Framing ‘Piracy’: restitution at sea in the later Middle Ages
Framing ‘Piracy’: restitution at sea in the later Middle Ages Dick, Bryan D. PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow, January (2010) Abstract The focus…
The Plague of Justinian and Other Scourges: An analysis of the Anomalies in the Development of the Iron Age population in Finland
The Plague of Justinian and Other Scourges: An analysis of the Anomalies in the Development of the Iron Age population in Finland Seger, Tapio…
Plague Mortality and Demographic Depression in Later Medieval England
Plague Mortality and Demographic Depression in Later Medieval England Poos, L.R. (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge) THE YALE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 54, (1981)…
Georgian Sources
Georgian Sources By Stephen H. Rapp Jr. Proceedings of the British Academy, No.132 (2007) Introduction: The eviction of the Muslims, the annihilation of…
Tower Houses in the Carra Barony of County Mayo: A Condition Review
Tower Houses in the Carra Barony of County Mayo: A Condition Review Lyons, Muirne B.A. Dissertation, Heritage Studies at GMIT Castlebar (2009) Abstract With…
Selective female infanticide as partial explanation for the dearth of women in Viking Age Scandinavia
‘So you are with child. If you should bear a girl, it shall be exposed, but if a boy, then it shall be raised.’ –
In her voice: The destruction of the Cathars in Languedoc
Listen, you can hear the soft rustling of foot soldiers in the valley deep below as they build the mass burning pyre. Tomorrow morning we will walk down from our Montsegur fortress and step up to our deaths.
“Neoplatonic Influence in the Writings of Robert Grosseteste”
“Neoplatonic Influence in the Writings of Robert Grosseteste” Hendrix, John Shannon (Roger Williams University) School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Papers (2008) Abstract…
The first settlers of Iceland: an isotopic approach to colonisation
The first settlers of Iceland: an isotopic approach to colonisation By T. Douglas Price and Hildur Gestsdottir Antiquity, Vol. 80 (2006) Abstract: The…
Women Troubadours in Southern France
In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries women troubadours in southern France called trobairitz participated in dialogue or debate poems called tensons with male troubadours.
A Quest for Reynard the Fox
The Dutch story of Reynaert de vos/Reynard the Fox is regarded as one of the best medieval works in the vernacular language.
In Our Time: The Medieval University
In Our Time: The Medieval University BBC Radio 4 First Broadcast March 2011 In the 11th and 12th centuries a new type of…
Ludi Magister: The Play of Tudor School and Stage
Ludi Magister: The Play of Tudor School and Stage Sullivan, Paul Vincent (The University of Texas at Austin) PhD Thesis, The University of Texas…
Walter de Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter and Founder of Exeter College
Walter de Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter and Founder of Exeter College Maddicott, John (Oxford University) Paper given at Oxford University, September 26 (2009)…
The Art of Comparing in Byzantium
The Art of Comparing in Byzantium Maguire, Henry The Art Bulletin, Vol. 70, No. 1 (1988) Abstract Rhetoric was an important component of…
Why the Medieval Idea of a Community-Oriented University is Still Modern
To hold on to the values of the original university might allow to cope with the current crisis.
Education and Curricula in Early Universities: Some Documentary Evidence
Education and Curricula in Early Universities: Some Documentary Evidence Nicolay V. TSAREVSKY (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) Chemistry: Bulgarian Journal of Chemistry…
Health Education through the Ages
I shall group my remarks around two questions: whose was the task to educate, and who was to be educated?
Some Educational Aspects in England in the 16th Century
Some Educational Aspects in England in the 16th Century Pacheco Lucas, Margarita (University of Extremadura – Cáceres) Proceedings of the II Conference of…
Mathematics at Chartres Cathedral
The present cathedral was built over a thirty year period, begun in 1194, almost immediately after a devastating fire destroyed most of the previous building.
The Treaty of Windsor (1386) in a European context
In the early evening of Monday 14 August 1385, between 6 and 7 p.m., a crushing defeat was inflicted by a Portuguese army on a numerically far superior and better-equipped Castilian force.
Franco-Scottish alliance against England one of longest in history
A University of Manchester historian has uncovered evidence which shows how a defensive alliance against England between Scotland and France might never have…
A theory-building approach to the study of medieval history in grade four
A theory-building approach to the study of medieval history in grade four By Monica Resendes and Maria Chuy Paper given at the 2010…
Digitized Medieval Manuscripts in the Classroom: A Project in Progress
Digitized Medieval Manuscripts in the Classroom: A Project in Progress By Andrea Winkler The History Teacher, Vol. 35:2 (2002) Introduction: For many medievalists, the…
The Place of Metrics in Anglo-Saxon Latin Education: Aldhelm and Bede
The Place of Metrics in Anglo-Saxon Latin Education: Aldhelm and Bede Ruff, Carin (John Carroll University) Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol.…