Mothers and Daughters as Lords: The Countesses of Blois and Chartres
Mothers and Daughters as Lords: The Countesses of Blois and Chartres By Michelle Armstrong–Partida Medieval Prosopography, Vol. 26 (2005) Abstract: In the twelfth…
Ports, plagues and politics: explaining Italian city growth 1300–1861
Ports, plagues and politics: explaining Italian city growth 1300–1861 By Maarten Bosker, Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Herman de Jon and Marc Schramm European…
The Persian-Toledan Astronomical Connection and the European Renaissance
The Persian-Toledan Astronomical Connection and the European Renaissance By M. Heydari-Malayeri Paper given at the Academia Europaea 19th Annual Conference (2007) Abstract: This…
Biblical and Koranic Quotations in Hebrew and Arabic Andalusian Poetry
Biblical and Koranic Quotations in Hebrew and Arabic Andalusian Poetry By Arie Schippers Ever and ‘Arav, Contacts between Arabic Literature and Jewish Literature in…
Forgetting Osama bin Munqidh, Remembering Osama bin Laden: The Crusades in Modern Muslim Memory
Forgetting Osama bin Munqidh, Remembering Osama bin Laden: The Crusades in Modern Muslim Memory By Umej Bhatia RSIS Monograph No. 12, Nanyang Technological…
£7.5m project to revitalize Chester Cathedral
The Cheshire West and Chester Executive Council has given the go-ahead for a £7.5m project that will bring major changes to the Chester…
Rudyard Kipling and the Norman Conquest
Kipling’s treatment of the Norman Conquest, a subject to which he returns throughout his career, reveals the hidden depths of anxiety and irony in his attitude to empire.
Military and civil administration under the Emperor Maurice, 582-602 : a reassessment
This thesis examines the administration of the Late Roman or Early Byzantine Empire under Maurice (582-602). His reign is not commonly known, and he is often given brief mention only together with the other rulers following the reign of Justinian the Great, although his era spans twenty eventful years.
Glimpsing Medusa: Astoned in the Troilus
Glimpsing Medusa: Astoned in the Troilus By Timothy D. O’Brien Quidditas, Vol.23 (2002) Introduction: In these pages I would like to consider the…
The Big Dig: Chichester
The Big Dig: Chichester By John Magilton and Frances Lee British Archaeology, Issue 104 (2009) Introduction: St James’s hospital, Chichester, was founded in the…
‘Hiberno-Norwegians’ and ‘Anglo-Danes’: anachronistic ethnicities and Viking-Age England
‘Hiberno-Norwegians’ and ‘Anglo-Danes’: anachronistic ethnicities and Viking-Age England By Clare Downham Mediaeval Scandinavia, Vol. 19 (2009) Introduction: Two papers have recently been published,…
Virtus sermonis and the Trinity: Marsilius of Inghen and the Semantics of Late Fourteenth-Century Theology
Virtus sermonis and the Trinity: Marsilius of Inghen and the Semantics of Late Fourteenth-Century Theology J. F. M. Hoenen, Maarten Medieval Philosophy and…
Richard Rufus’s De anima Commentary: The Earliest Known, Surviving, Western De anima Commentary
Richard Rufus’s De anima Commentary: The Earliest Known, Surviving, Western De anima Commentary Wood, Rega (Stanford University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001)…
Aquinas’s Abstractionism
Aquinas’s Abstractionism Houston, Smit (University of Arizona) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001) Abstract According to St. Thomas, the natures of material things…
Medieval Week comes to Edinburgh
High levels of illiteracy during medieval times meant the ‘dark’ ages were actually a period of surprising cultural richness, with the majority of…
Myth and Religion in the Poetry of a Reluctant Convert
Myth and Religion in the Poetry of a Reluctant Convert By Diana Whaley Paper given at the 11th International Saga Conference (2000) Introduction: Great exceptions…
The role of the artist in contemporary society as compared to pre-Christian and early Medieval society in Northern Europe
The role of the artist in contemporary society as compared to pre-Christian and early Medieval society in Northern Europe By Peter R. Hupfauf…
The Liber miraculorum of Simon de Montfort: Contested sanctity and contesting authority in late thirteenth-century England
The Liber miraculorum of Simon de Montfort: Contested sanctity and contesting authority in late thirteenth-century England By John E. St.Lawrence PhD Dissertation, University of…
Simon de Montfort : lay piety and crusading ideology in Thirteenth-Century England
Simon de Montfort : lay piety and crusading ideology in Thirteenth-Century England By Kiana M. Scott Bachelor’s Thesis, Williams College, 2008 Introduction: On…
Bernician narratives : place-names, archaeology and history
Bernician narratives : place-names, archaeology and history By Mark Steven Wood PhD Dissertation, Newcastle University, 2007 Abstract: This thesis concerns Bernicia and the…
Scandinavian Myth on Viking-period Stone Sculpture in England
Scandinavian Myth on Viking-period Stone Sculpture in England By Richard N. Bailey Paper given at the 11th International Saga Conference (2000) Introduction: Some 20 years…
Journey to the Antipodes. Cosmological and Mythological Themes in Alexanders Saga
Journey to the Antipodes. Cosmological and Mythological Themes in Alexanders Saga By David Ashurst Paper given at the 11th International Saga Conference (2000)…
The Big Dig: Discovering Bosworth
The Big Dig: Discovering Bosworth By Glenn Foard British Archaeology, Issue 112 (2010) Introduction: On August 22 1485 the last English king of the…
Is this the Lost Anglo-Saxon Church of Westbury-on-Trym?
Is this the Lost Anglo-Saxon Church of Westbury-on-Trym? By Jon Cannon British Archaeology, Issue 114 (2010) Introduction: At first sight, the room beneath the…
Haskins Conference Papers: Cosmas on the See of Prague
Haskins Conference Papers: Cosmas on the See of Prague Lisa Wolverton (University of Oregon) Summary This paper considers the history of the bishopric…