Where the Middle Ages Begin
Is it appropriate to point out inaccuracies of detail in historical film? As a collective commercial enterprise, is a movie inherently limited in its portrayal of the past, and does this matter? How does film convention affect representation? Can movies err on the side of historical truth?
Approaches to Bibliography and Information Technology for Medieval Culture: The Experience of the International Medieval Bibliography By Alan V. Murray Paper given at the Yeongweol Yonsei Forum (2011) Introduction: One of the major problems in the study and teaching of the cultural heritage of medieval Europe is the sheer magnitude of the volume of published […]
Harnessing the Potential in Historiography and Popular Culture When Teaching the Crusades By Dawn Marie Hayes The History Teacher, Vol. 40:3 (2007) Introduction: The Crusades are among the few medieval events with which most students have familiarity. However, during these days of heightened tensions in the Middle East, for many the Crusades have taken on […]
Medieval Military Logistics: An Agent-based Simulation of a Byzantine Army on the March By Bart Craenen, Georgios Theodoropoulos, Vincent Gaffney, Philip Murgatroyd and John Haldon Published Online (2010) Abstract: Although historical studies are frequently perceived as clear narratives defined by a series of fixed events; in reality, even where critical historical events may be identified, […]
Sanctity and Society: the anti-theme of childhood innocence in the English Courtesy Books Bellis, Joanna Marginalia, Vol. 8, Cambridge Yearbook, (2008) Abstract The debate in patristic literature over the native quality of childhood, properly characterised by purity and simplicity, or as the fruit of a lustful act, tainted by original sin, was inherited by the […]
Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership By Tom Loughman and John Finley Journal of Leadership Education, Vol.9: 1 (2010) Abstract: Although it depicts a Germanic warrior culture of nearly 1,500 years ago, the Old English epic poem Beowulf contains timely insights into leadership and motivation, trust, respect, loyalty, and sacrifice that could inform current leadership […]
Lantfred’s Swithun and the Fundamentals of Reform: Educating Lay Pilgrims in 10th century Winchester Christopher Reidel (Boston College) Summary At the height of the 10th c. monastic reform movement, the details of Swithun’s life were written by Lantfred. Lantfred of Fleury was originally from the French town of Fluery-sur-Loire. He is famous for writing The Life […]
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Interactive Media and Game Development program and Higgins Armory Museum have won a highly competitive $50,000 Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create an interactive “virtual joust” experience at the Worcester-based museum of medieval arms and armor. WPI students (now alumni) Patrick Newell, Hyungjoon […]
The Hero in the Classroom By John Ganim The Medieval Hero on Screen Representations from Beowulf to Buffy, Edited by Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray(MacFarland, 2004) Introduction: From my students I have learned that teaching the medieval film hero is both an easy and di‡cult task, the reasons for which are, in fact, the […]
If one is interested in experiencing how people lived in Anglo-Saxon England, a trip to Lincolnshire might offer some unique insights. In the village of East Firsby a reconstruction of the 7th-century home has been built by Steven and Jude Jones. Based on archaeological evidence and built with traditional tools, Saxonhouse is an attempt to […]
Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, has launched an online exhibitions that explore highlights of the continent’s literature. Reading Europe: European culture through the book showcases the full texts of 1,000 of Europeana’s most fascinating books, from medieval cookbooks to 18th century English bestsellers. Many literary masterpieces can be found in their earliest printings, […]
Medieval Supposition Theory in Its Theological Context Brown, Stephen F. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 3 (1993) Abstract In his Historia calamitatum Abelard recalls a dramatic confrontation between Alberic of Rheims and himself. During the Council of Soissons (1121) Abelard’s Theologίa ‘Summi boni\ at Alberic’s insistence, was being examined for doctrinal errors. Alberic, carrying a […]
Virtual Reconstruction of Medieval Architecture By Thomas Strothotte, Matthias Puhle, Maic Masuch, Bert Freudenberg, Sebastian Kreiker and Babette Ludowici Proceedings of Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts, EVA Europe ’99 (1999) Abstract: We describe the reconstruction of a medieval building as an example of how the use of 3D computer graphics can facilitate the reconstruction […]
University of Houston students don’t have to venture into Sherwood Forest or Nottingham to learn about Robin Hood. A new undergraduate literature class is taking aim at the iconic archer antihero using classic texts and contemporary technology. “Robin Hood: From Medieval Outlaw to Postmodern Media Creature” follows the character’s evolution from his medieval beginnings to […]
A survey of articles, monographs and primary sources relevant to the study of the Scottish Wars of Independence, c.1286-c.1357, published 2003-2010
e-Science for Medievalists: Options, Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities By Peter Ainsworth and Michael Meredith DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly, Vol.3:4 (2009) Abstract: Medievalists typically resort to parchment for primary research and when editing their sources. Not always accurately catalogued, manuscripts copied onto animal skins may have started life in the same workshop but over the centuries […]
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict Rudge, Lindsay University of St Andrews, 21-Jun-2007 Abstract The history of western monasticism in the early middle ages has traditionally been viewed as a continuous process of development. Women religious have been excluded from this discourse, although early work which ‘rediscovered’ female communities has […]
The Study of the Middle Ages in Poland By Ryszard Grzesik Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU, Vol. 15 (2009) Introduction: The fifteenth anniversary of the Medieval Studies Department at CEU is a good opportunity to describe the present status of recent medieval studies in Poland. Looking back over the whole twentieth century, there were three […]
The Virgin and the Dynamo: the growth of medieval studies in North America 1870–1930 By William J. Courtenay Medieval Studies in North America: Past, Present, and Future, ed. Francis G. Gentry and Christopher Kleinhenz (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 1982) Introduction: fall of 1870 Henry Adams, having recently returned from a disappointing summer in Europe and […]
Medieval, Modern, Post-Modern: Medieval Studies in a Post Modern Perspective By Robert Stein Cultural Frictions: Medieval Studies in Postmodern Contexts Conference Proceedings (1995) Introduction: My remarks today are prompted in great part by a reaction that has taken me by surprise recently in some undergraduate medieval classes. Certain before they begin that such characteristically modern issues […]
Byzantium on the Web: New Technologies at the Service of Museums and Educational Institutions for the Presentation of Byzantine Culture By Vicky Foskolou Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Volume 100, Issue 2 (2008) Introduction: The rapid growth of web presentations related to Byzantine history and culture in the recent years is a fact that can easily be proven. […]
Medieval European Studies in Korea Today Lee, Dongchoon & An, Sonjae Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 16 No. 2 (2008) Abstract Medieval studies in Korean universities are limited by the perceived difficulty of the subject. Few universities offer courses on medieval topics, even at graduate school level. Yet there are a number of […]
Islands in the Vita Merlini Skupin, Michael Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 16 No. 1 (2008) Abstract It has long been recognized that the medieval Latin epic Vita Merlini (“Life of Merlin”) contains passages that derive from Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae. This paper, the third in a three-part series, will examine the passages […]
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