Where the Middle Ages Begin
This year’s version of the International Congress on Medieval Studies was held online. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle is joined by Peter Konieczny to discuss their highlights from the conference.
One of the great technological accomplishments of the ancient Romans was the aqueducts they built to bring water long distances. New research has revealed that an aqueduct built in fourth-century Constantinople would remain in operation for over 700 years.
The origins of the Cerne Giant have been speculated about for hundreds of years. Now, new research reveals that it was likely made in the early tenth century.
After being delayed for six months, the British Museum is now ready to show its new exhibition, Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint. The museum reopens on May 17th, with the exhibition starting three days later.
One of the great technological accomplishments of the ancient Romans was the aqueducts they built to bring water long distances. New research has revealed that an aqueduct built in fourth-century Constantinople would remain in operation for over 700 years.
This year’s version of the International Congress on Medieval Studies was held online. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle is joined by Peter Konieczny to discuss their highlights from the conference.
The origins of the Cerne Giant have been speculated about for hundreds of years. Now, new research reveals that it was likely made in the early tenth century.
After being delayed for six months, the British Museum is now ready to show its new exhibition, Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint. The museum reopens on May 17th, with the exhibition starting three days later.
This article sheds light on the circulation of second-hand clothing in the southern French city of Montpellier and its immediate surroundings in the late medieval period, by looking at the sale of used clothing and donations of second-hand clothes.
The preoccupation with the way women dressed was constant in Florence during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, so much so that in almost every decade some new legislation would appear trying to respond to the new fashions that were becoming popular in the Italian city.
What should we understand by town and what should we understand by viking? It is abundantly clear that both of these terms are understood and used in a great variety of ways.
As early as the nineteenth century, many political extremists have modelled themselves upon the Templars. Today, both the US and UK are home to groups that imitate these medieval knights, pledging to fight a ‘new crusade’ against multiculturalism, ‘cultural Marxism’, or a ‘New World Order’.
Find some bonus material from previous episodes in the Scotichronicast’s Season 1 Extras: Part 2. This episode includes bonus content from episode 8 with Dr. Rachel Delman, episode 12 with Dr. Helen Newsome, and episode 13 with Dr. Marian Toledo.
Michael Livingston tells us about his new book Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England, and the path that lead him there.
Como la mayoría de cosas en la Edad Media, la medida del tiempo estaba guiada por la iglesia. El día estaba dividido en varios intervalos para asegurar que los devotos rezaran todo el tiempo.
Les cuento que he estado leyendo un muy buen libro esta semana (que debe permanecer en el anonimato), pero tuve que parar en seco debido a algunas declaraciones extrañas acerca del pensamiento pre-moderno.
Si alguna vez han visto arte medieval, o han deambulado alrededor de una catedral con tumbas y monumentos visibles, se habrán dado cuenta que hay una gran cantidad de imágenes terroríficas que aparecen a partir del siglo XIV.
Entonces, ¿qué tipo de consejos daban los padres a sus hijos durante los siglos XIV y XV?
Pienso que la impresión más generalizada sobre el matrimonio medieval es la de una unión fría, sin amor y práctica, llevada a cabo con el propósito de transferir propiedades.
The Royal Mail, which is the United Kingdom’s postal service, has unveiled a set of eight stamps to mark the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Tewkesbury, one of the defining battles of the Wars of the Roses.
An interview with Tiggy McLaughlin about her new book Quest for the Historical Arthur: A Kalamazoo Story.
Medieval scholars from around the world will meet virtually this week, as the 56th session of the International Congress on Medieval Studies begins online.
An ‘extremely well preserved’ sword, dating to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, has been discovered near the city of Olsztyn in north-eastern Poland.
Who was Syrianos, and how did he come to be identified as the author of a collection of works of military nature that so deeply influenced the Byzantine literary genre of the military manuals in the 10th century?
This article looks at the urban farmers of medieval France and discusses the roles of the gardens that were found throughout medieval cities.
At some point between 1020 and 1025, during the final years of Abbess Uta of Niedermünster’s life, she or someone who admired her deeply, donated to the treasury of the Niedermünster cannonry the object that we now know as the Uta Codex.
In the early 10th century, the inhabitants of London and the surrounding region formed one of the first recorded guilds in England – the so-called ‘peace gild’.
One of the papers from the conference ‘Picts in the North: The Conan Stone in Context’
Michael Livingston tells us about his new book Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England, and the path that lead him there.
For anyone who visits Örebro, it is hard to miss its castle – an ancient-looking fortress made of weathered grey stones that stands on an islet in the middle of the city centre.
On the 10th of August 1628, the Vasa sank in Stockholm harbour, thus ending the career of the most powerful warship that Sweden had ever seen.
This strategic location not only makes the castle a majestic sight, but also earns it the reputation as the most modern defence fortress in its time. But, as all ancient buildings, there is always more than meets the eye. Here are the five things that you may not know about Uppsala Castle.
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Narbonne is one of those European cities with evidence of its past on every street.
The V&A Museum opened its latest medieval exhibit exhibit on Saturday: Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery. I had the opportunity to see it opening day and it was spectacular.