Late medieval churchwardens’ accounts and parish government: looking beyond London and Bristol
Late medieval churchwardens’ accounts and parish government: looking beyond London and Bristol By Beat Kümin English Historical Review, Vol. 119:480 (2004) Abstract: This…
Parties and factions in the late middle ages: the case of the Hoeken and Kabeljauwen in The Hague (1483–1515)
Parties and factions in the late middle ages: the case of the Hoeken and Kabeljauwen in The Hague (1483–1515) By Serge ter Braake…
Intentional ethics and hermeneutics in the Libellus de symoniacis: Bruno of Segni as a papal polemicist
Intentional ethics and hermeneutics in the Libellus de symoniacis: Bruno of Segni as a papal polemicist By Leidulf Melve Journal of Medieval History,…
Magnificent entrances and undignified exits: chronicling the symbolism of castle space in Normandy
Magnificent entrances and undignified exits: chronicling the symbolism of castle space in Normandy By Leonie V. Hicks Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 35:1…
Masculinity and medicine: Thomas Walsingham and the death of the Black Prince
Masculinity and medicine: Thomas Walsingham and the death of the Black Prince By David Green Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 35:1 (2009) Abstract:…
Constructing a diocese in a post-conquest landscape: a comparative approach to the lay possession of tithes
Constructing a diocese in a post-conquest landscape: a comparative approach to the lay possession of tithes By Thomas W. Barton Journal of Medieval…
The evolution of hospitals from antiquity to the Renaissance
The evolution of hospitals from antiquity to the Renaissance By François P. Retief and Louise Cilliers Acta Theologica Supplementum, Vol. 7 (2005) Abstract:…
The Use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis
The Use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis By J. Huls Acta Theologica Supplementum, Vol. 8 (2006) Abstract: This…
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity By Johannes Reimer Acta Theologica Supplementumm, Vol. 11 (2008) Abstract: This article focuses on…
Prosecuting animals in Medieval Europe : possible explanations
From the ninth to the nineteenth century, more than two hundred well-recorded animal trials took place in Western Europe.
Swells of the Mongol Storm around the Baltic
Examines various accounts of Mongol activity in eastern Europe during the 13th century.
The Mongol Invasion of Persia
The Mongol Invasion of Persia By Syed Abid Ali Abid Iqbal Synopsis: Examines the military conflict between the Mongols under Genghis Khan and…
Medieval Civilization from the World-Historical View
Medieval Civilization from the World-Historical View By Thomas Goldstein Journal of World History, Vol. 4 (1958) Synopsis: Examines medieval civilization from the overall…
The Development of the Sciences in China from the 4th to the End of the 12th Century
For the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the article covers mathematics, astronomy, medical sciences, pharmacology and agricultural techniques.
Transferring Technical Knowledge and Innovating in Europe, c.1200-c.1800
Transferring Technical Knowledge and Innovating in Europe, c.1200-c.1800 By Stephan Epstein Working Paper(2005) Abstract: The role of technology in the transition from premodern…
Empires and exploitation: The case of Byzantium
Exploitation is thus meaningful only in terms of the ways in which the state and society of Byzantium functioned—who exploited whom and how, in economic and political terms—and in respect of the cultural impact of Byzantine civilization on the outside world.
Eikonomachia: The Afterlife of the “Iconoclastic Controversy” in Byzantium
Eikonomachia: The Afterlife of the “Iconoclastic Controversy” in Byzantium By Charles Barber Iconoclasm: The War on Images: 6th Annual Platsis Symposium (2007) Introduction:…
Iconoclasm in Byzantium: myths and realities
Byzantine iconoclasm has been wrapped in an almost impenetrable membrane of attitudes and assumptions, many of them conflicting.
Japan’s relations with the Asian Continent and the Korean Peninsula (Before 950 AD)
Examines the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and China and Korea, which began in the third century AD, and included the sending of envoys.
The Armenian and Byzantine Foundations of the Concept of Jihad
What those ideas were I shall endeavor to make clear by first translating and then commenting on the passage in question. After that I propose to draw the reader’s attention to certain broad but significant similarities between these ideas and the concept of Jihad as initially expressed and enunciated in the pages of the Qur’an.
Church and State in the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1198-1375
Church and State in the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1198-1375 By Charles A. Frazee Byzantine Studies / Etudes Byzantines, Vol.3:2 (1976) Introduction: Cilcian…
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce By David Cornell Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300145687 Few battles resonate through British history as strongly as…
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State By Alick M. McLean Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300137149 This handsome book recounts…
Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination
Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination By Paul Freedman Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300151350 The demand for spices in…
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 By Soyoung Lee Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300148916 This notable catalogue—the first English-language publication on the…