Future Research Directions for European Castle Studies
Future Research Directions for European Castle Studies Session: New Directions in Castle Research By Kieran D. O’Conor, National University of Ireland – Galway…
Norman Imposition: The Medieval Castle and the Urban Space, 1050–1150
Norman Imposition: The Medieval Castle and the Urban Space, 1050–1150 Session: New Directions in European Castle Research – May 14, 2010 By Michael…
The Court of Charlemagne: Lay Participants in the Aula Renovata
The Court of Charlemagne: Lay Participants in the Aula Renovata Session: Carolingian Studies: Secular Culture II – May 13th By Jennifer Davis, Catholic…
Interview with Richard Britnell
Richard Britnell, professor emeritus at Durham University, is a renowned medieval historian in the area of economic and social history for medieval England and the British Isles. We speak to him about his research, including his latest book – Land and Family. Trends and Local Variations in the Peasant Land Market on the Winchester Bishopric Estates, 1263-1415.
Some Observations on Infanticide in Medieval Muslim Society
Some Observations on Infanticide in Medieval Muslim Society By Avner Giladi International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, (1990) Introduction:…
A Case of Indifference? Child Murder in Later Medieval England
Infanticide was a felony in the Middle Ages and neither jurors nor royal officials treated child murder with indifference. Nevertheless, it is clear that both gender and marital status guided the courts in their decisions throughout the legal process in terms of indicting, prosecuting, and sentencing defendants in cases of child murder.
Childhood in Medieval England, c.500-1500
Then as now, children liked playing with toys. Then as now, they had a culture of their own, encompassing slang, toys, and games.
Cumque nullus rusticorum fugitivo obediret: Exile, Gift-Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh-Century Poland and Rus’
“Exile, Gift Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh Century Poland and Rus” Session: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages – May 13th By…
The Astronomer
The Astronomer by Lawrence Goldstone Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, April 27, 2010 ISBN:9780802719867 Lawrence Goldstone’s The Astronomer is set against the political and religious…
The Black Death and Property Rights
The Black Death visited unprecedented mortality rates on Europe, realigning relative values of factors of production, and in consequence the costs and benefits of defining and enforcing property rights.
Be rihtre æwe: legislating and regulating marital morality in late Anglo-Saxon England
This thesis examines some projects of moral regulation, implemented by the agents of the church and king in the late Anglo-Saxon period, which sought to modify and govern marital conduct.
The Nature-Nurture Debate in Thirteenth-Century France
It relates the story of a young woman, named Silence, raised by her parents and later guardians as a boy, in order to protect her from a new, unjust inheritance law, which forbade inheritance by women. Her training is quite successful, and she soon proves the equal, indeed the superior, of any male peers in riding, hunting, wrestling, skill at arms, and musical talent.
Anxieties of Attachment: The Dynamics of Courtship in Medieval India
Anxieties of Attachment: The Dynamics of Courtship in Medieval India By Daud Ali Modern Asian Studies, Vol.36:1 (2002) Introduction: The copious literature on…
The myth of minority : cultural change in Valencia in the thirteenth century at the time of the conquests of James I of Aragon
The myth of minority : cultural change in Valencia in the thirteenth century at the time of the conquests of James I of…
Women and Cows – Ownership and Work in Medieval Sweden
In this paper, I will be looking at butter making as a woman’s occupation.
Coping in medieval prisons
Coping in medieval prisons By Guy Geltner Continuity and Change, Vol.23:1 (2008) Abstract: Based on archival research in several Italian city-states, this article…
Consumption patterns and living conditions inside Het Steen, the late medieval prison of Malines (Mechelen, Belgium)
Consumption patterns and living conditions inside Het Steen, the late medieval prison of Malines (Mechelen, Belgium) By Liesbeth Troubleyn et al. Journal of…
Food, Status and Religion in England in the Middle Ages: An Archaeozoological Perspective
Food, Status and Religion in England in the Middle Ages: An Archaeozoological Perspective By Annie Grant Anthropozoologica, Special Issue (1988) Introduction: Popular images…
Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland
Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland By Orri Vésteinsson, Thomas H McGovern and Christian Keller…
The Claims of Poverty: Literature, Culture, and Ideology in Late Medieval England
The Claims of Poverty: Literature, Culture, and Ideology in Late Medieval England By Kate Crassons University of Notre Dame Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-268-02302-7…
Book Review – Under Heaven
By Guy Gavriel Kay Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, March 30, 2010 ISBN: 9780670068098 Guy Gavriel Kay is one of the best known writers…
Peering into the Middle Ages – Brock University Symposium on Medieval Documents
Peering into the Middle Ages – The Brock University Symposium on Medieval Documents Brock University in Canada showcased three incredible medieval documents Friday,…
Vengeance in the Middle Ages
Vengeance in the Middle Ages: Emotion, Religion and Feud Edited by Susanna A. Throop and Paul R. Hyams Ashgate Publishing, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6421-5…
The Foundations of Gentry Life: The Multons of Frampton and their World 1270-1370
The Foundations of Gentry Life: The Multons of Frampton and their World 1270-1370 By Peter Coss Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-19-956000-4 In…
Pulling the Witness by the Ear: A Riddle from the Medieval Ragusan Sources
Medievalists are particularly haunted by the question of whether the records mirror what was typical, or, contrarily, the very fact that something was not typical or commonplace guided the recorders to write it down.