Medievalists.net » Maritime Studies http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Use of the Lead and Line by Early Navigators in the North Sea? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/22/the-use-of-the-lead-and-line-by-early-navigators-in-the-north-sea/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/22/the-use-of-the-lead-and-line-by-early-navigators-in-the-north-sea/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:43:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62716 This paper draws attention to the lack of information as to how early North Sea sailors navigated, particularly during the one thousand year period that followed Roman times.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/22/the-use-of-the-lead-and-line-by-early-navigators-in-the-north-sea/feed/ 0 ‘Pirates, robbers and other malefactors’: The role played by violence at sea in relations between England and the Hanse towns, 1385 – 1420 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/pirates-robbers-and-other-malefactors-the-role-played-by-violence-at-sea-in-relations-between-england-and-the-hanse-towns-1385-1420/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/pirates-robbers-and-other-malefactors-the-role-played-by-violence-at-sea-in-relations-between-england-and-the-hanse-towns-1385-1420/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:50:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62591 This thesis will argue that the impact of specific phenomena, particularly the activities of the Vitalienbrüder, on Anglo-Hanseatic relations has been not only neglected but misunderstood, and that attention to English sources can help flesh out our understanding of the Vitalienbrüder’s history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/pirates-robbers-and-other-malefactors-the-role-played-by-violence-at-sea-in-relations-between-england-and-the-hanse-towns-1385-1420/feed/ 0 What do Cod Bones from the Mary Rose tell us about the global fish trade? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/what-do-cod-bones-from-the-mary-rose-tell-us-about-the-global-fish-trade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/what-do-cod-bones-from-the-mary-rose-tell-us-about-the-global-fish-trade/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:54:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60956 New stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of the bones of stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank off the coast of southern England in 1545, has revealed that the fish in the ship’s stores had been caught in surprisingly distant waters

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/what-do-cod-bones-from-the-mary-rose-tell-us-about-the-global-fish-trade/feed/ 0 The Newport Medieval Ship in Context: The Life and Times of a 15th Century Merchant Vessel Trading in Western Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/the-newport-medieval-ship-in-context-the-life-and-times-of-a-15th-century-merchant-vessel-trading-in-western-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/the-newport-medieval-ship-in-context-the-life-and-times-of-a-15th-century-merchant-vessel-trading-in-western-europe/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:52:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60654 This paper presents a summary of recent research into the broader economic, cultural and political world in which the Newport Medieval Ship was built and operated.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/the-newport-medieval-ship-in-context-the-life-and-times-of-a-15th-century-merchant-vessel-trading-in-western-europe/feed/ 0 How did medieval seafarers turn trees into boat parts? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/10/how-did-medieval-seafarers-turn-trees-into-boat-parts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/10/how-did-medieval-seafarers-turn-trees-into-boat-parts/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:20:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60308 In this video, Professor Jon Adams of the University of Southampton explains the techniques by which shipwrights have converted the trees of the forest into the components of the boats in which people eventually sailed around the world.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/10/how-did-medieval-seafarers-turn-trees-into-boat-parts/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower by Nicholas Walton http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/book-review-genoa-la-superba-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-merchant-pirate-superpower-by-nicholas-walton/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/09/book-review-genoa-la-superba-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-merchant-pirate-superpower-by-nicholas-walton/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:54:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60262 While most books about Italy have been dedicated to tourist hubs like Milan, Florence, Rome, Sicily and Venice, Genoa with its rich history, rugged landscape, and tenacious residents, has been given only a passing mention.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/early-norse-navigation-tools/feed/ 0 Fish commoditization and the historical origins of catching fish for profit http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/29/fish-commoditization-and-the-historical-origins-of-catching-fish-for-profit/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/29/fish-commoditization-and-the-historical-origins-of-catching-fish-for-profit/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60070 Herring trade expanded in the late 1300s with the introduction in Holland of an improved curing process that allowed the salting of fresh herring in barrels at sea.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/29/fish-commoditization-and-the-historical-origins-of-catching-fish-for-profit/feed/ 0 Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/24/sea-monsters-medieval-renaissance-maps/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/24/sea-monsters-medieval-renaissance-maps/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:39:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56433 Chet Van Duzer, author of the recent book Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, will trace the history of sea monsters on European maps, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they appear in the tenth century and continuing to the end of the sixteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/24/sea-monsters-medieval-renaissance-maps/feed/ 0 War on the Waterways: Maritime Conflict in the Viking Age in the North Sea Region http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/war-waterways-maritime-conflict-viking-age-north-sea-region/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/war-waterways-maritime-conflict-viking-age-north-sea-region/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2015 01:21:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55794 The ubiquitous Viking warship is perhaps the most high-profile symbol of early medieval Scandinavians.

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