The Borgias renewed for second season
Showtime has renewed The Borgias – the story of intrigue and murder set in 15th century Italy – for a second season. David…
Determining Participation Patterns in Medieval Courts Through Charter Witness Lists
Determining Participation Patterns in Medieval Courts Through Charter Witness Lists By Rose Mary Coley Historical Social Research, Vol. 14, No.3 (1989) Introduction: Knowledge…
The Mongol Connection: Russia’s Asian Entry into European Politics
The Mongol Connection: Russia’s Asian Entry into European Politics By Iver B. Neumann Published Online (2008) Abstract: The end of the 15th Century…
The Borgias: “Lucrezia’s Wedding”, SE01 EP04
“Lucrezia’s Wedding” Fiery preaching, political plots, scandal, and more mayhem, the Borgias are back at it again this week with Rodrigo planning Lucrezia’s…
Medieval Syriac Historians’ Perceptions of the Turks
Medieval Syriac Historians’ Perceptions of the Turks By Mark Dickens MPhil Dissertation, University of Cambridge, 2004 Introduction: The eleventh through thirteenth centuries were…
William, Agnes, among the most common names in medieval England
A study of personal names recorded in a major English medieval record source has revealed that ‘William’ was by far the most common name among the men listed in it. Meanwhile, ‘Alice’ and ‘Matilda’ are almost tied for the most common female name.
Game of Thrones: “The King’s Road” – SE01 EP02
Attempted murder, sex, intrigue and the call to duty….this week’s episode, “The King’s Road” brings us more excitement, grit and gore as Ned…
Sir John Mandeville and the Rhizomatic Travel Book
Sir John Mandeville and the Rhizomatic Travel Book By Galia Halpern Paper given at Forum on Forms of Seeing Symposium, New York University…
To Rise beyond their Sex: The Representation of Female Cross-Dressing Saints in Caxton’s Vitas Patrum
In my paper, I will discuss the lives of the four cross-dressing women in the Vitas Patrum, and another saint, Mary of Egypt, who shares many of the features of the transvestite saints.
The machines of Francesco Di Giorgio: demonstrations of the world
This thesis is an exploration of the chapters of Francesco Di Giorgio’s Trattati di Architettura, Ingegneria e Arte Militare, that pertain to mechanical devices.
Fra Bartolommeo and the Vision of Saint Bernard: An Examination of Savonarolan Influence
Fra Bartolommeo was regarded as one of the most important artists of the High Renaissance from the late fifteenth-century to the beginning of the twentieth-century
A New Reason For Chivalry: A look at domestic violence in King Arthur’s family
A New Reason For Chivalry: A look at domestic violence in King Arthur’s family By Rachel Campbell Published Online (2004) Introduction: When most…
The Tree of Virtues and the Tree of Vices in Beinecke MS 416
The Tree of Virtues and the Tree of Vices in Beinecke MS 416 By Matthew Aleksinas Published online (2006) Introduction: The triumph of…
“With them she had her playful game”: The Performance of Gender and Genre in Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Fraunendienst
“With them she had her playful game”: The Performance of Gender and Genre in Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Fraunendienst By Lisa Perfetti Chapter 4…
Material and Meaning in Lead Pilgrims’ Signs
Material and Meaning in Lead Pilgrims’ Signs Lee, Jennifer (Indiana University – Purdue University of Indianapolis) Peregrinations, Vol.2, Issue 3 (2009) Abstract Thanks to…
The Lay of Igor’s Campaign and the Works It Has Inspired
In A.D. 1185, as the Kievan Rus Empire was starting to deteriorate, a little known prince on the eastern Russian borders led his outnumbered men into battle against Mongolian invaders, the Polovtsians (Kumans)
The Motives of the Earliest Crusaders and the Settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095-1100
The Motives of the Earliest Crusaders and the Settlement of Latin Palestine, 1095-1100 By Jonathan Riley-Smith The English Historical Review, Vol. 98, No.…
Greek and Muslim Automata: Influence of Greek Knowledge in Medieval Islamic Science
Greek and Muslim Automata: Influence of Greek Knowledge in Medieval Islamic Science By Michela Cigola Proceedings: 2nd International Conference on Ancient Greek Technology…
The Medieval Silver-Lead Miner: A Preliminary Study
The Medieval Silver-Lead Miner: A Preliminary Study By Peter Claughton Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society, Vol.12:2 (1993) Abstract: This paper…
Music: An Instrument of Dialogue Christian Medieval Music and Arab Music, or the Need for Heresy
Music: An Instrument of Dialogue Christian Medieval Music and Arab Music, or the Need for Heresy By Luca Brunelli Felicetti European Journal of…
Pope John XXII and the Franciscan ideal of absolute poverty
Pope John XXII and the Franciscan ideal of absolute poverty By Melanie Brunner PhD Dissertation, University of Leeds, 2006 Abstract: My thesis offers…
The parable of the Three Rings: a revision of its history
The parable of the Three Rings: a revision of its history By Iris Shagrir Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1997)…
Pursuing salvation through a body of parchment: books and their significance in the illustrated homilies by Iakobos of Kokkinobaphos
Pursuing salvation through a body of parchment: books and their significance in the illustrated homilies by Iakobos of Kokkinobaphos By Maria Evangelatou Mediaeval…
Rivers and Humans: The Civilizing Project of Leonardo da Vinci and Niccoló Machiavelli
Neither man spoke about in his notebooks, letters or diaries. But out of the brainstorming at Imola emerged a project which was as momentous as it was daring
Art, Mathematics and Architecture for Humanistic Renaissance: the Platonic Solids
Art, Mathematics and Architecture for Humanistic Renaissance: the Platonic Solids By Nicoletta Sala Paper given at the The Humanistic Renaissance in Mathematics Education…