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Florentine merchant companies established in Buda at the beginning of the 15th century

Medievalists.net — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:14:16 +0000

The scope of the present article is to analyze the activity of these merchant companies through various sources housed by the Florentine National Archives and place them in the context of Florentine long distance trade.

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‘Spurred on by the Fear of Death’: Refugees and Displaced Populations during the Mongol Invasion of Hungar

Medievalists.net — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 05:38:15 +0000

Sensitized by the grim headlines which daily announce the appalling plight of twentieth-century refugees in eastern Europe, I was motivated to investigate the behavior and conditions of medieval refugees fleeing the Mongols.

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Prostitution in the Medieval City

Medievalists.net — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:20:16 +0000

Prostitution was a vice that was was considered a necessary evil because of "men’s lust". Ecclesiastics felt that if brothels weren’t available to men in cities, they would find other inappropriate outlets for their entertainment. In an effort to curb potential problems, civic officials permitted prostitution to function within the city walls so long as it was regulated and turned a profit.

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Latin Grammar in the Cathedral School: Fulbert of Chartres, Bonipert of Pécs, and the Way of a Lost Priscian Manuscript

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 03:24:38 +0000

The starting point of the classical tradition in medieval Hungary is marked by a letter written by Bishop Fulbert of Chartres in Northern France to Bishop Bonipert of Pécs in Southern Hungary.

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Renaissance Contacts Between Dubrovnik (Ragusa) and the Kingdom of Hungary

Medievalists.net — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:48:12 +0000

During the rule of the Angevin dynasty (1308-82) in Hungary, towns and cities increasingly assumed greater political influence. The first treaty between the King of Hungary and Dubrovnik (in those days Ragusa) was signed in 1358, during the reign of Louis (Lajos) the Great.

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Slippery When Wet: Madness and Eroticism in the Countess Elizabeth Bathory

Medievalists.net — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 03:06:56 +0000

The Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th century Hungarian noblewoman, is purported to have killed and bathed in the blood of 600 virgin girls

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Dynastic Intrigues and Domestic Realities during the Reigns of Andrew I and Bela I

Medievalists.net — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:15:38 +0000

In the mid-1030s, the cousin of King Stephen I of Hungary, Prince Vazul (the son of Michael, the younger brother of Geza, Stephen's father) conspired to assassinate the elderly and ailing king.

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Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:21:06 +0000

The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.

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The Journey of Charles I, King of Hungary, from Visegrád to Naples (1333): Its Political Implications and Artistic Consequences

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:00:06 +0000

The aim of this article is to reconstruct the journey of Charles I, King of Hungary (1310– 1342), from Visegrád to Naples in the year 1333.

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The Visit of King Sigismund to England, 1416

Medievalists.net — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:36:44 +0000

In their chapter-length account of Sigismund's visit to England in 1416, James Hamilton Wylie and William Templeton Waugh remark that, though this was the first and only visit by a Holy Roman Emperor to England during the Middle Ages, aside from an immediate political gain, in the treaty signed by Sigismund and Henry V to defend each other against the French, the impact in terms of anecdote or literature is virtually nil; and they conclude somewhat ironically, "The most notable momento of Sigismund's stay in England is his sword, which is now one of the insignia of the corporation of York."

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