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Medieval Lisbon: Castelo de São Jorge

Medievalists.net — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:07:32 +0000

Above Lisbon’s skyline of colourful tiled houses and red roofs lies Castelo de São Jorge, a dominating, but beautiful, 11th century fortress in the heart of this vibrant city...

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Genoa: The cog in the new medieval economy

Medievalists.net — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:07:59 +0000

Journalist and author Nicholas Walton writes about medieval Genoa's economy, trade and role in the Black Death. Walton recently published a book on Genoese history entitled, "Genoa: La Superba"

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BOOK REVIEW: Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower by Nicholas Walton

Medievalists.net — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:54:10 +0000

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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‘De civitatis utriusque, terrenae scilicet et caelestis’: Foundation Narratives and the Epic Portrayal of the First Crusade

Medievalists.net — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:12:59 +0000

My summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical research on the accounts of Antioch and Jerusalem during the First Crusade.

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The Morality of Misogyny: The Case of Rustico Filippi, Vituperator of Women

Medievalists.net — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:32:42 +0000

At the outset of his influential study on Rabelais, Mikhail Bakhtin makes an interesting observation. The scholar dedicates several pages to detail how the French author’s critical reception changed over time. Bakhtin illustrates how the attempt to comprehend an author can frequently be stymied by the cultural changes that occur across the centuries.

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Intellectual Cartographic Spaces: Alfonso X, the Wise and the Foundation of the Studium Generale of Seville

Medievalists.net — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:10:05 +0000

This dissertation, "Intellectual Cartographic Spaces: Alfonso X, the Wise and the Foundations of the Studium Generale of Seville," I reevaluate Spain's medieval history, specifically focusing on the role of Alfonso X and his court in the development of institutions of higher education in thirteenth-century Andalusia.

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Dental and oral diseases in Medieval Persia, lessons from Hedayat Akhawayni

Medievalists.net — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:22:57 +0000

Persian physicians had a great role in assimilation and expansion of medical sciences during the medieval period and Islamic golden age.

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Latin Patrons, Greek Fathers: St Bartholomew of Simeri and Byzantine Monastic Reform in Norman Italy, 11th-12th Centuries

Medievalists.net — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:56:16 +0000

St Bartholomew of Simeri (ca. 1050-1130), a Greek monastic founder and reformer from Calabria, saw the effective end of Byzantine imperial power in southern Italy in 1071, the conquest of Muslim Palermo by Robert Guiscard the following year, and the rise of the Norman kingdom of Roger II at the end of his life.

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Medicine and surgery in the Livre des Assises de la Cour des Bourgeois de Jérusalem

Medievalists.net — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:50:40 +0000

The Livre des Assises, written in the thirteenth century in Acre, not only provides insights into the practice of medicine and surgery in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, but also suggests that the licensing and regulation of doctors reflected contemporary Islamic practice.

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Race, Periodicity, and the (Neo-) Middle Ages

Medievalists.net — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:54:07 +0000

My goal is to intervene in ongoing discussions of race and periodicity, particularly vis-à-vis medieval culture, in order to investigate the informing role of the medieval and more particularly of medievalisms in the construction, representation, and perpetuation of modern racisms.

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