Medievalists.net » Nubia 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 Conversion and Empire: Byzantine Missionaries, Foreign Rulers, and Christian Narratives (ca. 300-900) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/conversion-and-empire-byzantine-missionaries-foreign-rulers-and-christian-narratives-ca-300-900/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/conversion-and-empire-byzantine-missionaries-foreign-rulers-and-christian-narratives-ca-300-900/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:08:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37709 For a broader modern audience today, if taken somewhat journalistically, Pusicius’ story is an example that cuts along cultural and religious lines that presumably originate in ancient, political divisions and confirm a “clash of civilizations” thesis.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/conversion-and-empire-byzantine-missionaries-foreign-rulers-and-christian-narratives-ca-300-900/feed/ 0 The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244-1366) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:03:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37697 The chronological period of study is highlighted by the usurpation of the Ayyūbid-ruled Sultanate by the Baḥrī Mamlūks, while the two most important political-military events in the region were the collapse of the Crusader States and the invasion of the Mongols. This thesis will examine how events impacted on the nine Christian Confessions, treating each separately.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-indigenous-christians-of-the-arabic-middle-east-in-an-age-of-crusaders-mongols-and-mamluks-1244-1366/feed/ 0 Researchers explore lives of medieval Nubians from hundreds of skeletons http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/21/researchers-explore-lives-on-medieval-nubians-from-hundreds-of-skeletons/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/21/researchers-explore-lives-on-medieval-nubians-from-hundreds-of-skeletons/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:57:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29509 Research being carried out on the remains of hundreds of men, women and children from medieval Nubia has revealed they were plagued by meager diets, high infant mortality and diseases such as scurvy and tuberculosis.

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