Medievalists.net » Netherlands http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 10 Medieval and Renaissance Things to See at the Victoria and Albert Museum http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/09/10-medieval-renaissance-things-see-victoria-albert-museum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/09/10-medieval-renaissance-things-see-victoria-albert-museum/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 08:49:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53123 My latest visit to the Victoria and Albert Musuem: 10 Medieval and Renaissance Things to See at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/09/10-medieval-renaissance-things-see-victoria-albert-museum/feed/ 0 Northern Renaissance? Burgundy And Netherlandish Art In Fifteenth-Century Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/northern-renaissance-burgundy-netherlandish-art-fifteenth-century-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/northern-renaissance-burgundy-netherlandish-art-fifteenth-century-europe/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:44:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52127 Everyone who has studied medieval or modern history knows that the periodisation of the eras on either side of the Renaissance provides much food for thought. This contribution aims irst to address the usefulness of the widespread concept of the ‘Northern Renaissance’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/northern-renaissance-burgundy-netherlandish-art-fifteenth-century-europe/feed/ 0 Amending the Ascetic: Community and Character in the Old English Life of St. Mary of Egypt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:44:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51814 Among the most eligible saints for such treatment, Mary of Egypt deserves particular consideration: her popularity is evidenced by over a hundred extant Greek manuscripts of her Life and her uniquely prominent position in the Lenten liturgical cycle in the Eastern Church.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/amending-ascetic-community-character-old-english-life-st-mary-egypt/feed/ 0 Living la vita apostolica: Life expectancy and mortality of nuns in late-medieval Holland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/28/living-la-vita-apostolica-life-expectancy-mortality-nuns-late-medieval-holland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/28/living-la-vita-apostolica-life-expectancy-mortality-nuns-late-medieval-holland/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:34:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51420 Living la vita apostolica: Life expectancy and mortality of nuns in late-medieval Holland Jaco Zuijderduijn (Utrecht University ) Centre for Global Economic History: Utrecht University, Working Paper No. 44, June (2013) Abstract Data on vital events of medieval women are extremely scarce. We use a dataset based on a necrology of nuns in late-medieval Holland […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/28/living-la-vita-apostolica-life-expectancy-mortality-nuns-late-medieval-holland/feed/ 0 CONFERENCES: Renaissance Drinking Culture and Renaissance Drinking Vessels http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/29/conferences-renaissance-drinking-culture-renaissance-drinking-vessels/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/29/conferences-renaissance-drinking-culture-renaissance-drinking-vessels/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 15:21:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49968 This paper took a closer look at Renaissance drinking vessels and drinking culture and examined the types of vessels commonly used in Italy and the Netherlands during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/29/conferences-renaissance-drinking-culture-renaissance-drinking-vessels/feed/ 0 Herb-workers and Heretics: Beguines, Bakhtin and the Basques http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/herb-workers-heretics-beguines-bakhtin-basques/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/herb-workers-heretics-beguines-bakhtin-basques/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:31:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48474 During the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the word beguine was used by women to identify themselves as members of a wide-spread and influential women's movement. The same term was used by their detractors and overt opponents, with the highly charged negative meaning of "heretic." The etymology of the term “beguine” and ultimate origins of the movement have never been satisfactorily explained.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/herb-workers-heretics-beguines-bakhtin-basques/feed/ 0 Dutch medieval bone and antler combs http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/18/dutch-medieval-bone-antler-combs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/18/dutch-medieval-bone-antler-combs/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:35:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48392 Bone and antler combs are common finds in medieval northern europe. Two major types occur in the netherlands: the composite comb, usually made of antler, and the longbone comb.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/18/dutch-medieval-bone-antler-combs/feed/ 0 Transformations of Print into Painting: A Case Study of the Context of Prints in an Illustrated Brigittine Psalter http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/transformations-of-print-into-painting-a-case-study-of-the-context-of-prints-in-an-illustrated-brigittine-psalter/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/transformations-of-print-into-painting-a-case-study-of-the-context-of-prints-in-an-illustrated-brigittine-psalter/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 01:30:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46588 This liturgical psalter raises issues of the production and consumption of religious texts in convents in the northern Netherlands.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/transformations-of-print-into-painting-a-case-study-of-the-context-of-prints-in-an-illustrated-brigittine-psalter/feed/ 0 New Insights from the Metal Detected Brooches of Early Medieval Frisia http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/new-insights-from-the-metal-detected-brooches-of-early-medieval-frisia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/new-insights-from-the-metal-detected-brooches-of-early-medieval-frisia/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:36:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45516 My research undertook the bulk analysis of over 600 copper alloy brooches by hhXRF and onsite morphological analysis at repositories in the north of Holland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/new-insights-from-the-metal-detected-brooches-of-early-medieval-frisia/feed/ 0 Into the frontier: medieval land reclamation and the creation of new societies. Comparing Holland and the Po Valley, 800-1500 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/into-the-frontier-medieval-land-reclamation-and-the-creation-of-new-societies-comparing-holland-and-the-po-valley-800-1500/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/into-the-frontier-medieval-land-reclamation-and-the-creation-of-new-societies-comparing-holland-and-the-po-valley-800-1500/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:15:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43938 In the paper it is shown that medieval land reclamation led to the emergence of two very divergent societies, characterised by a number of different configurations; (a) power and property structure, (b) modes of exploitation, (c) economic portfolios, and (d) commodity markets.

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