Glossaries and Other Innovations in Carolingian Book Production
Carolingian book production needs to be understood within the context of the communication of knowledge, the transmission of ideas across time and space and the consequent formation of what can be described as a cultural map in Europe.
The Borgias – Review of Season 2 Episode 7 – The Siege of Forli
Another action packed week of the Borgias begins with Juan’s ‘triumphant’ return to Rome.
Edward I and the Ritualization of English Royal Round Table Festivals
In the Annales Angliae et Scotiae, a chronicle written around the year 1312 by a monk from the abbey of St Albans, there is a description of the wedding ceremonies between King Edward I and Margaret of France, that took place on 10 September 1299.
Game of Thrones Review – Season 2 Episode 8: The Prince of Winterfell
These scenes were all interesting plot points used to build up to the season’s end. While there wasn’t much blood and glory, there was plenty of intrigue . The pieces are falling into place for what’s looking to be an exciting finale.
Problems with medieval Welsh local administration – the case of the maenor and the maenol
This article proposes to look more closely at one level of this emergent Welsh territorial order, namely, the level of the maenor/maenol.
Environs and hinterland: Cologne and Nuremberg in the later middle ages
Pursuing the question of economic development and its spatial articulation with reference to the two most important German cities and their hinterlands during the transition from the middle ages to the early modern period is a double-edged venture.
Beasts and Buildings: Religious Symbolism and Medieval Memory
Far from being a rare or special practice, the use of this mnemonic system was the universal foundation of medieval monastic education.
Á Þá Bitu Engi Járn: a brief note on the concept of invulnerability in the Old Norse Sagas
Harald made for Thorir’s ship because he was the greatest berserk, and very brave. There was the fiercest fighting on both sides. Then the king ordered his berserks forward. They were called wolfskins; but iron could not bite on them and when they charged nothing could withstand them
The burh of Wallingford and its context in Wessex
There are many reasons for holding that the 31 burhs listed in the Burghal Hidage constituted a system in its fullest sense. One of the most telling of these is that the burghal territories of these burhs – the areas assigned to them for their upkeep – form a spatial jigsaw whose individual elements interlock with each other within the shires or their precursors.
The Pictish Tattoo: Origins of a Myth
By tracing the extant literary references based on Caesar’s remark it is possible to see just how the innocent observation came to apply to a totally different people—how the myth was born.
Thomas Bradwardine: Forgotten Medieval Augustinian
In spite of this dearth of scholarly publications on Bradwardine, he deserves serious consideration. From a church historical perspective, he represents a resurgence of a relatively pure Augustinianism in the late Middle Ages.
Canute and his Empire
The first mention of Canute in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is in the entry for 1013, where it is recorded that his father Sweyn, after taking hostages from the conquered territories of Northumbria, Lindsey, and the Five Borough Towns,
The cost of enclosure and the benefits of convertible husbandry among peasant holdings in medieval England
The present paper will attempt to address these issues and outline the attitudes of the peasantry in regard to the potential of enclosing land and adopting convertible husbandry.
The Uses of Pragmatic Literacy in the Medieval Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (from the State Foundation to the End of the Sixteenth Century)
The aim of my thesis is to reveal and understand processes behind the appearance and dissemination of literacy in the medieval principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. I will focus on the social and cultural factors that contributed to the adoption and use of writing from the appearance of the state until the end of the sixteenth century.
Authentic performance of troubadour melodies
Ancient Rome is remembered as one of the greatest military powers in history, its fame derived from the fearsome reputation of the empire’s legionnaires. Lost in the telling, however, is the important role that espionage played in Rome’s ascent to empire
Byzantine Intelligence Service
The basis on which the successful administration of the Roman Empire at its zenith was built was the cursus publicus, or the state post. This organization also made the service of intelligence more effective.
Halloween Customs in the Celtic World
In Wales it is known as Hollantide, in Cornwall Allantide, and in Brittany Kala-Goanv. Samhain’s equivalent on the Christian calendar is All Saints’ Day, introduced by the Catholic church partly to supplant the pagan festival of the dead.
Exploring Byzantine Cartographies: Ancient Science, Christian Cosmology, and Geopolitics in Imperial-Era Mapping
Dr. Papadopoulos will explain how the study of Byzantine maps illuminate how Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean people understood themselves, their belief systems, and their political positionality in territorial terms.
Paradise in Africa: The History of a Geographical Myth from its Origins in Medieval Thought to its Gradual Demise in Early Modern Europe
Where was Paradise to be found? In this regard, a considerable number of different locations have been proposed.
The genetic and historical linkage between the Old Norwegian Sheep, the Icelandic Sheep and the Navajo Churro
It may be possible to substitute a readily available double coated sheep fleece from the American Southwest for the original Scandinavian double coated fleece in order to make suitable vadmal fabric for clothing
Perfect Virgins and Suicidal Maniacs: Monks in Early Thirteenth-Century Pastoralia
This summary is of a paper that was the last in the English Cistercian series at Kalamazoo.
The Great Siege of Malta
Tony Rothman recalls one of the turning points of early modern history, when a heroic defence prevented the rampant Ottoman forces from gaining a strategic foothold in the central Mediterranean.
The Science of Fortification in Malta in the Context of European Architectural Treatises and Military Academies
In order to understand why the fortifications of Malta evolved as they did, we need to study them in the context of the technical publications and military academies of the period.
The Treasure of the Knight Hospitallers in 1530: Reflections and Art Historical Considerations
In 1530 the crusading brotherhood of the Hospitaller Knights of St. John of Jerusalem accepted the offer of the Emperor Charles V to occupy the Maltese Islands and hold them against the Ottomans who were seeking to control the Central Mediterranean