The Spiritual Authority and Ideological Conservatism of the Bishops of Kraków in Post-Gregorian Little Poland
The Spiritual Authority and Ideological Conservatism of the Bishops of Kraków in Post-Gregorian Little Poland Session: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages –…
In the Shadow of Zengi: Diplomatic Relations between Damascus and the Crusader States during the Reign of King Fulk of Jerusalem
In the Shadow of Zengi: Diplomatic Relations between Damascus and the Crusader States during the Reign of King Fulk of Jerusalem Paper by Basit…
Cumque nullus rusticorum fugitivo obediret: Exile, Gift-Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh-Century Poland and Rus’
“Exile, Gift Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh Century Poland and Rus” Session: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages – May 13th By…
Bloodletting in Monastic Customaries
Matthews’ paper dealt with the practice of bloodletting, which she sees as one of the maligned and misunderstood aspects of medieval medicine.
Communicating Crusade: Livonian Mission and the Cistercian Network in the Thirteenth Century
Communicating Crusade: Livonian Mission and the Cistercian Network in the Thirteenth Century By Marek Tamm Ajalooline Ajakiri, no. 3/4 (2009) Introduction: In this…
Continental Women Mystics and English Readers
In 1406 Sir Henry later Lord Fitzhugh, trusted servant of King Henry IV, visited Vadstena, the Bridgettine monastery for men and women in Sweden. Vadstena was the mother-house of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour and had been founded by the controversial continental mystic St Bridget of Sweden, who had died in 1373 and had been canonized in Fitzhugh was so impressed by what he saw that he gave one of his manors near Cambridge as the future site for an English Bridgettine foundation.
The Astronomer
The Astronomer by Lawrence Goldstone Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, April 27, 2010 ISBN:9780802719867 Lawrence Goldstone’s The Astronomer is set against the political and religious…
The Black Death and Property Rights
The Black Death visited unprecedented mortality rates on Europe, realigning relative values of factors of production, and in consequence the costs and benefits of defining and enforcing property rights.
An English composer in royal and aristocratic service: Robert Chirbury, c. 1380–1454
An English composer in royal and aristocratic service: Robert Chirbury, c. 1380–1454 By Alexandra Buckle Plainsong and Medieval Music, Vol.15 No.2 (2006) Abstract:…
Pots and boundaries: On cultural and economic areas between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Pots and boundaries: On cultural and economic areas between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages By Paul Arthur Late Roman Coarse Wares,…
Byzantine and Turkish glazed ceramics in southern Apulia, Italy
Byzantine and Turkish glazed ceramics in southern Apulia, Italy By Paul Arthur BYZAS, Vol.7 (2007) Abstract: The author presents an outline of the…
The Horse and the Silk Road: Movement and Ideas
During the last nearly four thousand years, down to the very recent present, no animal has been more ubiquitous or more important than the horse.
BBC: Woman’s Hour
Woman’s Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It has been running since 1946 and consists of reports, interviews…
Women’s oldest profession? Evidence from twelfth century Bergen, Norway
I am going to present a micro level study; A close up on activities at town plots in Bergen in twelfth century western Norway providing substance to our insight in the everyday life of ordinary people – the first generations of townspeople in this newly established town.
BBC: The Long View
The Long View is a radio programme aired on BBC Radio 4 that examines present day events from a historical perspective. Some of…
Re-thinking the origins of the ‘Irish’ hobelar
Rethinking the origins of the ‘Irish’ hobelar By Robert Jones Cardiff Historical Papers (2008) Introduction: The hobelar is something of a sideshow…
Order Our Days In Thy Peace: Treatments of Conflict in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
Order Our Days In Thy Peace: Treatments of Conflict in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum By Caitlin Callaghan PhD Dissertation, Cornell University, 2009…
Lewd Imaginings: Pedagogy, Piety, and Performance in Late Medieval East Anglia
Lewd Imaginings: Pedagogy, Piety, and Performance in Late Medieval East Anglia By John Thomas Sebastian PhD Dissertation, Cornell University, 2004 Abstract: This dissertation explores clerical…
The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History
The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan’s Mongols Almost Conquered the World by Thomas Craughwell Fair Winds Press.…
From Iraq to Andalusia: The Early History of the Hobbyhorse
Western European scholars generally assume a late medieval, western European origin for the skirted hobbyhorse.
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glykas: A Twelfth Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glykas: A Twelfth Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology By Demetra George Culture and Cosmos, Vol.5-6 (2001-2002) Abstract:…
Waldensians ― Why were they judged as Heretics?
Waldensians ― Why were they judged as Heretics? By Yutaka Arita Comparative Studies on Urban Cultures, ed. Tani Tomio, Urban Culture Research Center, Osaka…
Troubadour, Wenches
“Troubadour, Wenches” is a comedy music video produced by smallGRAND – a comedy team that has written for the Onion News Network and…
Popular revolt and unrest in England during the second half of the reign of Henry VI
Popular revolt and unrest in England during the second half of the reign of Henry VI By I.M.W. Harvey PhD Dissertation, Aberystwyth University,…
Alternative Constructions of Treason in the Angevin Political World: Traïson in the History of William Marshal
After some nobles and other fighting men surrendered Rochester castle to King John in 1215, John wanted to hang the nobles but refrained from doing so on the advice of one of his military captains. Would hanging the nobles for making war on the king have been lawful?