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Walk this Way: Two Journeys to Jerusalem in the Fifteenth Century

Medievalists.net — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:16:02 +0000

This paper appraises place pilgrimage to Jerusalem in two late-medieval English texts: The Itineraries of William Wey and The Book of Margery Kempe.

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How to travel to the physical and heavenly Jerusalem without leaving home

Medievalists.net — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:31:35 +0000

By the fifteenth century numerous accounts of the holy places circulated in Western Europe, many of them in Latin, a few in various vernaculars such as French and Middle Dutch.

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Medieval cesspit in Jerusalem reveals 15th century diseases

Medievalists.net — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:01:05 +0000

Analysis of a latrine in Jerusalem that dates back over 500 years finds human parasites common in northern Europe yet very rare in Middle East at the time, suggesting long-distance trade or pilgrimage routes and shedding light on prevalent infectious diseases of the age.

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‘De civitatis utriusque, terrenae scilicet et caelestis’: Foundation Narratives and the Epic Portrayal of the First Crusade

Medievalists.net — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:12:59 +0000

My summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical research on the accounts of Antioch and Jerusalem during the First Crusade.

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Charlemagne’s Denarius, Constantine’s Edicule, and the Vera Crux

Medievalists.net — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:46:53 +0000

In 806 a much-discussed silver denarius bearing the likeness of Charlemagne was issued. This is called the “temple-type” coin due to the (as yet unidentified) architectural structure illustrated on the reverse side, and which is explicitly labeled as representing the epitome of “Christian Religion.”

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An aspect of Alcuin: ‘Tuus Albinus’ – peevish egotist? or parrhesiast?

Medievalists.net — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:13:10 +0000

In over 270 letters from about a decade and a half, alcuin of york (†804) informed, advised, consoled and admonished contemporaries, reacted to current events, and maintained a circle of friends and partners in reciprocal prayer that extended from Jerusalem to Ireland and from rome to salzburg. Alcuin left york in the 780s to become a friend and chief advisor to Charlemagne.

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Medicine and surgery in the Livre des Assises de la Cour des Bourgeois de Jérusalem

Medievalists.net — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:50:40 +0000

The Livre des Assises, written in the thirteenth century in Acre, not only provides insights into the practice of medicine and surgery in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, but also suggests that the licensing and regulation of doctors reflected contemporary Islamic practice.

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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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An Unknown Female Martyr from Jerusalem

Medievalists.net — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:50:15 +0000

In the present article we edit the fragment of a text related to an unnamed female new martyr from Jerusalem from the time of John XIII.

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BOOK REVIEW: “Defending the City of God” : A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem, by Sharan Newman

Medievalists.net — Fri, 09 May 2014 22:42:39 +0000

This is my review of Sharan Newman's latest book, Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem.

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