Historical and Symbolic Meanings of Body and Gesture in Medieval Miracles, c. 1000- 1200
Historical and Symbolic Meanings of Body and Gesture in Medieval Miracles, c. 1000- 1200 By Uta Kleine Paper given at the International Medieval…
Purge or Remove: Persecutions for Jews in the Late Medieval Germany
Anti-Jewish violence in the Middle Ages related with a notion of Diaspora. It was accepted widely that Jews were forced to be a kind of rootless wanderers in the medieval Christendom.
The Codex Manesse and the Discovery of Love at Heidelberg University
It was in the Hohenstaufen era that European literature turned its attention to the subject of courtly love, thus sparking off one of…
Meister Eckhart and Jan Van Ruusbroec: A Comparison
Meister Eckhart and Jan Van Ruusbroec: A Comparison van Nieuwenhove, Rik (Trinity College, Dublin) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 7 (1998) Abstract Jan Van…
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen Directed by Margarethe von Trotta Starring Barbara Sukowa, Hannah Herzsprung and Heino Ferch Released…
Karlsgrab: The Site and Significance of Charlemagne’s Sepulcher in Aachen
Karlsgrab: The Site and Significance of Charlemagne’s Sepulcher in Aachen By John F. Moffitt Quidditas, Vol. 30 (2009) Abstract: The intention of what…
The Economics of Feuding in Late Medieval Germany
The Economics of Feuding in Late Medieval Germany By Oliver Volckart Explorations in Economic History, Vol.41 (2004) Abstract: In this paper, the problem…
Medieval and early modern mining in the Northern Black Forest (SW-Germany): An integrated historico-archaeological approach and its synergetic effects
Medieval and early modern mining in the Northern Black Forest (SW-Germany): An integrated historico-archaeological approach and its synergetic effects By Ewe Meyerdirks Medieval…
The Monastic Island : The Island of Reichenau
Lake Boden is located in southern Germany close to the Swiss border. A long tree-lined road stretching from the lakeshore leads to the…
A German Romanesque Church : Speyer Cathedral
Located on the Rhine River in southwest Germany, the trading town of Speyer thrived between the 10th and 11th centuries. Conrad II, the…
Protecting Timber-Framed Buildings : Collegiate Church, Castle, and the Old Town of Quedlinburg
The city of Quedlinburg is located in a richly-wooded area of Central Germany. Wealthy town merchants in the 15th century exerted their influence…
Beneath the Wheel : The Maulbronn Monastery Complex
This 12th century monastery is in southern Germany. It was built by the Cistercian Order of monks. The Maulbronn Monastery complex is the…
The Legend of the Rose/St Marys Cathedral and St. Michaels Church in Hildesheim
Hildesheim in northwest Germany dates back over 1000 years. The town has a history dating back over 1000 years and has overcome the…
Harmony Within: The Hanseatic City of Lübeck
The port city of Lübeck in Northern Germany is located 20 kilometers inland and is connected to the Baltic Sea by canal. It…
The Mystery of the Octagon: Aachen Cathedral
Aachen is in Western Germany, near the border with the Netherlands and Belgium. Charles the Great, King of the Franks, began the construction…
Castles Along the Rhine: The Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The Rhine flows south to north through the middle of Germany. It is over 1300 kilometers long; 65 kilometer of the Upper Middle…
A Thousand Years of Mining: The Mines of Rammelsberg and The Historic Town of Goslar
Goslar began as a sleepy town located on the northwestern slopes of the mountains in central Germany. It began to develop as a…
Changing the Face of Landscape: Reflections on Deserted Medieval Villages, the Founding of Cities and Early Industrialization in the German Low Mountain Ranges
Changing the Face of Landscape: Reflections on Deserted Medieval Villages, the Founding of Cities and Early Industrialization in the German Low Mountain Ranges…
The Art of Reform in a Bavarian Nunnery Around 1000
The Art of Reform in a Bavarian Nunnery Around 1000 By Adam S. Cohen Speculum, Vol. 74, No. 4. (1999) Introduction: That an efflorescence…
Interview with Frederick S. Paxton
Frederick S. Paxton, a Professor of History at Connecticut College. The main focus of his research has been about how medieval people approached…
Rashi’s Daughters Book Three: Rachel
Rashi’s Daughters Book Three: Rachel By Maggie Anton Publisher: Plume, 2009 ISBN: 9780452295681 Rachel is the youngest and most beautiful daughter of medieval…
Places to Play: Topographies of Gender in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
Places to Play:Topographies of Gender in Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan Sterling-Hellenbrand, Alexandra Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999) Abstract In the latter…
Warriors, Wyrms, and Wyrd: The Paradoxical Fate of the Germanic Hero/King in Beowulf
Warriors, Wyrms, and Wyrd: The Paradoxical Fate of the Germanic Hero/King in Beowulf Wanner, Kevin J. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999)…
St Gertrude’s Synecdoche: The Problem of Writing the Sacred Heart
St Gertrude’s Synecdoche: The Problem of Writing the Sacred Heart Jenkins, Eve B. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 14 (1997) Abstract St Gertrude…
Separating the Living from the Dead: Wessel Gansfort and the Death of Purgatory
Separating the Living from the Dead:Wessel Gansfort and the Death of Purgatory Koslofsky, Craig Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 10 (1993) Abstract This…