The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe
In particular, the two main phases of population movement – c. 376-86 and 405-8 – were directly caused by the intrusion of Hunnic power into the fringes of Europe.
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence By Jean-Pierre Devroey Past and Present, No. 166. (2000) Introduction: ‘The…
Bertulf or Galbert? Considerations Regarding a Sample of Historical and Psychoanalytical Criticism of Medieval Dreams
Bertulf or Galbert? Considerations Regarding a Sample of Historical and Psychoanalytical Criticism of Medieval Dreams By Jeroen Deploige Psychoanalytische Perspectieven, Vol.20:2 (2002) Abstract:…
The Murder of Charles the Good
…I was in the midst of a great welter of events and many burning houses (set on fire by flaming arrows shot at night onto the roofs of the town both by those besieged within the castle and by freebooters outside who hoped to have a chance for looting)…
Drawing as an Art Form in Medieval Manuscripts
Jonathan Alexander presents a talk about the techniques, aesthetics, and role of graphic images—drawings, maps, diagrams, and masterful manuscript decorations—in the creative and intellectual life of the Middle Ages.
The Angel and the Muse: Inspiration, Revelation, Prophecy
Video: The Angel and the Muse: Inspiration, Revelation, Prophecy By Michael Sells, University of Chicago Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference – Villanova University…
Materializing Metaphor: Bodies, Buildings, and Ephesians 2:11-22 in Medieval Art
Video: Materializing Metaphor: Bodies, Buildings, and Ephesians 2:11-22 in Medieval Art Lecture by Peter Low Williams College Given on March 13, 2008 Williams…
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450 By Juliet Barker Little Brown, 2009 ISBN: 9781408700839 Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now…
The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani
The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani By Jo Van Steenbergen East and West…
Toward a Medieval Architectonics: Reading Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral is the most complete of England’s medieval cathedrals. The articulation of its different parts in time and space forms a kind of complex text that can be read in a variety of ways.
Grendel’s Mere: Freudian and Metapoetical Implications
Grendel’s Mere: Freudian and Metapoetical Implications Lee, Sung-Il Medieval English Studies, vol. 9 (2001) No. 1 Abstract One of the most famous passages…
The Medium of Middle English Lyrics
The Medium of Middle English Lyrics Stevick, Robert D. Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract A few years ago I prepared a…
Holding the Center: Chaucer’s Book of Troilus and Dante’s Commedia
Holding the Center: Chaucer’s Book of Troilus and Dante’s Commedia Kaylor, N. H. Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract In his “Retraction,”…
Faith and Loyalty: Sir Gawain as a Medieval Man
Faith and Loyalty: Sir Gawain as a Medieval Man Chung, Inju Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract Sir Gawain and the Green…
So Many Tales Untold : Eloquent Silences in the Old English Canon
Sometimes the literature of the Old English period is read against a rather too simple historical frame, largely based on Bede. It is important to recall how exceptional the surviving record is, whether documentary or literary, and how many stories and names have been lost forever.
The Theme of Mutability in Old English Poetry
The Theme of Mutability in Old English Poetry Lee, Sung-Il Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract There is a poetic fragment contained…
The Experience of Civilian Populations during the Hundred Years War in France 1330-1440
From that time on all went ill with the kingdom and the state was undone. Thieves and robbers rose up everywhere in the land. The nobles despised and hated all others and took no thought for the mutual usefulness and profit of lord and men.
Medieval Krakow and its Churches: Structure and Meanings
Medieval Krakow and its Churches: Structure and Meanings By Tomasz Węcławowicz Urban People, Vol.7:1 (2007) Abstract: The first part of this paper aims…
Attire in Ammianus and Gregory of Tours
The fourth century historian of the Roman Empire, Ammianus Marcellinus, focuses on attire and accessories that signify high rank, status and authority.
Cooking Pots as Indicators of Cultural Change: A Petrographic Study of Byzantine and Frankish Cooking Wares from Corinth
Cooking Pots as Indicators of Cultural Change: A Petrographic Study of Byzantine and Frankish Cooking Wares from Corinth By Louise Joyner Hesperia, Vol.76:1…
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT Adams, Geoff W. Studia Humaniora Tartuensia, vol. 7…
Secondary responses to fear and grief in Gregory of Tours’ Libri historiarum
Secondary responses to fear and grief in Gregory of Tours’ Libri historiarum By Ron F. Newbold Studia Humaniora Tartuensia, vol. 7 (2006) Abstract:…
Justinian and the International Silk Trade
Justinian and the International Silk Trade By Heleanor B. Feltham Sino-Platonic Papers, No.194 (2009) Introduction: In this study I will be looking at…
History vs. Fiction in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
History vs. Fiction in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms By Steven A. Vaughn-Lewis Sino-Platonic Papers, No.193 (2009) Introduction: “History is written by…
Man from the Margin: Cao Cao and the Three Kingdoms
The heroes of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao, his colleagues and his rivals, have a notable place in the traditions of the Chinese people. They are celebrated in poetry and drama, their deeds are recounted in cycles of stories, and the policies and crises of their time have been the centre of intellectual and popular debate in modern China.