Medievalists.net » Medieval burials http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:44:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Making the Medieval Relevant: Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Studies on Disease and Disability http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:44:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62643 A summary of a paper given by Professor Christina Lee at the University of Nottingham's "Making the Medieval Relevant" Conference.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/feed/ 0 Fallen tree reveals medieval skeleton in Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/fallen-tree-reveals-medieval-skeleton-in-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/fallen-tree-reveals-medieval-skeleton-in-ireland/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:45:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61132 Last May a storm in northwest Ireland blew over a 215-year old tree. It also unearth an unusual find - the skeletal remains of a young man who lived nearly a thousand years ago.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/fallen-tree-reveals-medieval-skeleton-in-ireland/feed/ 0 A note on the regional distribution of pagan burials in Iceland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/a-note-on-the-regional-distribution-of-pagan-burials-in-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/a-note-on-the-regional-distribution-of-pagan-burials-in-iceland/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:57:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59978 Comparison of the distribution of pagan burials in Iceland with medieval information about the number of farmers in different parts of the country allows a division of the country into three zones of low, medium and high frequency of pagan burials relative to the number of settlements.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/a-note-on-the-regional-distribution-of-pagan-burials-in-iceland/feed/ 0 The Afterlife of the Dead: Reform in Attitude Towards Medieval Burials, Corpses and Bones http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/07/the-afterlife-of-the-dead-reform-in-attitude-towards-medieval-burials-corpses-and-bones/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/07/the-afterlife-of-the-dead-reform-in-attitude-towards-medieval-burials-corpses-and-bones/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:11:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59483 The International Medieval Congress is taking place at the University of Leeds, I’m on hand this week to report on the conference. This blog post reports on my first session.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/07/the-afterlife-of-the-dead-reform-in-attitude-towards-medieval-burials-corpses-and-bones/feed/ 0 Chest burial: a middle Anglo-Saxon funerary rite from northern England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/chest-burial-a-middle-anglo-saxon-funerary-rite-from-northern-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/chest-burial-a-middle-anglo-saxon-funerary-rite-from-northern-england/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:06:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59198 Chest burials, in which the body is interred in a wooden chest with a hinged lid, are one of the most characteristic funerary practices of the middle Anglo-Saxon period in northern England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/24/chest-burial-a-middle-anglo-saxon-funerary-rite-from-northern-england/feed/ 0 Having no Power to Return? Suicide and Posthumous Restlessness in Medieval Iceland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/18/having-no-power-to-return-suicide-and-posthumous-restlessness-in-medieval-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/18/having-no-power-to-return-suicide-and-posthumous-restlessness-in-medieval-iceland/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:31:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59062 The purpose of this study is to examine cultural conceptions of the possible afterlives of suicides in medieval (ca. 1200– 1400) Iceland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/18/having-no-power-to-return-suicide-and-posthumous-restlessness-in-medieval-iceland/feed/ 0 Deviant Burials: Societal Exclusion of Dead Outlaws in Medieval Norway http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/24/deviant-burials-societal-exclusion-of-dead-outlaws-in-medieval-norway/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/24/deviant-burials-societal-exclusion-of-dead-outlaws-in-medieval-norway/#comments Sun, 24 May 2015 14:35:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58400 Deviant Burials: Societal Exclusion of Dead Outlaws in Medieval Norway By Anne Irene Riisøy COLLeGIUM: Studies across Disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.18 (2015) Abstract: In Norway, an outlaw was “placed outside the law” and, after the introduction of Christianity in the eleventh century, the worst kinds of outlaws, perpetrators described in terms revolving […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/24/deviant-burials-societal-exclusion-of-dead-outlaws-in-medieval-norway/feed/ 0 ‘The Halved Heads’: Osteological Evidence for Decapitation in Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2015 01:59:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57862 This paper examines the osteological evidence for decapitation from 30 skeletal assemblages dated to the medieval period (6th to 16th century) from Ireland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 Over 1,000 People Discovered at Medieval Cemetery underneath the University of Cambridge http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/31/medieval-cemetery-discovered-underneath-the-university-of-cambridge/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/31/medieval-cemetery-discovered-underneath-the-university-of-cambridge/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 03:30:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57290 It is believed to be one of the largest graveyards of its kind found in Britain, with as many as 1500 people buried there.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/31/medieval-cemetery-discovered-underneath-the-university-of-cambridge/feed/ 0 Philippa Langley: The End of Richard III and the Beginning of Henry I http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57188 Amidst all the excitement, and the whirlwind that was Richard III's reburial in Leicester, I managed to catch up with one of the world's most famous Ricardians, 'the Kingfinder', Philippa Langley.

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