Medievalists.net » Switzerland 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 The 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Morgarten http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:29:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62540 On November 15, 1315, an Austrian army of at least a few thousand men marched along the shores of Lake Ägeri in central Switzerland. It was here that they were ambushed by over a thousand Swiss farmers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/feed/ 0 Avalanches in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/06/avalanches-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/06/avalanches-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:39:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59450 One of the dangers a medieval traveller might face when crossing through mountainous terrain is the threat of avalanches.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/06/avalanches-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 King’s sister, queen of dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:10:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53957 This study reconstructs the previously unknown history of the most important dissident group within France before the French Reformed Church formed during the 1550s.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/feed/ 0 Does a Reformation End?: Rethinking Religious Simulation in Sixteenth-Century Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/reformation-end-rethinking-religious-simulation-sixteenth-century-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/reformation-end-rethinking-religious-simulation-sixteenth-century-italy/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:08:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53493 A paper examining the Italian Reformation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/21/reformation-end-rethinking-religious-simulation-sixteenth-century-italy/feed/ 0 In Search of the Secrets of Medieval Organs http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/in-search-of-the-secrets-of-medieval-organs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/in-search-of-the-secrets-of-medieval-organs/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:46:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47286 On Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, 2012, a concert and workshop focusing on the medieval organ were held at the Basel (Switzerland) Peterskirche. They dealt with concepts, designs, rep- ertoire and the medieval organ used in ensemble.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/03/in-search-of-the-secrets-of-medieval-organs/feed/ 0 Body Mass and Body Mass Index estimation in medieval Switzerland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/body-mass-and-body-mass-index-estimation-in-medieval-switzerland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/body-mass-and-body-mass-index-estimation-in-medieval-switzerland/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:44:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38937 The aim of the present study is to test the available BM estimation formulae based on the femoral head breadth (Auerbach and Ruff 2004, Grine et al. 1995, McHenry 1992, Ruff et al. 1991) on skeletal populations from medieval Switzerland and to reconstruct the BM and the BMI within a specific temporal and geographical setting.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/body-mass-and-body-mass-index-estimation-in-medieval-switzerland/feed/ 0 Greed wasn’t good in the Middle Ages – historian looks at medieval business ethics http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/04/greed-wasnt-good-in-the-middle-ages-historian-looks-at-medieval-business-ethics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/04/greed-wasnt-good-in-the-middle-ages-historian-looks-at-medieval-business-ethics/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:29:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34433 Self-serving behavior deemed necessary on Wall Street today might have been despised in medieval Europe. One might even have been murdered for using wealth as a justification for circumventing societal norms.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/04/greed-wasnt-good-in-the-middle-ages-historian-looks-at-medieval-business-ethics/feed/ 0 Total St Gall: Medieval Monastery as a Disciplinary Institution http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/16/total-st-gall-medieval-monastery-as-a-disciplinary-institution/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/16/total-st-gall-medieval-monastery-as-a-disciplinary-institution/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:14:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31763 How much was a medieval monastery reminiscent of a modern prison? Or insane asylum?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/16/total-st-gall-medieval-monastery-as-a-disciplinary-institution/feed/ 0 The Danube Floods and Their Human Response and Perception (14th to 17th C) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/the-danube-floods-and-their-human-response-and-perception-14th-to-17th-c/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/the-danube-floods-and-their-human-response-and-perception-14th-to-17th-c/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:50:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30329 This study will examine in particular the reactions of the people living close to the Danube River and its catchment area in “Austria” between the 14th and 17th centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/19/the-danube-floods-and-their-human-response-and-perception-14th-to-17th-c/feed/ 0 The Archaeology of Medieval Fishing Tackle http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/the-archaeology-of-medieval-fishing-tackle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/the-archaeology-of-medieval-fishing-tackle/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 16:40:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20916 The Archaeology of Medieval Fishing Tackle Steane, J M  and Foreman, M Waterfront Archaeology: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Waterfront Archaeology held at Bristol, 23-26 September 1988, edited by G L Good, R H Jones and M W Ponsford (CBA Research Report No 74 (1991)) Abstract This paper provides a summary of fish catching methods in medieval […]

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