Feeding Medieval European Cities, 600-1500
Feeding Medieval European Cities, 600-1500 By Derek Keene E-seminars in history (1998) Introduction: I’m taking it as axiomatic, first that the large city cannot exist without…
The Role of Music in Medieval Shepherds’ Plays
Music, song and, to a certain extent, dance, feature in all medieval shepherds’ plays, even if they are not musical dramas proper.
The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and the Western Way of War
The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and the Western Way of War By Gwen Perkins Anistoriton Journal, vol. 11 (2008-2009) Introduction: Byzantium. The word invokes to…
Survivals of the Cult of the Matronae into the Early Middle Ages and Beyond
From the late first century to the beginning of the fifth century CE, the area now referred to as the Rhineland was under Roman occupation. During this period, thousands of altars were carved and dedicated by individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, in honor of divine beings known as the Matres in Gaul and the Matronae in Germania Inferior
Satan as Myth and Metaphor In The Life of St. Antony of Egypt
Satan as Myth and Metaphor In The Life of St. Antony of Egypt By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction: Among certain groups of…
The Father Sees in Secret: Secrecy and Humility in the Lives of Two Saints Simeon
The Father Sees in Secret: Secrecy and Humility in the Lives of Two Saints Simeon By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction: The early…
Thou Shalt Not: The Mitigation of Adultery and Its Implications in Dante’s Inferno and Boccaccio’s Decameron
Thou Shalt Not: The Mitigation of Adultery and Its Implications in Dante’s Inferno and Boccaccio’s Decameron By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction:…
Deus le Veult: The Role of the Miraculous in the Critical Siege of Antioch
Deus le Veult: The Role of the Miraculous in the Critical Siege of Antioch By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction: Autumn of the…
The Visual Language of Imperial Desire Projections of Symbolic Dominion in Umayyad Artistic Appropriations
The Visual Language of Imperial Desire Projections of Symbolic Dominion in Umayyad Artistic Appropriations By Benjamin D. Cox Published Online (2005) Introduction: Within a…
Imagining the Prophet’s Life: The Reinterpretation of the Sīra in Visual Form In the Jāmi’ al-Tawārīkh of Rashīd al-Dīn
Imagining the Prophet’s Life: The Reinterpretation of the Sīra in Visual Form In the Jāmi’ al-Tawārīkh of Rashīd al-Dīn By Benjamin D. Cox Published online (2005)…
Bridging the gap: the hanseatic merchants’ variable strategies in heterogeneous mercantile environments
Bridging the gap: the hanseatic merchants’ variable strategies in heterogeneous mercantile environments By Ulf Christian Ewert and Stephan Selzer XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Abstract: The…
London merchants and the Borromei bank in the 1430s: local credit networks and the transfer of skills
London merchants and the Borromei bank in the 1430s: local credit networks and the transfer of skills By J.L. Bolton XIV International Economic…
From a commercial peasant economy towards a commercial economy: landscape and society in coastal Flanders (13th-16th centuries)
From a commercial peasant economy towards a commercial economy: landscape and society in coastal Flanders (13th-16th centuries) By Tim Soens, Alexander Lehouck, Nele Vanslembrouck,…
Historical landscape research and regional institutional history in the transition debate. A case study in coastal Flanders
Historical landscape research and regional institutional history in the transition debate. A case study in coastal Flanders By Dries Tys XIV International Economic History…
Intra-regional diversification of society, economy and cultural landscape in Late Medieval Drenthe (Northeast Netherlands)
Intra-regional diversification of society, economy and cultural landscape in Late Medieval Drenthe (Northeast Netherlands) By Theo Spek XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: In many…
Marginal Landscapes and the Medieval English Economy
Marginal Landscapes and the Medieval English Economy By Mark Page XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: The economic and social significance of non-arable landscapes in…
Selective Manuring in the Medieval Open Fields
Selective Manuring in the Medieval Open Fields By Richard Jones XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: For those in medieval Europe who sought to make…
‘Social agro-systems’ reflected in landscapes. The example of ‘inland Flanders’ in the late middle ages and the early modern period
‘Social agro-systems’ reflected in landscapes. The example of ‘inland Flanders’ in the late middle ages and the early modern period By Erik Thoen and…
What does landscape history contribute to our understanding of economic history?
What does landscape history contribute to our understanding of economic history? By Christopher Dyer XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: This paper focuses on…
Wills of Men and Women in Canterbury and York 1380-1800
What proportion of wills were left by women? How did this vary geographically, over time and by social status?
The medieval invention of emancipating credit
The medieval invention of emancipating credit By Maria Giuseppna Muzzarelli XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: The history of solidaristic credit, which…
Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire
Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire By Metin Cosgel XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Abstract: This paper provides standardized estimates of…
The Use of History in Late Medieval Guidebooks to Rome
The Use of History in Late Medieval Guidebooks to Rome By Timo Saastamoinen XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: As people consider…
Cross-trade skills and business strategies: personal itineraries between medicine and metallurgy in Middle Ages and early modern Europe
Cross-trade skills and business strategies: personal itineraries between medicine and metallurgy in Middle Ages and early modern Europe By Liliane Hilaire-Pérez and Catherine…
Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East-Central European Context
Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East-Central European Context By Maciej Salamon and M. Woloszyn XIV International…