Medieval medical malpractice: the dicta and the dockets
have selected seven legal cases from the surviving documents of medieval London, ranging over the 150-year period from the mid-14th century through the late 15th.
Gregorian Chant and Power Politics in Medieval Tuscany
Gregorian Chant and Power Politics in Medieval Tuscany Lecture by James Maiello Given at Vanderbilt University (2011) James Maiello, senior lecturer in music…
Alcohol Consumption by Children in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
Alcohol Consumption by Children in Late Medieval and Early Modern England By Virginia L. Allen Honours Thesis, University of Adelaide, 1994 Introduction: Alcohol…
Anglo Saxon Music: 500-1066
Anglo Saxon Music: 500-1066 By Jessica Lovett Published Online (2000) Introduction: Unlike its current trivial place in today’s society, in the early middle…
Common Medieval Pigments
Common Medieval Pigments By Amy Baker Published Online (2004) Introduction: Within the period of time formerly known as the “Dark Ages” there existed…
Ruins of 13th-century castle discovered in northern England
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of Westgate Castle in the northern English area of Weardale in the North Pennies region. The lost castle…
British medieval records award special status by UNESCO
Twenty items have been selected from the UK’s libraries, archives and museums to represent the outstanding heritage of the United Kingdom, including several…
Remains of Medieval Village found in Cheshire
Construction work on a new housing development in Runcorn, Cheshire, has unearthed what are thought to be the final remains of the medieval…
Turnabout is Fair Play: Cross-Dressing and Female Tricksters in Medieval French Texts
I will be examining a very particular version of this woman. In each case she appears, at least for a time, in disguise, in male garb.
THE BORGIAS: “DEATH ON A PALE HORSE” – SE01 EP07
“Death On A Pale Horse” In this week’s episode…. The French decimate Lucca, and march on towards Florence while Della Rovere wrestles with…
Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade
Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade By Ivančica Dvoržak Schrunk Paper given at Living for Eternity: The White Monastery…
The Setting of the Tournament in Chrétien de Troyes and its Historical Actuality
But in Chrétien’s time there were already tournaments. From c.1160 to c.1190, when he would have written the five romances we know today, he was also witnessing the flourishing of a tournament circuit that was bringing the lords from the Anglo-French world together into a premier league of knightly teams.
The nobiliary concept of play as a mechanism for ethical-political distinction in the Late Middle Ages
The nobiliary concept of play as a mechanism for ethical-political distinction in the Late Middle Ages By Miguel Vicente Pedraz and Juan Rodríguez…
Fiore Dei Liberi: 14th century Master of Defence
Fiore Dei Liberi: 14th century Master of Defence By John Clements Published Online (2006) Introduction: Unarguably the most important Medieval Italian fighting treatise,…
Joachimite apocalypticism, Cistercian mysticism and the sense of disintegration in Perlesvaus and The queste del saint Graal
Joachimite apocalypticism, Cistercian mysticism and the sense of disintegration inPerlesvaus and The queste del saint Graal O’Hagan, Michael PhD Thesis, University of British…
Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings
Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings Pons-Sanchez, Sara M. Saga Book, Vol.28 (2004) Abstract…
The Politics of Wet System Building: Balancing Interests in Dutch Water Management from the Middle Ages to the Present
The Politics of Wet System Building: Balancing Interests in Dutch Water Management from the Middle Ages to the Present By Cornelis Disco and…
Gerald of Wales and the Angevin Kings
Gerald of Wales and the Angevin Kings Steele, Helen Published Online (2006) Abstract On the 10th of November 1203, Silvester Giraldus Cambrensis attended…
Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty
Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty Forbes Manz, Beatrice Iranian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1/2, Soviet and North American Studies on Central Asia…
Cannibalism, the First Crusade, and the Genesis of Medieval Romance
Almost nine hundred years ago, between 1130 and 1139, the legend of King Arthur erupted for the first time in full literary form in England, elaborated out of obscure hints and sketchy entries in written history and Celtic legendary tradition by Geoffrey of Monmouth…
The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War
The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War Fa, ÁRPÁD (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary) AARMS Vol. 9, No.…
The Folk-Tale Element in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Folk-Tale Element in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight By Claude Luttrell Studies in Philology, Vol.77:2 (1980) Introduction: Ever since Kittredge published…
The Secret Of Venetian Success: The Role Of The State In Financial Markets
The Secret Of Venetian Success: The Role Of The State In Financial Markets González de Lara, Yadira (Universidad de Alicante, Departamento de Fundamentos…
Encounters with Monsters at the End of Time: Some Early Medieval Visualizations of Apocalyptic Eschatology
Encounters with Monsters at the End of Time: Some Early Medieval Visualizations ofApocalyptic Eschatology Lewis, Suzanne Different Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on Medieval…
The Archaeology of Medieval Fishing Tackle
The Archaeology of Medieval Fishing Tackle Steane, J M and Foreman, M Waterfront Archaeology: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Waterfront Archaeology held at…