Medievalists.net » Websites 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 Writing History in a Paperless World: Archives of the Future http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:09:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63023 The question I want to pose here concerns the form of archives that will be available to the historians of the early twenty-first century. Or put differently – what will be left behind of the contemporary present in lieu of paper for the future historians?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/feed/ 0 Medieval Monastic Library to be recreated online http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/medieval-monastic-library-to-be-recreated-online/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/medieval-monastic-library-to-be-recreated-online/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:18:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62080 Durham University and Durham Cathedral have teamed to digitally recreate a medieval monastic library.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/medieval-monastic-library-to-be-recreated-online/feed/ 0 Global Middle Ages Project launches website http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/02/global-middle-ages-project-launches-website/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/02/global-middle-ages-project-launches-website/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:54:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61488 The Global Middle Ages Project, founded in 2007 by Geraldine Heng and Susan Noakes, features six digital projects.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/02/global-middle-ages-project-launches-website/feed/ 0 Medieval Treasures from the Digital.Bodleian http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/medieval-treasures-from-the-digital-bodleian/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/medieval-treasures-from-the-digital-bodleian/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2015 03:06:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60355 Last month, the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford officially launched their Digital.Bodleian online resource, which allows users to view, download and share over 100,000 images going back to the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/medieval-treasures-from-the-digital-bodleian/feed/ 0 New online database allows users to explore the families of Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/new-online-database-allows-users-to-explore-the-families-of-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/new-online-database-allows-users-to-explore-the-families-of-medieval-england/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:13:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59716 Mapping the Medieval Countryside has announced that the beta version of their searchable English translations of inquisitions post mortem (IPMs) - a major source into the lives and legacies of thousands of families from the Later Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/new-online-database-allows-users-to-explore-the-families-of-medieval-england/feed/ 0 The Medieval #Twitterati at #IMC2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/08/the-medieval-twitterati-at-imc2015/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/08/the-medieval-twitterati-at-imc2015/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:20:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59504 The International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds hosted the session The Twitterati: Using Twitter in Medieval Scholarship and Pedagogy – A Round Table Discussion. Over 300 tweets went out during talk, and here are some of the best. [View the story “The Medieval #Twitterati at #IMC2015 ” on Storify]  

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/08/the-medieval-twitterati-at-imc2015/feed/ 0 Unique digital platform to explore Magna Carta through art http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/15/unique-digital-platform-to-explore-magna-carta-through-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/15/unique-digital-platform-to-explore-magna-carta-through-art/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:48:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58975 The 1215.today project launched at Lincoln Castle yesterday on the eve of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the ‘Great Charter’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/15/unique-digital-platform-to-explore-magna-carta-through-art/feed/ 0 Medium and the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/30/medium-and-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/30/medium-and-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 31 May 2015 03:05:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58559 Take a look at 15 articles on the Middle Ages that you can find on Medium.com

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/30/medium-and-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Be A Part of Chaucer’s Tale http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/be-a-part-of-chaucers-tale/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/be-a-part-of-chaucers-tale/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2015 02:39:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57823 For many people, The Canterbury Tales is not only Geoffrey Chaucer’s great masterwork, but one of the cornerstones of English literature.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/be-a-part-of-chaucers-tale/feed/ 0 Immigrants made up 1% of the population in Medieval England, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/immigrants-made-1-population-medieval-england-researchers-find/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:19:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56232 About one out of every hundred people in late medieval England was an immigrant, according to researchers at the universities of York and Sheffield. They have also launched a new database that offers details about 65,000 immigrants who lived in England between 1330 and 1550.

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