate Thesis, University of Exeter (2008) Abstract Much scholarship has been written on the build-up, course and results of the battle of Hattin. Such studies have focussed on the tactical and topographical aspects of […]
Latins and Franks in Byzantium: Perception and Reality from the Eleventh to the Twelfth Century
July 20, 2011 By
Latins and Franks in Byzantium: Perception and Reality from the Eleventh to the Twelfth Century Kazhdan, Alexander The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington, D.C. (2001) Abstract When scholars write about relations between the West and Byzantium in the Middle Ages, they naturally emphasize the contrasts […]
God wills it: communitas, penance and ritual in the spatiotemporal of the First Crusade
July 19, 2011 By
God wills it: communitas, penance and ritual in the spatiotemporal of the First Crusade Dwyer, William Warren (California State University, Sacramento) M.A. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento (2010) Abstract In 1095 the call for the First Crusade went out and by the summer of 1096 the penitential expedition was well on the way. On the journey, […]
The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre
July 19, 2011 By
The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre Burke, Tiffany L. (University of Notre Dame Department of History) University of Notre Dame, March 22 (2002) Abstract The main focus of this essay is to describe in great detail the events leading up to and following the predominant architectural changes of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem. More precisely, […]
A Merovingian Commentary on the Four Gospels
June 26, 2011 By
A Merovingian Commentary on the Four Gospels Hen, Yitzhak Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes, 49 (2003) Abstract The Bible was a vital force in early medieval Francia. It offered Merovingian authors a veiled way of talking about the current order of things, and it provided them with an ideal image, against which the present could be […]
The Visitatio Sepulchri in the Latin Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
April 17, 2011 By
Holy Week commemorates the last days of Christ’s earthly presence, from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his crucifixion and resurrection.
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews
March 21, 2011 By
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews Rush, Timothy EIR Strategic Studies, April 1 (2005) Abstract The essential conflict between Europe and Islam must be seen in the context of the earlier alliance between Charle- magne and the Baghdad Caliphate’s Haroun el-Rashid. The origin of the conflict is essentially traced to the period approximately […]
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon
March 21, 2011 By
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon Gerrard, Christopher Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (2000) Abstract This paper addresses the issue of identity among Christian and Muslim groups in medieval Spain after the Reconquest in the 12th century. A wide variety of archaeological evidence, including artefacts, graffiti, settlement morphology and standing buildings, demonstrates that ethnic and […]
La première Normandie (Xe–XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et construction d’une principauté
January 30, 2011 By
La première Normandie (Xe–XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et construction d’une principauté Bauduin, Pierre Caen, Presses Universitaires de Caen, (2004) Abstract In the 1990s medieval historians were very preoccupied with border studies. No sooner had the dust settled on the collapse of the Berlin Wall than medievalists were taking advantage of […]
Account of the Viking Siege of Paris offers new insights into the early Middle Ages
January 14, 2011 By
By Peter Konieczny and Sandra Sadowski The chance to work on an amazing and unique story was the reason behind Nirmal Dass producing a new edition and translation of a ninth century text that described Viking and Frankish warfare. His recent publication of Viking Attacks on Paris: The Bella Parisiacae Urbis of Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, […]
Forging Ninth and Tenth Century Western Europe: A Comparative Study of the Viking and Hungarian Activities
January 10, 2011 By
The main purpose of this comparison is to see the roots of the Viking and Hungarian ascendancy and to find out to what extent this success can be explained by the tactics, weapons and the social background of the invaders.
The Peasant Rusticus: Life near Paris in the Time of Clovis
October 4, 2010 By
‘History,’ wrote the late Eileen Power, ‘is largely made up of Bodos.’ With that final sentence of her essay on Bodo, a Carolingian-era peasant near Paris….
The role of Frankish and Papal missi in diplomatic exchanges in the eighth century
September 15, 2010 By
The role of Frankish and Papal missi in diplomatic exchanges in the eighth century Heelan, Carla M. (University of Cambridge) Journal of the Oxford University History Society, Issue 5 (Michaelmas 2007) Abstract The eighth century marked a change in the relationship between the papacy and the Frankish monarchs, allying the two foci of spiritual and […]
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