The Experience of Growing Up in Medieval Society
This session (#508) was one of several at Leeds devoted to exploring childhood in the Middle Ages. Our presenters talked about the stereotypes of adolescence, and what the coroner’s rolls revealed about the deaths (and lives) of medieval children.
Medievalist helps scientists rewrite climate records
In a paper published in the world-leading scientific journal, Nature, Dr Conor Kostick’s research into medieval evidence for climate events has allowed scientists to pinpoint the exact relationship between historical volcanic activity and severe winters.
New App: Prosperity – Italy 1434
Looking for a new game to get you back to the Middle Ages? Prosperity – Italy 1434, based on factual characters and events, and which allows you to get involved in alliances, assassins, corruption and battles, is now available for Android as well as IOS users.
2015 International Medieval Congress – Day 4
It’s the final day at the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds – here is what people are tweeting about…
Explaining Extreme Weather in the Middle Ages
What was causing extreme weather in the Middle Ages? A medieval historian is starting to examine how chroniclers and writers from this period were turning to the night sky to better understand and perhaps prevent natural disasters.
Which Ancient Warrior Are You?
Are you a Knight, a Ninja, perhaps even a Samurai? Take this quiz and find out!
The Medieval #Twitterati at #IMC2015
The International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds hosted the session The Twitterati: Using Twitter in Medieval Scholarship and Pedagogy – A…
2015 International Medieval Congress – Day 3
It is Wednesday at the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds – here is what people are tweeting about!
The Afterlife of the Dead: Reform in Attitude Towards Medieval Burials, Corpses and Bones
The International Medieval Congress is taking place at the University of Leeds, I’m on hand this week to report on the conference. This blog post reports on my first session.
Could Christ Have Been Born a Woman? A Medieval Debate
There appears to have been continuing interest in questions about the sex of God, for in the 1150s Peter Lombard raised the issue in a new form, asking in book three of the Sentences whether God could have assumed humanity in the female sex.
Laser scanning and 3D Printing used to recreate Michelangelo’s bronzes
A team of researchers have been working together to try to understand how the two mysterious Renaissance bronzes were made and why they look the way they do by making accurate replicas of the originals.
2015 International Medieval Congress – Day 2
Here is what medievalists are tweeting about on the second day of the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds.
The Public Medievalist: What it Means for Medievalists to be Public Intellectuals Today
Covering the conversation on Twitter during the Public Medievalist Roundtable session at the International Medieval Congress.
Avalanches in the Middle Ages
One of the dangers a medieval traveller might face when crossing through mountainous terrain is the threat of avalanches.
2015 International Medieval Congress – Day 1
The International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds has begun, and the medievalists on Twitter are keeping busy.
A Medievalist at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum
Danielle Trynoski reviews the permanent exhibition at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
UNESCO adds medieval sites to World Heritage List
Medieval sites in Sicily, Korea and Turkey were among those selected to be added to UNESCO World Heritage list this week. During meetings held at Bonn, Germany, over 20 sites from around the world were added to the list, which now stands at over 1,000 landmarks and areas.
What Medieval Profession Would You Have?
Jobs have changed over the years. What job would you have had in the Middle Ages?
Is it Better to Die in Battle or to Flee? A Medieval View
How far should a warrior in battle? It has been a question that every soldier has probably thought about, and many have had to face. Even in the Middle Ages this was a question that was debated.
Top 10 Medieval Assassinations
A look at ten men who were assassinated in the Middle Ages.
Medievalists come to Leeds for IMC
The International Medieval Congress begins on Monday at the University of Leeds, drawing in over 2400 medievalists from from 46 countries around the world. The four-day conference is Europe’s largest annual gathering in humanities.
Ernst Robert Curtius: A Medievalist’s Contempt for the Middle Ages
I began work on this talk ready to vent against Curtius. I have resisted his hold on my thinking and on that of medievalists generally, but only after benefitting hugely from his great book.
Eadgifu, Anglo-Saxon Queen
What little historical records we have pertaining to Queen Eadgifu tell us she exercised considerable power.
The Achievements of Albucasis in the Field of Oral Surgery
In this research, we are going to study the Historical period where Albucasis lived, and the famous physicians there. Then we have to study the most important achievements of Albucasis in oral surgery
Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)
In this article I have assembled elements from historical texts, archaeological discoveries and research from other scholars in order to establish the links between these civilizations.