Medievalists.net » Vampires 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 Nourishment for the Soul – Nourishment for the Body: Animal Remains in Early Medieval Pomeranian Cemeteries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/25/nourishment-soul-nourishment-body-animal-remains-early-medieval-pomeranian-cementeries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/25/nourishment-soul-nourishment-body-animal-remains-early-medieval-pomeranian-cementeries/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:39:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54393 Late medieval sources clearly refer to souls, which in traditional folk beliefs were periodically returning to feed and warm themselves by the fires made by the living. This kind of conception can be merged with Slavic eschatology. There is multiple evidence to confirm that belief some form of spirit or soul was spreading amongst the people, who in the early medieval period, bordered directly with Pomerania.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/25/nourishment-soul-nourishment-body-animal-remains-early-medieval-pomeranian-cementeries/feed/ 0 Time to Slay Vampire Burials? The Archaeological and Historical Evidence for Vampires in Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/24/time-slay-vampire-burials-archaeological-historical-evidence-vampires-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/24/time-slay-vampire-burials-archaeological-historical-evidence-vampires-europe/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 04:53:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54389 The aim of this paper is to look behind this popular image to consider the archaeological evidence for vampire burials.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/24/time-slay-vampire-burials-archaeological-historical-evidence-vampires-europe/feed/ 0 10 Terrifying Reads for Halloween! http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:47:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53522 Here are some spooky medieval books for you to celebrate with over Halloween!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/feed/ 0 Movie Review: Dracula Untold http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/10/movie-review-dracula-untold/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/10/movie-review-dracula-untold/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2014 06:53:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53224 'Sometimes the world doesn't need a hero. It needs a monster.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/10/movie-review-dracula-untold/feed/ 0 ‘Vampire’ skeleton discovered in Poland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/14/vampire-skeleton-discovered-poland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/14/vampire-skeleton-discovered-poland/#comments Wed, 14 May 2014 12:45:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49607 Archaeologists working in northwestern Poland have unearthed the remains of man who was buried with a rock jammed into his jaw and a stake driven into his leg.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/14/vampire-skeleton-discovered-poland/feed/ 0 Blood beliefs in early modern Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/29/blood-beliefs-in-early-modern-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/29/blood-beliefs-in-early-modern-europe/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:54:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41855 This thesis focuses on the significance of blood and the perception of the body in both learned and popular culture in order to investigate problems of identity and social exclusion in early modern Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/29/blood-beliefs-in-early-modern-europe/feed/ 0 The historical basis of Lycanthropism or: where do Werewolves come from? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/the-historical-basis-of-lycanthropism-or-where-do-werewolves-come-from/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/the-historical-basis-of-lycanthropism-or-where-do-werewolves-come-from/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:04:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39437 Werewolves, Lycanthropes or Man-Wolves appear in many German, French and Scandinavian stories. Nowadays there exists an image of these creatures, which combines almost all the aspects of the werewolf-myths around the world, that was brought to us by Hollywood.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/the-historical-basis-of-lycanthropism-or-where-do-werewolves-come-from/feed/ 0 The Dangerous Dead: The Early Medieval deviant burial at Southwell, Nottinghamshire in a wider context http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-dangerous-dead-the-early-medieval-deviant-burial-at-southwell-nottinghamshire-in-a-wider-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-dangerous-dead-the-early-medieval-deviant-burial-at-southwell-nottinghamshire-in-a-wider-context/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:24:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36832 This was the deviant burial, which had been buried (or reburied) intact along with a further leg and lower arm bone...Without speculating wildly on the implications of the iron studs, it is known that treatment of this sort was accorded to bodies which had died unnaturally or when there was some reason to fear the supernatural’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-dangerous-dead-the-early-medieval-deviant-burial-at-southwell-nottinghamshire-in-a-wider-context/feed/ 0 Medieval Halloween! Great books for Ghosts, Goblins, Witches & Ghouls! http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/29/medieval-halloween-great-books-for-ghosts-goblins-witches-ghouls/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/29/medieval-halloween-great-books-for-ghosts-goblins-witches-ghouls/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:13:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36806 Some spooktacular reads to celebrate Medieval Halloween!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/29/medieval-halloween-great-books-for-ghosts-goblins-witches-ghouls/feed/ 0 Unearthing Medieval Vampire Stories In England: Fragments From De Nugis Curialium and Historia Rerum Anglicarum http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/08/unearthing-medieval-vampire-stories-in-england-fragments-from-de-nugis-curialium-and-historia-rerum-anglicarum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/08/unearthing-medieval-vampire-stories-in-england-fragments-from-de-nugis-curialium-and-historia-rerum-anglicarum/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:43:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32557 I first came across Walter Map and William of Newburgh by way of a chance encounter with The Vampire Encyclopedia a few years ago.

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