Medievalists.net » Third Century 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 Places to See: Notre Dame – Part I http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:38:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54183 Part I of my initial visit to stunning Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/places-see-notre-dame-part/feed/ 0 Unexpected Evidence concerning Gold Mining in Early Byzantium http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:40:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54002 One of the consequences of the decline of Roman imperial might was the shortage of slaves at state-run mines. Consequently, criminals were often sentenced to damnatio ad metallum. The need for gold especially soared when the gold solidus was introduced at the beginning of the fourth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/feed/ 0 The transition between late antiquity and the early medieval period in north Etruria (400-900 AD) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/02/transition-late-antiquity-early-medieval-period-north-etruria-400-900-ad/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/02/transition-late-antiquity-early-medieval-period-north-etruria-400-900-ad/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:59:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50843 Traditionally, the idea that the Roman empire ‘declined and fell’ was considered a historical fact, not a matter for debate. The beginning of the ‘decline’ was usually dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/02/transition-late-antiquity-early-medieval-period-north-etruria-400-900-ad/feed/ 0 The Process of State-Formation in Medieval Iceland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/process-state-formation-medieval-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/process-state-formation-medieval-iceland/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:29:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48461 The aim of this article is to analyze the process of state-formation in Iceland in light of some general models of state-formation in Europe in the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/process-state-formation-medieval-iceland/feed/ 0 The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/the-byzantines-and-saladin-1185-1192-opponents-of-the-third-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/the-byzantines-and-saladin-1185-1192-opponents-of-the-third-crusade/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:56:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23303 The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade Brand, Charles M. Speculum, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr., 1962) Abstract On the eve of the Third Crusade the chief Christian state in the East joined with Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, to further their common interests, which involved opposition to the Latins in the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/the-byzantines-and-saladin-1185-1192-opponents-of-the-third-crusade/feed/ 0 The Lanterns of Chuko Liang http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/24/the-lanterns-of-chuko-liang/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/24/the-lanterns-of-chuko-liang/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:53:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17470 The Lanterns of Chuko Liang By P. H. Hase Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, vol.28 (1988) Introduction: The Mongol armies which invaded Eastern Europe in the thirteenth century used hot air balloons shaped like dragons and held on long lines for signalling purposes. The invention of this method of signalling may […]

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