The Garb of Medieval Satire
The Garb of Medieval Satire By Borçin Erol Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol.5:2 (1988) Introduction: Medieval satire was directed mainly at the…
Western and Islamic Manuscripts: A Comparatiye Study
Western and Islamic Manuscripts: A Comparatiye Study By Mehmet Emin KÜÇÜK Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol.15:2 (1998) Abstract: This study aims to…
Medieval Women Artists and Modern Historians
Medieval Women Artists and Modern Historians By Lila Yawn-Bonghi Medieval Feminist Forum, Vol. 12 (1991) Introduction: Women have a lot in common with…
The Life of Moses Maimonides, a Prominent Medieval Physician
The Life of Moses Maimonides, a Prominent Medieval Physician By Fred Rosner Einstein Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine, Vol.19 (2002) Abstract: Moses…
Women’s Rights in Early England
Women’s Rights in Early England By Christine G. Clark Brigham Young University Law Review (1995) Introduction: Throughout much of history, women have had…
Witan Publishing offers epublishing service for medieval scholars
Witan Publishing, a new service to the medieval academic community, was launched yesterday. It aims to provide e-publishing of peer-reviewed scholarship in the…
The Mersea Charter of Edward the Confessor
The Mersea Charter of Edward the Confessor By Cyril Hart Essex Archaeology and History, Vol. 12 (1981) Introduction: In 1768 Philip Morant published…
Irish medieval fishing site will be ‘lost to the tide’
One of Europe’s best preserved medieval fishing structures located on the Fergus Estuary in County Clare, Ireland, will be washed away by tidal…
“The Fifteen Signs Before Doomsday and “Post Conquest English Identity”
“The Fifteen Signs Before Doomsday and “Post Conquest English Identity” Stephen Pelle (U of T) This paper detailed the fifteen signs before Doomsday…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 1: Transhistorical Anglo-Saxon England “Where They Please: The Punctuation of Old English Poetry” Eric Weiskott (Yale University) This paper examined the use…
At the Borders of Medicine and Magic: A New Work by Ælfric?
At the Borders of Medicine and Magic: A New Work by Ælfric? By Richard Shaw (University of Toronto) Paper given at the Anglo-Saxon Studies…
Cartographic, Geophysical and Diver Surveys of the Medieval Town Site at Dunwich, Suffolk, England
Cartographic, Geophysical and Diver Surveys of the Medieval Town Site at Dunwich, Suffolk, England By D. A. Sear, S. R. Bacon, A. Murdock,…
Killing Kings: Patterns of Regicide in Europe, AD 600–1800
A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe in the medieval…
Ideals and values in Jean Froissart’s Chroniques
Froissart left a large range of writings: numerous poems, and Méliador, an Arthurian roman. However, the most widely read work is his chronicles, which amongst other things recount the events of the Hundred Years War between France and England and their respective allies, the dealings and life at the court of the Count de Foix, popular uprisings in England, Flanders and France, and the downfall of the English King, Richard II.
Medieval Political Assemblies A study of narrative sources pertaining to the period c.870-1141 in an East-West comparative perspective
Medieval Political Assemblies A study of narrative sources pertaining to the period c.870-1141 in an East-West comparative perspective By Tallak Liavåg Rundholt Master’s…
Silver production and the money supply in England and Wales, 1086–c.1500
Silver production and the money supply in England and Wales, 1086–c.1500 By Martin Allen Economic History Review, Vol.64, 1 (2011) Abstract: The contribution…
Walewein in the Otherworld and the Land of Prester John
As the landscape in Walewein bears witness, paradise and hell literally leak into the ordinary world: its border with the Otherworld must indeed be permeable.
Reality, Symbolism, Time, and Space in Medieval World Maps
Reality, Symbolism, Time, and Space in Medieval World Maps By David Woodward Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 75, Issue 4…
The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin
The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin: A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia, 1190–1331 Translated by Mary Fischer Ashgate Publishing,…
Coming of Age and the Family in Medieval England
Coming of Age and the Family in Medieval England By B. Gregory Bailey, Meaghan E. Bernard, Gregory Carrier, Cherise L. Elliott, John Langdon,…
Medieval Armor in a Prayer Book
Medieval Armor in a Prayer Book By Stephen V. Grancsay The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol.16:10 (1958) Introduction: Myths die hard, so…
Sacred texts of the secular: writing, hearing, and reading Cassiodorus’ Variae
Sacred texts of the secular: writing, hearing, and reading Cassiodorus’ Variae By S.J.B. Barnish Studia Patristica, Vol.38 (2001) Introduction: Several years ago, when…
The Anchoress and the Self-Proclaimed Prophet: Medieval Female Writers in Ecclesiastical Society
The medieval mystic who embodied an intersection between the divine and earthly realms challenged not only the authority of the clergy but also the dogmas of the church.
Christine de Pizan: A Fifteenth Century Champion of Women
Despite the obstacles faced by women in the late medieval period, one woman without recognized public authority created her own authority and wielded power in a significant way. That woman was Christine de Pizan.
Dozens of medieval finds reported in Scotland’s treasure trove
The government of Scotland has issued its annual Treasure Trove Report today, which lists the archaeological discoveries made between April 2009 and March…