How To Use a Medieval Pilgrimage Shrine: Pilgrims’ Interaction with Architecture and its Furnishings
The 31st Annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians How To Use a Medieval Pilgrimage Shrine: Pilgrims’ Interaction with Architecture and its Furnishings…
Two Paintings of the Maestà: The Intersection of Art and Politics in Fourteenth-Century Siena
Two Paintings of the Maestà: The Intersection of Art and Politics in Fourteenth-Century Siena By Gilbert Jones Paper given at the Fifth Annual…
The Archaeology of the Streets of North Berwick and Implications for the Development of the Burgh
The Archaeology of the Streets of North Berwick and Implications for the Development of the Burgh By Kirsty Dingwall Scottish Archaeological Internet Report…
Building Medieval Constantinople
Building Medieval Constantinople By Robert Ousterhout Proceedings of the PMR Conference, Volume 19-20 (1994-1996) Introduction: The visitor to modem Istanbul is often struck…
‘Visualising the Late Antique City’ project receives funding
A new archaeological research project at the University of Kent will reconstruct urban life in cities such as Constantinople during a period of…
Water-related Infrastructure in Medieval London
Water-related Infrastructure in Medieval London By Roger D. Hansen Published Online (2004) Abstract: There were elements of London’s historic water and wastewater system…
Patterns of Hospitality: Aspects of Institutionalisation in 15th and 16th Centuries Nuremberg Healthcare
Patterns of Hospitality: Aspects of Institutionalisation in 15th and 16th Centuries Nuremberg Healthcare By Fritz Dross Hygiea Internationalis, Vol.9:1 (2010) Introduction: Beginning in…
The development of London by King Alfred: a reassessment
The development of London by King Alfred: a reassessment By Jeremy Haslam Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Vol.61 (2010) Abstract:…
Genoese Trade with Syria in the Twelfth Century
Genoese Trade with Syria in the Twelfth Century By Eugene H Byrne The American Historical Review, Vol.25:2 (1920) Introduction: The economic significance of…
Venice: An Eastern City in the West
Venice had always seen itself as an Eastern city rather than a Western city. The art, architecture and religious customs of medieval and Renaissance Venice all reflect this self-perception
Religious Backlash Against the Pazzi Conspiracy
Had the conspiracy been successful, it would have marked not just the effective end to the house of Medici, but a sharp turn in the path of Florentine history.
THE SEPHARDIM DIASPORA: A MODEL OF FORCED MIGRATION AND CONFISCATION
THE SEPHARDIM DIASPORA: A MODEL OF FORCED MIGRATION AND CONFISCATION Faria, João Ricardo Studies in Economics from the Department of Economics, University of…
Canons and Cities: Cathedral Chapters and Their Social Composition in Medieval Portugal
Canons and Cities: Cathedral Chapters and Their Social Composition in Medieval Portugal Vilar, Hermínia Vasconcelos (Universidade de Évora – CIDEHUS) e-Journal of Portuguese History,…
Salvage Recording of Romano-British, Saxon, Medieval, and Post-Medieval remains at North Street, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Salvage Recording of Romano-British, Saxon, Medieval, and Post-Medieval remains at North Street, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire Saville, Alan Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc 103 (1985) Abstract…
‘Privies and Other Filthiness…’ The Environment of Late Medieval Aberdeen c.1399-1650
This talk will look at aspects of public hygiene in medieval Aberdeen with specific focus on the streets.
Another Look at the Uprising of the Townsmen of Vic (1181-1183)
Another Look at the Uprising of the Townsmen of Vic (1181-1183) By Paul H. Freedman Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia, No.20-21 (1999) Introduction:…
Food and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries in Medieval England
In this chapter, both zooarchaeological and historical evidence are used to explore variation in patterns of consumption among different sectors of medieval English society (ca. A.D. 1066-1520).
The Black Death and the origins of the ‘Great Divergence’ across Europe, 1300–1600
One important recent theme emerging from the literature on early modern Europe is that some of the key structural and institutional changes that are responsible for the increases in incomes may have taken place rather early, in the late medieval period or in the era of the Black Death.
The Right to Punish: Jurisdictional Disputes between Royal and Municipal Officials in Medieval Toulouse
The Right to Punish: Jurisdictional Disputes between Royal and Municipal Officials in Medieval Toulouse By Patricia Turning French History, Vol.24:1 (2010) Abstract: Over…
‘Bastard Urbanism’? Past Forms of Cities in the Alpine Area of Tyrol-Trentino
‘Bastard Urbanism’? Past Forms of Cities in the Alpine Area of Tyrol-Trentino By Hannes Obermair Concilium medii aevi, Vol.10 (2007) Introduction: In this…
Self-Representation of Court and City in Flanders and Brabant in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries
Self-Representation of Court and City in Flanders and Brabant in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries BLOCKMANS, WIM DONCKERS, ESTHER Leiden University (1999)…
Water management in Milan and Lombardy in medieval times: an outline
Water management in Milan and Lombardy in medieval times: an outline By Giuliana Fantoni Journal of Water and Land Development, Vol.12 (2008) Abstract:…
Towns and Defence in Later Medieval Germany
Towns and Defence in Later Medieval Germany By David Eltis Nottingham Medieval Studies, Vol.33 (1989) Introduction: The future pope Pius II was astonished to…
Scottish Portias: Women in the Courts in Mediaeval Scottish Towns
Scottish Portias: Women in the Courts in Mediaeval Scottish Towns By Elizabeth Ewan Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, Vol.3:1 (1992) Abstract: By…
A Mediterranean Jewish Quarter and Its Architectural Legacy: The Giudecca of Trani, Italy (1000–1550)
A Mediterranean Jewish Quarter and Its Architectural Legacy: The Giudecca of Trani, Italy (1000–1550) By Mauro Bertagnin, Ilham Khuri Makdisi and Susan Gilson…