The Genoese citizenship of Carlo I Tocco of December 2, 1389
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Medieval, Modern, Post-Modern: Medieval Studies in a Post Modern Perspective
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Medieval Christian (Dis)identifications: Muslims and Jews in Guibert of Nogent
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Private Bodies and the Body Politic in the Divorce Case of Lothar II
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The Image of the Jongleur in Northern France Around 1200
The Image of the Jongleur in Northern France Around 1200 By John W. Baldwin Speculum, Vol. 72, No. 3. (1997) Introduction: In the pages…
Interview with Jerome de Groot
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45th International Congress of Medieval Studies
The 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies is being held this week at Western Michigan University. Over six hundred sessions are being held…
International Medieval Congress 2010
The University of Leeds is hosting its 18th International Medieval Congress (IMC), the largest academic gathering of medievalists in Europe. The schedule for…
Lordship and Principality: Colonial Policy in Ireland and Aquitaine in the 1360s
Lordship and Principality: Colonial Policy in Ireland and Aquitaine in the 1360s By David Green Journal of British Studies, Volume 47, Number 1…
Byzantium, the Italian maritime powers, and the Black Sea before 1204
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The date of the military compendium of Syrianus Magister (Formerly the sixth-century anonymus Byzantinus)
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A parliament full of rats? Piers Plowman and the Good Parliament of 1376
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The participation of the nobility in the reconquest and in the military orders
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Interview with Laurence Marvin – The Occitan War: A Military And Political History Of The Albigensian Crusade, 1209–1218
The Albigensian Crusade of the early-thirteenth century was a key moment in Europe’s medieval history. The crusade was launched by Pope Innocent III in…
Why Minorities Were Neither Tolerated nor Discriminated Against in the Middle Ages
Discrimination and tolerance are asymmetrical concepts in present day usage. Tolerance has a positive meaning and denotes the attitude of a majority that accepts deviant forms of reasoning or behaviour practiced by a minority.
Spinning the Revolt. The Assassination and Sanctification of an 11th-Century Danish King
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
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The Map of Macrobius before 1100
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Some Ambiguities Of Late Medieval Religion In England
The vibrancy of late medieval lay devotion has been powerfully advanced by some recent writers of a revisionist school, although some more cautious voices have been less distinctly heard.
Byzantium on the Web: New Technologies at the Service of Museums and Educational Institutions for the Presentation of Byzantine Culture
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Constans II and the Byzantine navy
Constans II and the Byzantine navy By Salvatore Cosentino Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Volume 100, Issue 2 (2008) Introduction: At the beginning of the twentieth…
Mental Images, Memory Storage, and Composition in the High Middle Ages
Mental Images, Memory Storage, and Composition in the High Middle Ages By Mary J. Carruthers Das Mittelalter Vol.13 (2008) Introduction: This essay could…
Shakespeare and the Middle Ages
In 2009 two books were published, each with the same title. Here is some details about both books: Shakespeare and the Middle Ages:…
The Sons of Hagar in Archbishop Eustathios᾽ The Capture of Thessaloniki: Some Evidence Concerning Late Twelfth Century Byzantine-Turkish Relations
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1066: The Battle For Middle Earth
1066: The Battle for Middle Earth is a two part documentary drama in which Justin Hardy tells the story of the great battles…