New spectrometer may revolutionize archaeology
A new carbon dating technology tool being developed by researchers at the University of Liverpool could lead archaeologists to date finds much quicker and easier.
‘Great Moravian State’: a controversy in Central European medieval studies
The idea that Great Moravia was the earliest state of Central European Slavs, which was a direct predecessor of the statehood of the Czech Přemyslids, the Polish Piasts and the Hungarian Arpáds family, remains very much alive in the Central European region.
Can You Label A Game Of Thrones Map?
Think you know all there is of Westerns and Essos? Find out here!
A Broken Book of Hours – Saving a Medieval Manuscript
In 2011 a medieval manuscript was broken apart – we take a look at the project which hopes to find all the pages and restore it.
Live Role-play of Medieval Fantasy and its relationship to the Media
Medieval Fantasy, as an entertainment genre, supplements historical images of the Middle Ages with elements of myth in adventure stories featuring magicians, knights and ladies, castles, dragons, swords, and sorcery that are routinely consumed and absorbed.
Medieval Medicine and Modern Science: An Interview with Freya Harrison
We talk about this project’s collaboration, the potential of medieval medicines, and her reaction to all the attention her research has generated.
Rethinking the Crusades
Today, the Crusade influence can be seen across the world in novels, movies, sport teams and even restaurants.
10 Free Ancient and Medieval History Online Courses (Spring 2015)
Interested in learning about ancient or medieval history?
The Expansion of Christendom: Crusading in Northern Europe, 1147 – 1415
Between 1147 and 1415 holy wars raged in the lands on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
Early Historic Scotland to 761
The question that concerns us now is how the kingdom came into being. The best-known story is that Fergus Mór mac Erc, a king of Dál Riata who died in AD 501, led the migration.
This Week in Medieval Manuscript Images
Medieval images of Easter, Good Friday, Passover and more
Review of Wolf Hall, Episode 1: Three Card Trick
Tudor mystery author Nancy Bilyeau explains the intricate plot of the premiere episode of Masterpiece Theater’s ‘Wolf Hall,’ about Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister of Henry VIII, whom some decry as an evil genius and others praise as the leader of the English Reformation.
Lincoln Castle reopens after £22 million refurbishment
Lincoln Castle has re-opened earlier this month after finishing a £22 million refurbishment, revealing new visitor experiences, including an underground exhibition home for Lincoln Cathedral’s 1215 Magna Carta.
Imagining Islam: The Role of Images in Medieval Depictions of Muslims
Instead, one finds accurate, even rather compassionate accounts of Islamic theology side by side with bizarre, antagonistic, and even hateful depictions of Muslims and their belief.
A Young Man’s Progress – The First Book of Fashion
A Young Man’s Progress is art work by London photographer Maisie Broadhead and fashion designer Isabella Newell in collaboration with Cambridge cultural historian Ulinka Rublack.
Which VIKINGS Character Are You?
Travel back to the time of shieldmaidens and Norse mythology to find out what role you’d play!
Teenage Rebellion in the Middle Ages: How Salimbene de Adam became a Franciscan
It is a popular story – the teenage son defying his parents and doing something very rebellious. It could be using drugs, getting a tattoo, or falling into with the wrong type of people. Back in the thirteenth-century, the rebellious son might become a Franciscan!
Sacerdos et Predicator: Franciscan ‘Experience’ and the Cronica of Salimbene de Adam
The Chronicle of the thirteenth-century Franciscan friar Salimbene de Adam is filled with an abundance of self-referential passages.
‘Given to the Ground’: A Viking Age Mass Grave on Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth
This volume describes one of the most exciting and unexpected archaeological discoveries to have been made in Britain in recent years, that of a rare mass grave of executed Vikings on Ridgeway Hill, Dorset.
Byzantium and the First Crusade: Three Avenues of Approach
A recurring theme in the historiography of the First Crusade is that of the Byzantine emperor asking Pope Urban to send a small contingent against the Turks and receiving instead vast armies over which he had no control
The Medieval Versions of Viagra
Over a thousand years before Viagra was invented, medieval men were looking for ways to treat erectile dysfunction. We take a look at the prescriptions offered in one of the most popular medical textbooks from the Middle Ages.
Regarding the Medieval Book
What hooked me on medieval studies was my fascination with the material documents themselves: their feel, their smell, their creaking bindings, the specific and idiosyncratic redactions of texts they contain, and the marks of use on their pages.
Ostsiedlung or Transition of German Law? Legal Perspective on Settlement According to German Law in Medieval Poland
Paper given at Twenty-First Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians – 6th Berg Institute International Conference
The Crucifixion of Jesus in Medieval Art
Take a look at these fifteenth examples of how the Crucifixion of Jesus was depicted by medieval artists between the 3rd and 15th centuries.
Byzantine influences on Western aristocratic illuminated manuscripts
The main subject of this study is an outstanding twelfth-century psalter produced in Normandy which has clear Eastern influences, both in terms of technical conception and iconography.