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How Well Do You Know the Seventh Century?

Medievalists.net — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:36:12 +0000

Ten questions to the test your knowledge of the 600s.

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The First Arab Siege of Constantinople

Medievalists.net — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 23:41:56 +0000

The details of the siege remain, however, shrouded in mystery: its exact dates (670–7 or 674–8?) and length (4 or 7 years?) are a matter of controversy; it is disputed whether the Arabs subjected Constantinople to a regular siege or only to a naval blockade; and the overall logic of events is far from clear.

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The Bones of St. Cuthbert: Defining a Saint’s Cult in Medieval Northumbria

Medievalists.net — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:57:24 +0000

This paper investigates the social, political, and religious changes and tensions which surrounded the cult of St. Cuthbert in medieval Northumbria. Specific comparisons are made between the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods in English history, and how St. Cuthbert's cult responded to the Norman Conquest in 1066.

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Bede’s Temple as History

Medievalists.net — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:13:29 +0000

Another IHR paper, this time, a talk given about Bede’s writing and his interest in the image of the Temple and its relation to Christianity. This paper also examined how Bede’s views shifted over time. How did Bede view Judaism? Was he truly ambivalent?

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Rethinking Hardown Hill: Our Westernmost Early Anglo-Saxon Cemetery?

Medievalists.net — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:19:24 +0000

This paper reassesses the early Anglo-Saxon assemblage from Hardown Hill, Dorset. Wingrave excavated the objects in 1916 but apart from his 1931 report, and Evison's 1968 analysis, there has been little subsequent discussion.

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Can you solve these Anglo-Saxon Riddles

Medievalists.net — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 04:43:20 +0000

Here are ten riddles from Aldhelm's Enigmata. See if you can figure out the answers

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The Tale of Bealhildis or how an Anglian slave became a saintly French Queen

Medievalists.net — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:19:52 +0000

It is not every day England gives a home girl to be worshipped as a Saint by enthusiastic Gallic crowds.

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Anglo Saxon and Viking Ship Burial – The British Museum

Medievalists.net — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:56:43 +0000

This session explores Viking and Anglo Saxon ship burials between the seventh and tenth centuries presented at The British Museum.

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Sword and Shield of God: Byzantine Strategy and Tactics Under Heraclius During the Last Persian War and First Arab War

Medievalists.net — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 06:05:43 +0000

Only Heraclius could have wielded these forces effectively against his foes to achieve victory; with any other Byzantine commander these revolutionary tactics would have been monumentally difficult if not unworkable.

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Was a Woman the first editor of the Qur’an?

Medievalists.net — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 21:25:24 +0000

A new study suggests that Hafsa bint 'Umar, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, had a crucial role in editing and codifying the Qur'an and was likely the one of the first people to have kept a written version of the religious text.

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