Medievalists.net » Pomerania http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Szczecin: Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/szczecin-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/szczecin-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:19:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61170 My visit to Berlin included a quick stop across the border to Poland, to visit Szczecin and the Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/szczecin-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/feed/ 0 Nourishment for the Soul – Nourishment for the Body: Animal Remains in Early Medieval Pomeranian Cemeteries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/25/nourishment-soul-nourishment-body-animal-remains-early-medieval-pomeranian-cementeries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/25/nourishment-soul-nourishment-body-animal-remains-early-medieval-pomeranian-cementeries/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:39:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54393 Late medieval sources clearly refer to souls, which in traditional folk beliefs were periodically returning to feed and warm themselves by the fires made by the living. This kind of conception can be merged with Slavic eschatology. There is multiple evidence to confirm that belief some form of spirit or soul was spreading amongst the people, who in the early medieval period, bordered directly with Pomerania.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/25/nourishment-soul-nourishment-body-animal-remains-early-medieval-pomeranian-cementeries/feed/ 0 Labor Markets After the Black Death: Landlord Collusion and the Imposition of Serfdom in Eastern Europe and the Middle East http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/labor-markets-after-the-black-death-landlord-collusion-and-the-imposition-of-serfdom-in-eastern-europe-and-the-middle-east/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/labor-markets-after-the-black-death-landlord-collusion-and-the-imposition-of-serfdom-in-eastern-europe-and-the-middle-east/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:17:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34951 The differences in the imposition of serfdom led to different economic and political effects for the peasantry in Europe. In Western Europe, wages rose, grain prices fell, and the consumption of meat, dairy products, and beer increased. More and more peasants moved into a widening “middle class” that could afford to buy manufactured goods.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/19/labor-markets-after-the-black-death-landlord-collusion-and-the-imposition-of-serfdom-in-eastern-europe-and-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 COUNT IVAN ANŽ FRANKOPAN, THE ROYAL STEWARD OF THE ESTATE IN SWEDEN 1426 – 1434 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/count-ivan-anz-frankopan-the-royal-steward-of-the-estate-in-sweden-1426-1434/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/count-ivan-anz-frankopan-the-royal-steward-of-the-estate-in-sweden-1426-1434/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21252 COUNT IVAN ANŽ FRANKOPAN, THE ROYAL STEWARD OF THE ESTATE IN SWEDEN1426 – 1434 Ibler, Malden Croatian History (2005) Abstract Within the framework of medieval history of Europe and its own geostrategic location, Scandinavian royalties and nobility entertained contacts with central and western Europe. Less known however, is the relationship between Eric of Pomerania, the King […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/count-ivan-anz-frankopan-the-royal-steward-of-the-estate-in-sweden-1426-1434/feed/ 0 Dealing with the Past and Planning for the Future: Contested Memories, Conflicted Loyalties, and the Partition and Donation of the Duchy of Pomerania http://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/24/dealing-with-the-past-and-planning-for-the-future-contested-memories-conflicted-loyalties-and-the-partition-and-donation-of-the-duchy-of-pomerania/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/24/dealing-with-the-past-and-planning-for-the-future-contested-memories-conflicted-loyalties-and-the-partition-and-donation-of-the-duchy-of-pomerania/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 00:42:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=8221 Dealing with the Past and Planning for the Future: Contested Memories, Conflicted Loyalties, and the Partition and Donation of the Duchy of Pomerania Session: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages By Paul Milliman, University of Arizona This paper deals with the Pomeranian Prince, Mściwój II, Poland and the duchy of Pomerania. Mściwój needed someone to […]

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