Medievalists.net » The Summary of Logic and Natural Philosophy 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 Katherine of Alexandria: Decline of an Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/27/katherine-of-alexandria-decline-of-an-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/27/katherine-of-alexandria-decline-of-an-empire/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57908 According to hagiographers, (C)Katherine was a princess, the daughter of Roman governor named Constus. She was well educated, beautiful and highly intelligent. She converted to Christianity at the age of 13 or 14 and caught the eye of the Roman Emperor, Maxentius (278-318 AD).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/27/katherine-of-alexandria-decline-of-an-empire/feed/ 0 The Calamitous Fourteenth Century in England: All Doom and Gloom? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 14:52:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41331 This was a fantastic paper given at the Crown and Country in Late medieval England session at KZOO. There were only two papers but both were interesting and enjoyable. This paper delved into the history of science in late medieval England and examined why the fourteenth century, a time that is usually synonymous with doom and gloom, plague and uprising, wasn't all that bad upon closer observation.

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