Archaeologists examine medieval fortress on the Mediterranean coast
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was…
‘Sharper than swords, sturdier than stones’: space, language, and gender in fifteenth-century London
William and Isabel argued, quarreled, and fought most of the time, to the great weariness and nuisance of their neighbours…
British Library launches new Medieval and Renaissance images app
In conjunction with their exhibition Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination, the British Library has created a Royal Manuscripts app for Apple iPad…
Viking boat burial site discovered in Scotland
Great Britain’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in northwest Scotland. The 5 meter-long grave contained…
Richard I and the Jewish “Servi Camarae” as a Funding Source for the Third Crusade
Richard I and the Jewish “Servi Camarae” as a Funding Source for the Third Crusade By Dana Cushing Published Online (2011) Introduction: This…
Beyond Churches: Energetics and Economies of Construction in the Byzantine World
Beyond Churches: Energetics and Economies of Construction in the Byzantine World By Jordan Pickett Byzantine Archaeology in Method and Theory, eds. W. Caraher…
At Arm’s Length? On Papal Legates in Normandy (11th and 12th centuries)
At Arm’s Length? On Papal Legates in Normandy (11th and 12th centuries) By Kriston Rennie Revue d’Histoire Ecclesiastique, Vol.105:2 (2010) Abstract: For the…
Football was being played in medieval Scotland, research reveals
A Scottish historian has discovered that the game of football was being played as early as the 15th century, and that by the…
Cultural Representation and the Practice of War in the Middle Ages
Cultural Representation and the Practice of War in the Middle Ages By Richard Abels Journal of Medieval Military History, Vol.6 (2008) Introduction: Several…
The Mac Lochlainn High-Kingship in Late Pre-Norman Ireland
The present study, therefore, has two primary goals. The first, and arguably the foremost, is to shed light on the complex political and ecclesiastical situation in Ireland and, specifically, within the Cenél nEogain during the era of Mac Lochlainn power in the region. The second is to provide a basis for later, more detailed studies of the same kind on late pre-Norman Ireland in general.
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne comes to Fordham University – will research medieval female devotion
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Ph.D., a medieval literature scholar whose work has focused on the use of vernacular language and women’s’ narratives in medieval texts,…
Syracuse University examines “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment”
The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle…
Ships, Fogs, and Traveling Pairs: Plague Legend Migration in Scandinavia
Ships, Fogs, and Traveling Pairs: Plague Legend Migration in Scandinavia By Timothy R. Tangherlini Journal of American Folklore, Vol.101 (1988) Abstract: This article…
Justice under Manuel I Komnenos: Four Novels on Court Business and Murder
Justice under Manuel I Komnenos: Four Novels on Court Business and Murder By Ruth Macrides Fontes minores, Vol.6 (1984) Introduction: Four novels of…
Roots of Oral Tradition in The Arabian Nights
Roots of Oral Tradition in The Arabian Nights By Zaid Numan Mahir Master’s Thesis, University of Missouri, 2007 Introduction: The rich oral tradition…
The Judgement of Urines
The Judgement of Urines Canadian Medical Association Journal, v.159:12 (1998) Abstract An earnest physician of Renaissance England counted this as one of the…
The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and other Clergy in England c.900-1200
It focuses on bishops and abbots, whose military activities were recorded more frequently than lesser clergy, though these too are considered where appropriate.
Some thoughts on Pictish symbols as a formal writing system
Some thoughts on Pictish symbols as a formal writing system By Katherine Forsyth The Worm, the Germ and the Thorn: Pictish and Related…
The Origins of Tea Drinking in Britain
The Origins of Tea Drinking in Britain Macadam, Joseph P. The Bulletin of the English Society, Vol.37 (2009) Abstract On September 25, 1660, the…
Women Characters in Arthurian Literature
The main issue, then, is how Arthurian women characters have been portrayed throughout the centuries and the reasons for those particular ways of portrayal.
The Battle of London 1066
The Battle of London 1066 By Peter Mills London Archaeologist, Vol.8:3 (1996) Introduction: By the end of Saturday 14th October 1066 William the…
Radicalism and Rationalism: The Changing Conditions of Frankish Rule for the Native Peoples in the First Kingdom of Jerusalem
To this day, it remains unclear what Pope Urban II actually intended the Crusaders to do once they arrived in Jerusalem
The Spiritual and the Supernatural according to Thomas Aquinas
The Spiritual and the Supernatural according to Thomas Aquinas Murray, Andrew A paper delivered at the Biennial Conference in Philosophy, Religion and Culture,…
Facing the Black Death: perceptions and reactions of university medical practitioners
Facing the Black Death: perceptions and reactions of university medical practitioners ARRIZABALAGA, JON Practical Medicine from Salerno to the Black Death, Cambridge University Press…
The Friar of Carcassonne
The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars By Stephen O’Shea Douglas and McIntyre, 2011 ISBN…