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Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015

Medievalists.net — Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000

Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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10 Creepy Things to See at the Louvre That Are Better Than the Mona Lisa

Medievalists.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:14:48 +0000

If you're an ancient historian, a medievalist, or early modernist, there are so many other amazing pieces and works of art a the Louvre other than these two tourist staples. Here is my list of cool, creepy, unusual and better than the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris.

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Petrus Hispanus (circa 1215-1277) and ‘The Treasury of the Poor’

Medievalists.net — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:26:37 +0000

The identity of Petrus Hispanus is a matter of some controversy. Part of the problem is centred on the fact that 'Hispanus' covers the general region of the Iberian Peninsula, referred to in medieval times as 'las Españas' (the Spains), incorporating both present day Spain and Portgual.

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The Power of Word: Preachers in Medieval Dubrovnik

Medievalists.net — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:22:07 +0000

In the pastoral of the Franciscan and Dominican orders preaching became the principal task of their mission. Preaching manuals represented the basis of the new art. The preachers also used sermon collections, Bible concordances and exempla collections.

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Narratives of resistance: arguments against the mendicants in the works of Matthew Paris and William of Saint-Amour

Medievalists.net — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:27:22 +0000

The rise of the new mendicant orders, foremost the Franciscans and Dominicans, is one of the great success stories of thirteenth-century Europe. Combining apostolic poverty with sophisticated organization and university learning, they brought much needed improvements to pastoral care in the growing cities.

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The Friars Preachers: The First Hundred Years of the Dominican Order

Medievalists.net — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:40:55 +0000

When Dominic of Caleruega began preaching in southern France in the early 1200s, he would have had no idea of the far reaching influence that the band of men he would attract would leave such a broad and enduring influence on medieval history.

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Saints’ Cults in Medieval Livonia

Medievalists.net — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:06:50 +0000

Saints' cults played a crucial role in medieval society. Although we know very little about the beliefs and rituals of the indigenous peoples of Livonia, either before or after the thirteenth-century conquest, we may assume that the process of Christianization must have caused major changes in their religious practices.

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Renaissance attachment to things: material culture in last wills and testaments

Medievalists.net — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:21:43 +0000

Renaissance attachment to things: material culture in last wills and testaments Samuel Cohn, Jr. Economic History Review: University of Glasgow, 19 October (2012) Abstract Over the past decade ‘material culture’ has become a sub-discipline of Italian Renaissance studies. This literature, however, has focused on the rich and their objects preserved in museums or reflected in […]

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The Calamitous Fourteenth Century in England: All Doom and Gloom?

Medievalists.net — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:52:29 +0000

This was a fantastic paper given at the Crown and Country in Late medieval England session at KZOO. There were only two papers but both were interesting and enjoyable. This paper delved into the history of science in late medieval England and examined why the fourteenth century, a time that is usually synonymous with doom and gloom, plague and uprising, wasn't all that bad upon closer observation.

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Teaching the Creed and Articles of Faith in England: Lateran IV to Ignorantia sacerdotum

Medievalists.net — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:24:33 +0000

The broad conclusion of this thesis is that the available evidence shows that the basic principles of Christian doctrine were available both to the lower clergy who would preach and teach the Creed and Articles of Faith and also to the laity who would receive this preaching and instruction.

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