Spinning seiðr
Spinning seiðr By Eldar Heide Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions, edited by Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert et al.…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 2: Storms Within and Without “Winter Landscape and Season” Paul Langeslag (U of T) This fascinating paper was about Anglo-Saxon seasonal imagery…
Writing and Imagining the Crusade in Fifteenth-Century Burgundy: The Case of the Expedition Narrative in Jean de Wavrin’s Anciennes Chroniques d’Angleterre
This study emulates and supports these efforts by undertaking a close reading of a remarkable Burgundian chronicle – one which depicts and defends a rare experiment in one of the most ideologically resonant enterprises of the day.
Early byzantine lamellar armour from Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena, Spain)
Early Byzantine lamellar armour from Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena, Spain) By Jaime Vizcaíno Sánchez Gladius, Vol.28 (2008) Abstract: This article presents an Early Byzantine…
Medieval Dress
Medieval Dress and Clothing are an area of interest for many medievalists, but finding information can often be difficult. Research can be done…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 1: Transhistorical Anglo-Saxon England “Vernacular Authority in a Materialized God: Reading the Text of Christ’s Body in Old and Middle English” Camin…
Perfumes and perfume-making in the Celestina
In these pages I will endeavour to set Celestina’s skills in the context of making perfume and uses of it in the early 16th century.
Do Medieval and Renaissance Androids Presage the Posthuman?
Do Medieval and Renaissance Androids Presage the Posthuman? LaGrandeur, Kevin Comparative Literature and Culture, Volume 12, Issue 3, (September 2010) Article 3 Abstract In…
Folklore as a Unifying Factor in The Antwyrs off Arthure
Folklore as a Unifying Factor in The Antwyrs off Arthure Lowe, Virginia A.P. Folklore Forum 13 (2/3) (1980) Abstract Among the many minor…
Whitby, Wilfrid, and Church-State Antagonism in Early Medieval Britain
Whitby, Wilfrid, and Church-State Antagonism in Early Medieval Britain By Vance E. Woods Master’s Thesis, Baylor University, 2009 Abstract: In 664, adherents of…
Female Experience and Authorial Intention in Laxdœla saga
Female Experience and Authorial Intention in Laxdœla saga By Loren Auerbach Saga Book, Vol.25 (1998) Introduction: Much has been made of Laxdœla saga…
The Giantess as a Metaphor for Shetland’s Cultural History
The Giantess as a Metaphor for Shetland’s Cultural History By Andrew Jennings Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, Vol.4:2 (2010)…
Sex Difference in Medieval Theology and Canon Law: A Tribute to Joan Cadden
Meanings of Sex Difference draws on a very wide range of sources, cross- ing and re-crossing traditional boundaries between the disciplines. Joan Cadden also pays particular attention to the cultural and social milieux these sources were produced in; to the assumptions and expectations of authors and readers; to questions of form, style, and presentation.
A History of Infant Feeding: Part I: Primitive Peoples, Ancient Works, Renaissance Writers
A History of Infant Feeding: Part I: Primitive Peoples, Ancient Works, Renaissance Writers By Ian G. Wickes Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol.28…
Footnotes on Life : Marginalia in Three Medieval Icelandic Manuscripts
This project investigates what paratextual material—specifically marginalia— can tell us about the way medieval Icelandic readers felt about their books, and how they participated in the creation of the reading experience for future readers through the marks they left on the page.
The Medieval Hospitals of St John the Baptist at Oxford and St Bartholomew of London From Foundation to 1300
The Medieval Hospitals of St John the Baptist at Oxford and St Bartholomew of London From Foundation to 1300 Bridge, Gillian (University of Victoria)…
How much material damage did the Northmen actually do to ninth-century Europe?
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the material damage the Northmen perpetrated in Northern Europe during the ninth-century, and the effects of their raids on the economy of the Carolingian empire.
THE LOCALISATION AND DATING OF MEDIEVAL ICELANDIC MANUSCRIPTS
THE LOCALISATION AND DATING OF MEDIEVAL ICELANDIC MANUSCRIPTS Karlsson, Stefan SAGA-BOOK, VOL. XXV, VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, (1998–2001) Abstract As is…
Was the ‘anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign a reaction to Anglo-Norman government?
Was the ‘anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign a reaction to Anglo-Norman government? Stark, Donald Published Online Abstract The first thing to note regarding…
Vikings in the Nor’ Wast: The Roots of Orkney’s Identity in Norway and Canada
Vikings in the Nor’ Wast: The Roots of Orkney’s Identity in Norway and Canada LANGE, MICHAEL A. Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol.17, (2007) Abstract This article…
Renaissance Women as Patrons of Music: The North-Italian Courts
Renaissance Women as Patrons of Music: The North-Italian Courts By William F. Prizer Rediscovering the Muses: Women’s Musical Traditions, ed. Kimberly Marshall (Boston,…
‘THE HANGINGS ABOUT THE HALL’: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505
‘THE HANGINGS ABOUT THE HALL’: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505 Kightly, Charles Medieval Textiles, Issue 28, June (2001) Abstract…
The Irish Fool
This image may be identified easily today as, ‘The Joker,’ who typically finds residence in the common pack of playing cards. Curiously, while elements of this symbol and its legacy play a role that parallels the Fool of Irish tradition, there are distinct differences.
Water and wetlands in medieval estate management: Glastonbury Abbey, Meare and the Somerset Levels in South West England
Water and wetlands in medieval estate management: Glastonbury Abbey, Meare and the Somerset Levels in South West England By Stephen Rippon Ruralia, Vol.5…
King Arthur in the Lands of the Saracens
Throughout the bulk of the Arthurian literary tradition, romancers, novelists, poets, and historians of King Arthur and his Knights have relegated the world’s medieval games to that of the European chessboard.