Byzantines in the Florentine polis: Ideology, Statecraft and Ritual during the Council of Florence
Byzantines in the Florentine polis: Ideology, Statecraft and Ritual during the Council of Florence By Stuart M. McManus Journal of the Oxford University…
The role of Frankish and Papal missi in diplomatic exchanges in the eighth century
This article now turns to this collection of letters in order to examine diplomacy between pope and king by looking at the frequently-mentioned missi, the men who carried their correspondence and in doing so represented them abroad.
The Borja Family: Historiography, Legend and Literature
The Borja Family: Historiography, Legend and Literature By Eulàlia Duran Catalan Historical Review, Vol.1 (2008) Abstract: The Borja family from Valencia (the Italian spelling is…
James I and his Era: Brief Analysis of a Major Political and Cultural Inheritance
James I, like his contemporaries Emperor Frederick II and Fernando III of Castile, was a major figure of the Mediterranean and Iberian Middle Ages.
The Sons of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad and the Politics of Puppets: Where Did It All Start?
The Sons of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad and the Politics of Puppets: Where Did It All Start? By Frédéric Bauden Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.13:1 (2009) Introduction: The…
The Monarchy with David Starkey
The Monarchy with David Starkey Lecture given on November 19, 2005 More than the biographies of the kings and queens of England, this…
The Christian Companion: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch
“The Christian Companion”: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch By Linda G. Jones Anuario de Estudios Medievales,…
Perspectives of Power: Byzantine Imperial Women
Perspectives of Power: Byzantine Imperial Women By Carina Nilsson Preteritus, Vol 1 (2009) Abstract: This paper offers a brief overview of my preliminary M.A.…
Forests as Exercises in Medieval Power
It has been estimated by historian and professor Charles R. Young that during the thirteenth century one quarter of the land in England was designated as royal forest.
When the Serenissima and the Gran Turco Made Love: The Peace Treaty of 1478
When the Serenissima and the Gran Turco Made Love: The Peace Treaty of 1478 By Diana Gilliland Wright and Pierre A. MacKay Studi Veneziani,…
The First Venetian Love Letter? The Testament of Zorzi Cernovich
This paper explores the more personal side of the Cernovich drama, but it was a drama played our against their personal background of constant political haggling, private messages, deals and betrayals, within a larger context of more important rulers and a major war.
Lucca in the Signoria of Paolo Guinigi, 1400-1430
Lucca in the Signoria of Paolo Guinigi, 1400-1430 By Ken Johnson PhD Dissertation, University of North Texas, 2002 Abstract: This study analyzes the…
The Ottoman influences on Croatia in the second half of the fifteenth century
The article discusses political, social, economic and demographic consequences of the Ottoman attacks on the Croatian territories during the second half of the 15th century.
Bridging Europe and Africa: Norman Sicily’s Other Kingdom
The Norman conquest of Sicily, completed by 1091, shifted the largest Mediterranean island away from the sphere of influence of the eastern Maghrib, integrating it into a new Latin Christian framework.
The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered
The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered By Neil Strevitt Anglo-Norman Studies v.24 (2004) Introduction: In July 1101, Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy…
Civilizing the Natives: State Formation and the Tudor Monarchy, c.1400-1603
From the 12th to the 17th centuries, however, the English monarchy adapted and exploited the theory in its dealings with the neighbouring Christian peoples of the British Isles, denigrating the Irish, Scots, and Welsh as primitive savages and barbarians
Geopolitical Relations in the European Middle Ages: History and Theory
What was the nature of feudalism in the European Middle Ages? How did the specicity of the feudal mode of social organization inform wider forms of medieval geopolitical relations? What distinguishes them from modern and early modern interstate relations? What are the implications for IR theory?
Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch. The case of the Mamluk sultan Baybars and the Ilkhans in the 13th century
Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch. The case of the Mamluk sultan Baybars and the Ilkhans in the 13th century By Denise Aigle Representing…
Understanding peace in 13th century German culture. Were the Rhenish league and town leagues “coniurationes”?
Understanding peace in 13th century German culture. Were the Rhenish league and town leagues “coniurationes”? By Ossi Kokkonen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: In…
Castleford’s Lost Chronicle: The Historic Imagination in Yorkshire
The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an intersting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim By Paul Strohm Chapter 4 of Hochon’s Arrow: The Social Imagination…
AT SMYRJA KONUNG TIL VELDIS: ROYAL LEGITIMATION IN SNORRI STURLUSON’S MAGNÚSS SAGA ERLINGSSONAR
AT SMYRJA KONUNG TIL VELDIS: ROYAL LEGITIMATION IN SNORRI STURLUSON’S MAGNÚSS SAGA ERLINGSSONAR WANNER, KEVIN J. VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book p.…
The Byzantines in the West in the Sixth Century
The Byzantines in the West in the Sixth Century By John Morehead The New Cambridge Medieval History, ed. Paul Fouracre (Cambridge University Press,…
Dynastic Burials in Kiev before 1240
Dynastic Burials in Kiev before 1240 By Martin Dimnik Ruthenica, Vol. 7 (2008) Introduction: Around 880 Prince Oleg proclaimed Kiev to be the ‘mother…
The trip of the Great Persian Embassies to Byzantium during the reign of Justinian I (527-565) and its logistics
The trip of the Great Persian Embassies to Byzantium during the reign of Justinian I (527-565) and its logistics By Ioannis Dimitroukas BYZANTINA…