Freyja’s Cats: Perspectives on Recent Viking Age Finds in Þegjandadalur North Iceland
Although somewhat hidden, cats are there and quite prominent. One just needs to know how to find them and distinguish their meaning.
The Osma Beatus Map: A Medieval and Christian View of the World
These medieval maps represent images of different aspects not only of geographical and historical but also fantastical knowledge of the world.
Christian Values and Noble Ideas of Rank and their Consequences on Symbolic Acts
Christian Values and Noble Ideas of Rank and their Consequences on Symbolic Acts By Gerd Althoff e-Spania, Vol.4 (2007) Abstract: In the Middle…
The Forested Frontier: Commentary in the Margins of the Alhambra Ceiling Paintings
The Forested Frontier: Commentary in the Margins of the Alhambra Ceiling Paintings By Jennifer Borland Medieval Encounters, Vol.14 (2008) Abstract: This paper argues…
Early Christians, immigrants and ritualised practice. A case study of the south-eastern Bornholm
Early Christians, immigrants and ritualised practice. A case study of the south-eastern Bornholm By Magdalena Naum Lund Archaeological Review, Vol. 11-12 (2005-2006) Abstract:…
When did Laskaris Kananos travel in the Baltic lands?
The author describes how he visited Bergen, Stockholm, Riga, Danzig, Lübeck and Copenhagen before moving on to England and Iceland. His account is clearly the result of first hand observation, rather than classical mimesis, and it includes a number of verifiable details such as distances, climate and the diet of the locals.
Mass Conversion and Genealogical Mentalities: Jews and Christians in Fifteenth-Century Spain
Mass Conversion and Genealogical Mentalities: Jews and Christians in Fifteenth-Century Spain By David Nirenberg Past and Present, No. 174 (2002) Introduction: It is…
The impact of the 1492: Mass Exodus, Jews and the Ottoman Social Structure
The impact of the 1492: Mass Exodus, Jews and the Ottoman Social Structure By Saffet Emre Tonguc Masterès Thesis, Boğaziçi University, 2002 Abstract:…
Islamic tilings of the Alhambra Palace: teaching the beauty of mathematics
What geometry was needed by artisans in the Middle Ages to create the beautiful symmetric tilings of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain?
Colchester Castle receives £3.2m for restoration work
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £3,267,400 towards a major redevelopment of Colchester Castle, Essex. The medieval fortress, built in the eleventh century,…
The Female Body in Medieval Europe: Theories of Physicality versus Practical Gynecology
The Female Body in Medieval Europe: Theories of Physicality versus Practical Gynecology By Adam Blumenberg Published Online (2008) Introduction: During the late Middle…
Christian-Muslim Frontiers in Early Medieval Spain
Christian-Muslim Frontiers in Early Medieval Spain By Ann Christys Bulletin of International Medieval Research, Vol.5 (1999) Introduction: Most histories of medieval Spain include…
The 1448 earthquake in Catalonia. Some effects and local reactions
The May 1448 earthquake, the last destructive one that took place in Catalonia in the Middle Ages, was known chiefly from several chronistic and narrative medieval sources.
The jus primae noctis as a male power display: A review of historic sources with evolutionary interpretation
The jus primae noctis as a male power display: A review of historic sources with evolutionary interpretation By Jörg Wettlaufer Evolution and Human…
Fodder and fodder resources in late‐medieval England: Output, consumption and crises
Fodder and fodder resources in late‐medieval England: Output, consumption and crises By Philip Slavin Paper given at the European Historical Economics Society Conference,…
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
Two-hour documentary by PBS first aired in 2007 Synopsis: Over a thousand years ago, the sun-washed lands of Southern Spain were home to…
Roger de Flor’s Campaign of 1304 in Western Anatolia: A Reinterpretation
Roger de Flor’s Campaign of 1304 in Western Anatolia: A Reinterpretation By Wiktor Ostasz Paper given at Between Constantines: Representations and Manifestations of…
The Assassination of King Het‘um II: The Conversion of The Ilkhans and the Armenians
The Assassination of King Het‘um II: The Conversion of The Ilkhans and the Armenians By Angus Stewart Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,…
Priestly Marriage: The Tradition of Clerical Concubinage in the Spanish Church
Priestly Marriage: The Tradition of Clerical Concubinage in the Spanish Church By Michelle Armstrong-Partida Viator, Vol.40:2 (2009) Abstract: The image of priests as…
Jews as pagans? Polemical definitions of identity in Visigothic Spain
Jews as pagans? Polemical definitions of identity in Visigothic Spain By Wolfram Drews Early Medieval Europe, Volume 11, Issue 3 (2002) Abstract: A…
Instructing the Court: Raimon Vidal’s Pedagogy for the Courtly Joglar
Instructing the Court: Raimon Vidal’s Pedagogy for the Courtly Joglar By Valerie Michelle Wilhite Courtly Arts and the Arts of Courtliness, ed. Christopher…
Website Profile: On the Tudor Trail
For Natalie Grueninger, editor of On the Tudor Trail, the start of her interest in the Tudors, and Anne Boleyn in particular, started…
Earliest medieval map of Britain put online
A fifteen-month research project of the earliest surviving geographically recognizable map of Great Britain, known as the Gough Map, provides some revealing insights…
The Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation
The Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation By Jamie Wood and Sam Koon e-Spania, Vol.6 (2008) Abstract: Isidore of…
Between the field and the plate: how agricultural products were processed into food
Between the field and the plate: how agricultural products were processed into food By Dionysios Stathakopoulos Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, Luke 12:19:…