Archaeologists seeking to raise £10,000 to search for lost grave of Richard III
An archaeological dig is scheduled to take place this summer in Leicester, seeking the last resting place of Richard III, and hoping to find and re-inter his remains with proper solemnity
Barbarian Invaders and Roman Collaborators
In a law drawn up on December 10, 408 (CTh 10.10.25) Honorius stated that a barbarian inroad was expected in Illyricum, and that numbers of
the inhabitants had taken flight to other provinces. He declared that their freedom was therefore in danger: they were likely to be kidnapped by unscrupulous men and enslaved.
Peasant Mobility and Freedom in Mediaeval England
For, to put the matter briefly, in the study of this as of so many other areas of mediaeval social and economic history, the question of freedom or liberty currently emerges as a problem of historiography, a paper curtain as it were, imposed by later centuries
The meaning of the nursing in Byzantium
Byzantine hospitals were so well organized that they may be compared with contemporary ones.
The Impact of Islamic Civilization and Culture in Europe During the Crusades
Though the Europeans were trying to understand the Muslim community by establishing Islam and Orientalism studies and even teaching Arabic and Persian in their universities, why Muslims did not stepped towards understanding west in the same manner?
Reassessing the Roles of Women as ‘Makers’ of Medieval Art and Architecture
This two-volume set proposes a renewed way of framing the debate around the history of medieval art and architecture to highlight the multiple roles played by women.
Airship and Submarine in the Medieval Imagination
The king is seen flying aloft, to the amazement of the bystanders, in a metal cage drawn by four griffins; nearby, we see him lowered into the sea in a glass tub.
Changes of Medieval Chivalry Virtues – Secret Guy of Warwick
The author of this thesis has decided to compare the chivalry knightly virtues with the values of the present–day army, because she has always been interested in the stories about knights fighting against the Saracens, and has always admired some of the knightly virtues such as courage, honesty, loyalty or mercy.
Depiction of Women in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in Comparison Across Medieval Genres
In my thesis I focus on the analysis of presentation of women in various medieval genres and their comparison in Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterpiece The Canterbury Tales, where women appear as both narrators as well as subjects of the narrative.
National Library of Wales purchases Laws of Hywel Dda manuscript for £541,250
The Library will be showcasing the purchase to the public for a short exhibition – 23 July – 10 August – and then it will be taken into the care of the Library’s conservators to be rebound and digitised.
Tree-Ring data shows that Northern Europe has been cooling over the last 2000 years
Was the climate during Roman and Medieval times warmer than today?
High Throughput, Multiplexed Pathogen Detection Authenticates Plague Waves in Medieval Venice, Italy
Historical records suggest that multiple burial sites from the 14th–16th centuries in Venice, Italy, were used during the Black Death and subsequent plague epidemics.
Cache of Crusader gold coins discovered in Israel
Archaeologists working in the ruins of the Crusader town of Arsuf have uncovered a cache of more than 100 gold coins, worth more than $100 000.
“We Who Are All Players”: Constructing Early Modern Tennis
There are indications that early modern tennis was more violent than we would expect. Montaigne’s brother was killed on the tennis-court at the age of twenty-three by a ball that hit him under his ear.
Money and Power in the Viking Kingdom of York, c.895 – 954
The aim of this thesis is to use numismatic evidence to help understand the political aims and achievements of the Viking kings of York, c.895-954.
Early Islamic site discovered in Jordan
Recent conservation work at Qusayr ’Amra in Jordan has revealed the name of the Umayyad prince who commissioned the construction of the building.
Digital historians capture War of 1812 online
A Toronto-based duo known for their tech-savvy approach to preserving history is taking aim at the War of 1812, creating www.thewarof1812.net – a digital home for Canada’s past.
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
This first-person multiplayer action video game is currently in production by Torn Banner Studios, and has similar gameplay mechanics to Half-Life 2.
‘Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries’ comes to New York this fall
The Jewish Museum in New York will be featuring over 60 medieval Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts this fall as it presents a new exhibition based on works found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
Fishponds as garden features: the example from the Archbishop’s Palace, Trondheim
Until the 1990’s, however, little was known of the nature of the buildings in the eastern and southern wing of the courtyard in the palace for the time until 1640.
Caucasia and the Second Byzantine Commonwealth: Byzantinization in the Context of Regional Coherence
The Romano-Byzantine landscape was forever changed in the seventh century with Heraclius’ defeat of Sasanian Iran, the Arabs’ wresting of the Near East from the Byzantines, the removal of the Monophysite problem from Byzantium proper, and the massive devastation
brought by this ferocious cycle of warfare.