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A Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of Holy War and the Idealized Topos of Holy Warrior In Medieval Anatolian And European Sources

Medievalists.net — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 05:19:33 +0000

This thesis focuses on the relations between the idea of holy war and the portrayals of holy warriors in medieval narratives composed by those in the service of power-holders.

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The Secret Attack on Gallipoli in 1473

Medievalists.net — Sun, 10 May 2015 15:49:54 +0000

During the Venetian-Ottoman wars, a group of seven men attempted a secret attack on the Ottoman base at Gallipoli. The attack did not go completely as planned...

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Lasting Falls and Wishful Recoveries: Crusading in the Black Sea Region after the Fall of Constantinople

Medievalists.net — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 03:52:47 +0000

This paper examines the Black Sea question in the second half of the 15th century, with special emphasis on crusading and religious questions.

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The Impalings of Vlad the Impaler

Medievalists.net — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:41:11 +0000

One of the most infamous chararacters from the Middle Ages was Vlad III Dracula, the prince of Wallachia. Here is the story of how he gained the name of 'the Impaler'.

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War-Winning Weapons? On the Decisiveness of Ottoman Firearms from the Siege of Constantinople (1453) to the Battle of Mohács (1526)

Medievalists.net — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:12:32 +0000

How important a role did gunpowder weapons play in these Ottoman victories? The following re-examination of selected sieges and battles attempts to answer this question.

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The Book of Felicity

Medievalists.net — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:52:33 +0000

The Book of Felicity features descriptions of the twelve signs of the zodiac accompanied by splendid miniatures; a series of paintings showing how human circumstances are influenced by the planets; astrological and astronomical tables; and an enigmatic treatise on fortune telling.

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Banditry and the Clash of Powers in 14th-Century Thrace: Momcilo and his Fragmented Memory

Medievalists.net — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:54:59 +0000

In the 14th century, a time of civil wars, religious and dynastic strifes, epidemics, natural disasters and miserable living conditions for the wider strata in the cities and the countryside that increased migratory movements, banditry, an indigenous phenomenon in the Balkan mountainous regions, intermingled with the intensified political struggles.

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Medieval Perspectives: Jean de Waurin and His Perception of the Turks in Anatolia in the Late Middle Ages

Medievalists.net — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:54:26 +0000

This paper discusses the reasons Wavrin wrote his account of the crusade of Varna and Walerin de Wavrin’s expedition into the Balkans, which was later published within his history of Britain and how he perceived and accordingly presented the Turks to the renaissance readers.

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The Visit of King Sigismund to England, 1416

Medievalists.net — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:36:44 +0000

In their chapter-length account of Sigismund's visit to England in 1416, James Hamilton Wylie and William Templeton Waugh remark that, though this was the first and only visit by a Holy Roman Emperor to England during the Middle Ages, aside from an immediate political gain, in the treaty signed by Sigismund and Henry V to defend each other against the French, the impact in terms of anecdote or literature is virtually nil; and they conclude somewhat ironically, "The most notable momento of Sigismund's stay in England is his sword, which is now one of the insignia of the corporation of York."

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Slaves, Money Lenders, and Prisoner Guards: The Jews and the Trade in Slaves and Captives in the Crimean Khanate

Medievalists.net — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 07:50:33 +0000

Trade in slaves and captives was one of the most important (if not the most important) sources of income of the Crimean Khanate in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.

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