Medievalists.net » Prussia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A Comparative Analysis Of Early Medieval North-West Slavonic And West Baltic Sacred Landscapes http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/comparative-analysis-early-medieval-north-west-slavonic-west-baltic-sacred-landscapes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/comparative-analysis-early-medieval-north-west-slavonic-west-baltic-sacred-landscapes/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:38:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47621 The major aim of our paper is to present a comparative analysis of early medieval north-west Slavonic and Prussian objects and places which are interpreted in a sacral context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/comparative-analysis-early-medieval-north-west-slavonic-west-baltic-sacred-landscapes/feed/ 0 The Pagans and the Other: Varying Presentations in the Early Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/06/the-pagans-and-the-other-varying-presentations-in-the-early-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/06/the-pagans-and-the-other-varying-presentations-in-the-early-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:44:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42652 The Pagans and the Other: Varying Presentations in the Early Middle Ages Ian Wood Networks and Neighbours, Volume One, Number One (2013) Abstract This paper discusses the position of the pagan ‘Other’ in medieval thought, arguing that although Paganism was alien to the Christian, churchmen wanted above all to bring the pagans into the Christian […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/06/the-pagans-and-the-other-varying-presentations-in-the-early-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Holy Roman Empire, the Schmalkald League, and the Idea of Confessional Nation-Building http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-holy-roman-empire-the-schmalkald-league-and-the-idea-of-confessional-nation-building/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-holy-roman-empire-the-schmalkald-league-and-the-idea-of-confessional-nation-building/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:40:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36452 Recent research on nationalism draws a fundamental heuristic distinc- tion between political and cultural nationalism. Scholars define the his- torian’s task as the analysis of political and cultural nationalism in each historic context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-holy-roman-empire-the-schmalkald-league-and-the-idea-of-confessional-nation-building/feed/ 0 Reflection of European Sarmatia in Early Cartography http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/23/reflection-of-european-sarmatia-in-early-cartography/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/23/reflection-of-european-sarmatia-in-early-cartography/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:50:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35074 While looking for the origins of the state of Lithuania, it is the study of old maps that helps solve a number of riddles, so far weighing on the history of our nation. Historical data, traced in maps and their images, unrestricted by any political, religious or pseudo- scientific taboos, allow us to cast a broad view on the dim and distant past of our state.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/23/reflection-of-european-sarmatia-in-early-cartography/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 The idea of Christian chivalry in the chronicles of the Teutonic Order http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/15/the-idea-of-christian-chivalry-in-the-chronicles-of-the-teutonic-order/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/15/the-idea-of-christian-chivalry-in-the-chronicles-of-the-teutonic-order/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:41:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32797 This thesis has as its subject matter the chronicles written by members of the Teutonic Order to describe and justify the crusades undertaken by the Order in Prussia and Lithuania in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/15/the-idea-of-christian-chivalry-in-the-chronicles-of-the-teutonic-order/feed/ 0 Horses and Crossbows: Two Important Warfare Advantages of the Teutonic Order in Prussia http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/31/horses-and-crossbows-two-important-warfare-advantages-of-the-teutonic-order-in-prussia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/31/horses-and-crossbows-two-important-warfare-advantages-of-the-teutonic-order-in-prussia/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:21:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23536 The combination of these two developments made it possible for the Order's garrisons to withstand long sieges, provided they had sufficient supplies of food, weapons and crossbow bolts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/31/horses-and-crossbows-two-important-warfare-advantages-of-the-teutonic-order-in-prussia/feed/ 0 Henry Monte and the Prussian Rising of 1260 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/07/henry-monte-and-the-prussian-rising-of-1260/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/07/henry-monte-and-the-prussian-rising-of-1260/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:27:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17989 Henry Monte and the Prussian Rising of 1260 Urban, William (Monmouth College) LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Volume 24, No.2 – Summer (1978) Abstract Little is known about the greatest hero of the Prussian rebellion of 1260, the man who led his people for twelve years against the Teutonic Knights and their crusader allied […]

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