Nicolaus Copernicus, Astronomer and Physician
Examines the life and career of Nicolaus Copernicus, emphasizing his role as a doctor.
Beliefs about Human Sexual Function in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
We want to examine the major beliefs about human sexual anatomy and fuction that prevailed during the Middle Ages and Renaissance and some of the medical practices that were related to these beliefs.
The Medieval Empire and the Early Piast State
The Medieval Empire and the Early Piast State By Herbert Ludat Historical studies : papers read before the Irish Conference of Historians, Vol.6…
Interview with Guy Geltner
Guy Geltner is a Lecturer in Medieval History at University College, Oxford. His latest book is The Medieval Prison: A Social History, published by…
Levantine Trade Routes and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages
Levantine Trade Routes and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages By Zsigmont Pal Pach XVe Congrès International des Sciences Historiques, Bucarest, 10-17 août…
Byzantine Greek Fire
A small modern reconstruction of a Byzantine Greek Fire Gun to give an idea how maight work the originals.
Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology in Islamic Spain: Methodological Considerations
Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology in Islamic Spain: Methodological Considerations By Thomas F. Glick Journal for the History of Arabic Science, Vol.11 (1997) Synopsis: Examines the…
Rethinking the Role of the Condottieri on the Bloodless and Bloody Battlefields of Renaissance
Rethinking the Role of the Condottieri on the Bloodless and Bloody Battlefields of Renaissance By Tony M. Kennedy Published online by the University…
The Establishment of the Town Consulate in Medieval Agen
The Establishment of the Town Consulate in Medieval Agen By Frank Williams Paper given at the Austrian Scholars Conference (2002) Introduction: When in 1789 the leading…
Fiduciary Media and Banking in Medieval Venice Revisited
Fiduciary Media and Banking in Medieval Venice Revisited By Richard C B Johnsson Mises Institute Working Papers (2002) Abstract: At the center of the trade…
Standardized Latin and Medieval Economic Growth
Traditional explanations for Western Europe’s demographic growth in the High Middle Ages are unable to explain the rise in per-capita income that accompanied observed population changes.
The Basilica of St Francis of Assisi
The Basilica of St Francis of Assisi By David Clover Paper given at Stanford University on October 21, 2004 Introduction: On September 4, 1997 a…
Templars (and Hospitallers) in Essex
Cressing Temple, about 10 miles northeast of Chelmsford in Essex, is thought to be the earliest settlement of the Knights Templar in England.
Headless Men and Hungry Monsters: the Anglo-Saxons and their “Others”
Anglo-Saxons focused on a host of monsters believed to inhabit distant Africa and Asia: The dog-headed, fire-breathing cynocephali, one-footed sciopods, wonderful headless, mindless, possibly soulless blemmyes, and many others.
The Saga of Aron Hjorleifsson
The Saga of Aron Hjorleifsson Translated by John Porter Published by Pirate Press circa 1975 This saga was written around 1340 and deals…
Sailing the Western Sea: The Atlantic Ocean in a Medieval Perspective
Center for Medieval Studies, Pennsylvania State University TWENTY-FIRST MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE MARCH 28, 2009 Sailing the Western Sea: The Atlantic Ocean in a…
Disputed History: Jacob Van Maerlant, Richard Bell, and the “Borrowing” of Christianity in Islam
Disputed History: Jacob Van Maerlant, Richard Bell, and the “Borrowing” of Christianity in Islam By Emily Gastineau Macalester Islam Journal: Vol. 1: 1 (2006)…
Patterns of Cross-Cultural Tolerance and Intolerance in Medieval Christian Depictions of Islam, Muslims, and Mohammad
Patterns of Cross-Cultural Tolerance and Intolerance in Medieval Christian Depictions of Islam, Muslims, and Mohammad By Jenn Henry Macalester Islam Journal: Vol. 1:…
In the Shadow of Man: Questioning the Absence of Muslim and Christian Women’s voices in Medieval Polemic Writings
In the Shadow of Man: Questioning the Absence of Muslim and Christian Women’s voices in Medieval Polemic Writings By Kim Wortmann Macalester Islam Journal:…
Interreligious Transfers in the Middle Ages: The Case of Astrology
This article describes the discipline of astrology as an example of manifold interreligious contacts and transfers in the Middle Ages.
Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe
Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe By Patricia Healy Wasyliw Peter Lang Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-8204-2764-5 Martyrdom, Murder,…
Understanding Plague: The Medical and Imaginative Texts of Medieval Spain
Understanding Plague: The Medical and Imaginative Texts of Medieval Spain By Randal P. Garza Peter lang Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-8204-6341-4 The outbreak of the plague…
Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain
Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain By Marie-Françoise Alamichel Peter Lang Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-3-03911-404-7 This volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in…
Reconstructing the Middle Ages: Gaston Paris and the Development of Nineteenth-century Medievalism
Reconstructing the Middle Ages: Gaston Paris and the Development of Nineteenth-Century Medievalism By Isabel DiVanna Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-4438-0064-8 Reconstructing the Middle Ages…
Medieval Art and Architecture after the Middle Ages
Medieval Art and Architecture after the Middle Ages Edited by Janet T. Marquardt and Alyce A. Jordan Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4438-0057-0 Medieval Art…