Cows, Harp Seals, and Churchbells: Adaptation and Extinction in Norse Greenland
Cows, Harp Seals, and Churchbells: Adaptation and Extinction in Norse Greenland By Thomas H. McGovern Human Ecology, Vol. 8:3 (1980) Abstract: The extinction…
Aquinas on Continuity and Identity
Aquinas on Continuity and Identity Hughes, Christopher Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no. 1 (1997) Abstract In what follows, I shall argue…
Anselm on the Cost of Salvation
Anselm on the Cost of Salvation Leftow, Brian Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no. 1 (1997) Abstract Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo (CDH)…
The Ethics of al-Razi (865-925?)
The Ethics of al-Razi (865-925?) Druart, Thérèse-Anne Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no. 1 (1997) Abstract Among al-Razi’s few surviving philosophical works,…
Bonaventure and the Question of a Medieval Philosophy
Bonaventure and the Question of a Medieval Philosophy Speer, Andreas Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no. 1 (1997) Abstract Can one speak…
As It Is, It Is an Ax: Some Medieval Reflections on De Anima II
As It Is, It Is an Ax: Some Medieval Reflections on De Anima II Sirridge, Mary Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no.…
Get a Room: Private Space and Private People in Old French and Middle English Love Stories
This study explores the way in which one circumstance of daily life in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries—the relative scarcity of private space—influenced the literature of courtly love.
Sheffield Cathedral receives funding to promote its heritage
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to Sheffield Cathedral, the city’s oldest building, to work up plans to significantly…
Middle Byzantine Thessaloniki: Art, Architecture and History of the Ninth through Twelfth Centuries
Middle Byzantine Thessaloniki: Art, Architecture and History of the Ninth through Twelfth Centuries By Amelia Robertson Brown BA Thesis, Princeton, 1999 Introduction: Few…
Medieval Gdansk
Gdansk was first mentioned in historical sources in the year 997 and has had a long history of being fought over between Polish…
Accidents among medieval children as seen from the miracles of six English saints and martyrs
Accidents among medieval children as seen from the miracles of six English saints and martyrs By Eleanora C. Gordon Medical History, Vol.35:2 (1991)…
The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice
The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice Ann Finnin Publisher:Llewellyn Worldwide, June 1, 2010 ISBN:9780738720708 Summary “I was only an apprentice. I swear it. By…
The Queen’s Daughter
The Queen’s Daughter Susan Coventry Publisher:Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, June 8, 2010 ISBN:9780805089929 Summary Joan’s mother is Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine,…
A First Glance at Albert the Great’s Teachings on Analogy of Words
A First Glance at Albert the Great’s Teachings on Analogy of Words Tremblay, Bruno (Universite Laval) Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no.…
Al-Razi’s Conception of the Soul: Psychological Background to His Ethics
Al-Razi’s Conception of the Soul: Psychological Background to His Ethics Druart, Thérèse-Anne (The Catholic University of America) Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5,…
Back to Nature in Aquinas
Back to Nature in Aquinas Twetten, David B. (Marquette University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 2 (1996) Abstract Perhaps the most…
The Second Way
The Second Way Cartwright, Richard L. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 2 (1996) Abstract My title refers to the second of…
Memory, Individuals, and the Past in Averroes’s Psychology
Despite the resurgence of interest in the medieval conception of memory among scholars working in a wide variety of disciplines within medieval studies, little attention has been paid in recent times to the conception of memory found in the psychological writings of medieval philosophers, especially those from the Arabic tradition.
Did Scotus Embrace Anselm’s Notion of Freedom?
Did Scotus Embrace Anselm’s Notion of Freedom? Langston, Douglas Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5, no. 2 (1996) Abstract In his “Duns Scotus…
Urban Violence in Fifth Century Antioch: Riot Culture and Dynamics in Late Antique Mediterranean Cities
Antioch was a city attempting to transition from a Greco-Roman Pagan society to an orthodox Christian society in a recently Christian empire.
Patterns in the Framing: Patience and The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Patterns in the Framing: Patience and The Hours of Catherine of Cleves By Rita Williams CONCEPT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Graduate Studies (2005)…
The Peasant Rusticus: Life near Paris in the Time of Clovis
‘History,’ wrote the late Eileen Power, ‘is largely made up of Bodos.’ With that final sentence of her essay on Bodo, a Carolingian-era peasant near Paris….
Historians and the economy: Zosimus and Procopius on fifth and sixth century economic development
Historians and the economy: Zosimus and Procopius on fifth and sixth century economic development By Hartmut G. Ziche Published Online Introduction: The economy…
Weapons of Princes, Weapons of War? An experimental analysis from pattern-welded swords from northwestern Europe, 400-1100 AD
Swords have always been considered special, especially in the early middle ages. However, what was the true value attributed to these weapons? And the famous pattern-welded blades from this period, were these mere pieces of decoration and status?
Hereford Mappa Mundi gets £50,000
Hereford Cathedral’s internationally renowned Mappa Mundi and Chained Library exhibition is to get a ‘make-over’ following the award of a £50,000 grant by…