Medievalists.net » Turkey http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of Holy War and the Idealized Topos of Holy Warrior In Medieval Anatolian And European Sources http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/a-comparative-analysis-of-the-concepts-of-holy-war-and-the-idealized-topos-of-holy-warrior-in-medieval-anatolian-and-european-sources/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/a-comparative-analysis-of-the-concepts-of-holy-war-and-the-idealized-topos-of-holy-warrior-in-medieval-anatolian-and-european-sources/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2015 05:19:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59617 This thesis focuses on the relations between the idea of holy war and the portrayals of holy warriors in medieval narratives composed by those in the service of power-holders.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/13/a-comparative-analysis-of-the-concepts-of-holy-war-and-the-idealized-topos-of-holy-warrior-in-medieval-anatolian-and-european-sources/feed/ 0 Renaissance Contacts Between Dubrovnik (Ragusa) and the Kingdom of Hungary http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/renaissance-contacts-dubrovnik-ragusa-kingdom-hungary/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/renaissance-contacts-dubrovnik-ragusa-kingdom-hungary/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:48:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54327 During the rule of the Angevin dynasty (1308-82) in Hungary, towns and cities increasingly assumed greater political influence. The first treaty between the King of Hungary and Dubrovnik (in those days Ragusa) was signed in 1358, during the reign of Louis (Lajos) the Great.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/renaissance-contacts-dubrovnik-ragusa-kingdom-hungary/feed/ 0 Medieval Perspectives: Jean de Waurin and His Perception of the Turks in Anatolia in the Late Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/medieval-perspectives-jean-de-waurin-perception-turks-anatolia-late-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/medieval-perspectives-jean-de-waurin-perception-turks-anatolia-late-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:54:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52296 This paper discusses the reasons Wavrin wrote his account of the crusade of Varna and Walerin de Wavrin’s expedition into the Balkans, which was later published within his history of Britain and how he perceived and accordingly presented the Turks to the renaissance readers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/medieval-perspectives-jean-de-waurin-perception-turks-anatolia-late-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Slaves, Money Lenders, and Prisoner Guards: The Jews and the Trade in Slaves and Captives in the Crimean Khanate http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/slaves-money-lenders-prisoner-guards-jews-trade-slaves-captives-crimean-khanate/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/slaves-money-lenders-prisoner-guards-jews-trade-slaves-captives-crimean-khanate/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 07:50:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51993 Trade in slaves and captives was one of the most important (if not the most important) sources of income of the Crimean Khanate in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/slaves-money-lenders-prisoner-guards-jews-trade-slaves-captives-crimean-khanate/feed/ 0 The medieval social topography of Szeged http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/the-medieval-social-topography-of-szeged/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/the-medieval-social-topography-of-szeged/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:15:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47421 As the name historical social topography implies it comprehends the ancient location and distribution of particular groups and layers of inhabitants in a settlement.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/08/the-medieval-social-topography-of-szeged/feed/ 0 ‘Part of our commonwealth’: a study of the Normans in eleventh-century Byzantine historiography http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/29/part-of-our-commonwealth-a-study-of-the-normans-in-eleventh-century-byzantine-historiography/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/29/part-of-our-commonwealth-a-study-of-the-normans-in-eleventh-century-byzantine-historiography/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:28:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47124 ‘Part of our commonwealth’: a study of the Normans in eleventh-century Byzantine historiography Alexander Olson (Simon Fraser University) Simon Fraser University: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Master of Arts (2009) Abstract In the eleventh century several Norman mercenaries went to Byzantium where they alternately served or rebelled against the Empire. This thesis examines how […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/29/part-of-our-commonwealth-a-study-of-the-normans-in-eleventh-century-byzantine-historiography/feed/ 0 A Rural Economy in Transition: Asia Minor from Late Antiquity into the Early Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/25/a-rural-economy-in-transition-asia-minor-from-late-antiquity-into-the-early-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/25/a-rural-economy-in-transition-asia-minor-from-late-antiquity-into-the-early-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:51:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45257 A Rural Economy in Transition deals with one of the most important periods in the history of Europe and the Middle East – the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/25/a-rural-economy-in-transition-asia-minor-from-late-antiquity-into-the-early-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Glass Bridges: Cross-Cultural Exchange between Florence and the Ottoman Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/glass-bridges-cross-cultural-exchange-between-florence-and-the-ottoman-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/glass-bridges-cross-cultural-exchange-between-florence-and-the-ottoman-empire/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:15:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42343 During the medieval period, the main aim of the crusades was recovery of the Holy Land. However, this changed in the fifteenth century for various reasons.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/glass-bridges-cross-cultural-exchange-between-florence-and-the-ottoman-empire/feed/ 0 A Study on the Effects of Ghazan Khan’s Reformative Measures for the Settlement of the Nomadic Mongols (1295-1304) http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/23/a-study-on-the-effects-of-ghazan-khans-reformative-measures-for-the-settlement-of-the-nomadic-mongols-1295-1304/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/23/a-study-on-the-effects-of-ghazan-khans-reformative-measures-for-the-settlement-of-the-nomadic-mongols-1295-1304/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:23:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42308 The Ilkhanid’s sovereignty in Iran was part of the great empire under the command of Genghis Khan and his successors. It extended broadly from Korea to Eastern Europe and China to Iran and Syria. Such conquest originated from Mongolia (Middle Asia), which was the original land of these homeless nomadic people. They lived by shepherding, hunting and sometimes looting nearby tribes or civilized centers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/23/a-study-on-the-effects-of-ghazan-khans-reformative-measures-for-the-settlement-of-the-nomadic-mongols-1295-1304/feed/ 0 ‘Fromm thennes faste he gan avyse/This litel spot of erthe’: GIS and the General Prologue http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/02/fromm-thennes-faste-he-gan-avysethis-litel-spot-of-erthe-gis-and-the-general-prologue/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/02/fromm-thennes-faste-he-gan-avysethis-litel-spot-of-erthe-gis-and-the-general-prologue/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 05:34:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40902 This paper was given at the Canada Chaucer Seminar on April 27, 2013.

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