Pietro Bembo: A Renaissance Courtier Who Had His Cake and Ate It Too
Pietro Bembo: A Renaissance Courtier Who Had His Cake and Ate It Too Quattrocchi, Ed JOURNAL OF THE CAXTON CLUB OF CHICAGO Abstract…
Parents and Children in the Early Middle Ages
Parents and Children in the Early Middle Ages (Review article) By Pauline Stafford Early Medieval Europe, Vol.10:2 (2001) Introduction: In the ninth century…
In Pursuit of Honor: The Balance between Widowhood and Motherhood in the Letters of Alessandra Strozzi
In Pursuit of Honor: The Balance between Widowhood and Motherhood in the Letters of Alessandra Strozzi Brewer, Cassandra Wagner College Forum for Undergraduate Research, Volume…
Archaeologists explore grounds of English church dating back to the Anglo-Saxon era
An archaeological team from Kingston University has gone beneath the surface of the historic churchyard at All Saints Church in Laleham, Middlesex to…
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glycas: A Twelfth-Century Defense and Refutation of Astrology
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glycas: A Twelfth-Century Defense and Refutation ofAstrology George, Demetra Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 5 no 1 (2001) Abstract Manuel Komnenos…
The Cuckold, His Wife, and Her Lover: A Study of Infidelity in the Cent nouvelles nouvelles, the Decameron, and the Libro de buen amor
This dissertation compares representations of women in erotic triangles. I contend that despite the stability implied by the triangular shape, the erotic triangle can be made unstable through women’s language.
Lewd Imaginings: Pedagogy, Piety, and Peformance in Late Medieval East Anglia
Lewd Imaginings: Pedagogy, Piety, and Peformance in Late Medieval East Anglia Sebastian, John Thomas PhD Dissertation, Cornell University, August (2004) Abstract This dissertation…
Viking houses discovered in Dublin
Two Viking houses have been found in the Temple Bar area of Dublin, Ireland. The area was once an island in the middle…
North-European Trading Centres and the Early Medieval Craftsman; Craftsmen at Åhus, north-eastern Scania, Sweden ca. AD 750-850+
The emergence and the further development of wics and trading places in Northern and North-western Europe (late 7th century to the 10th century) cannot be explained as the result of only one social and economic system.
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions Källström, Magnus 7th International Runic Symposium, Oslo (2010) Abstract The topic of Viking…
The York Environs Project: an early medieval town and its hinterland
During the first millennium AD, the City of York grew to be one of the foremost towns of northwest Europe. This study will examine the origins and growth of the Viking age town, whose development can be seen to parallel that of many of the urban centres of early medieval Europe.
The development of urbanism in the northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval times
The development of urbanism in the northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval times By Rodolfo Fattovich The Development of Urbanism from…
Medieval artefacts discovered in Bury St Edmunds
Medieval pottery, jewellery and building materials have been unearthed in Bury St Edmunds. Archaeologists from Suffolk County Council were called in to work…
Viking Shipyard discovered on the Isle of Skye
Archaeologists have discovered a 12th century Norse shipbuilding site on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Investigations at Loch na h-Airde on Skye’s…
The army of Godfrey of Bouillon, 1096-1099 : Structure and dynamics of a contingent on the First Crusade
The army led in the First Crusade by Godfrey of Bouillon, duke of Lower Lotharingia, set off on its journey to the Holy Land about the middle of August 1096
Museum to reveal treasures of Anglo-Saxon princess
A stunning collection of 7th century treasure, shedding light on the extraordinary life of an Anglo-Saxon princess, is set to be revealed to…
Naples: a case of urban survival in the early Middle Ages?
Naples: a case of urban survival in the early Middle Ages? By Paul Arthur Mélanges de l’Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes,…
Peasant Religion in Medieval Europe
The following essay is divided into three parts. The first presents a chronology of religious conversion and peasant history to roughly the year thousand. The second reflects on the methodological and conceptual issues raised by the evidence presented in the first part. The third then looks at peasant religion in Europe to the end of the Middle Ages.
THE BORGIAS: “The French King” – SE01EP06
“The French King” Cesare falls deeply in love with Baroness Ursula, Lucrezia has a torrid affair with Paolo the stable boy, while her…
Leprosy and Identity in Medieval Rouen
To us today, leprosy, like the plague, is undoubtedly symbolic of the Middle Ages – but this paper will conclude by considering the extent to which leprosy was viewed by contemporaries as the disease afflicting their society.
The Theology of Eucharistic Consecration: Role of the Priest in Celtic Liturgy
The Theology of Eucharistic Consecration: Role of the Priest in Celtic Liturgy By J.H. Crehan Theological Studies, Vol.42 (1979) Introduction: For a long…
Medici Power and Patronage under Cosimo the Elder and Lorenzo the Magnificent
Medici Power and Patronage under Cosimo the Elder and Lorenzo the Magnificent By Kelly Ann Gilbert Honors BA Thesis, Eastern Michigan University, 2005…
Bloodfeud and Scandinavian Mythology
Bloodfeud and Scandinavian Mythology By John Lindow Alvíssmál, Vol.4 (1994) Introduction: Medieval Iceland was hardly unique in possessing a stateless society, one in…
The Man-Made Disaster: Fire in Cities in the Medieval Middle East
The Man-Made Disaster: Fire in Cities in the Medieval Middle East By Anna Akasoy Historical Social Research, Vol. 32:3 (2007) Abstract: Considering the…
Medieval ‘Cultural Landscapes’: Construction, Perception, and Evaluation – in the Middle Ages and Today
Medieval ‘Cultural Landscapes’: Construction, Perception, and Evaluation – in the Middle Ages and Today By Gerhard Jaritz Paper given at the Yeongwol Yonsei…