Flying a kite with the children of Hiberno-Norse Dublin: a tentative social exploration
Flying a kite with the children of Hiberno-Norse Dublin: a tentative social exploration By Bronagh Ni Chonaill Dublin in the Medieval World: Studies…
Viking and Medieval Nålebinding Mitten Replicas: Based on archaeological finds from Finland
Viking and Medieval Nålebinding Mitten Replicas: Based on archaeological finds from Finland By Satu Hovi Published Online (2003) Introduction: The aim of this…
Viking Pop Culture on Display: The Case of the Horned Helmets
Never worn by Vikings, this popular cultural icon embodies the disjuncture between scholarly and popular knowledge of the Viking past.
Windows on a medieval world: medieval piety as reflected in the lapidary literature of the Middle Ages
These stone-lists, which expounded the magical and medicinal powers of stones, enjoyed a broad circulation throughout Europe both as Latin scientific writings as well as popular vernacular medicinal and religious texts.
What was ‘Livery and Maintenance’?
So who participated in the system of ‘retaining’ which gave rise to the custom of ‘livery’ giving and the practice of ‘maintenance’ if retainers ‘of the household’ were not ‘feed men’ although they wore the lord’s livery and ate at his expense?
Du fait de cuisine / On Cookery of Master Chiquart (1420)
Du fait de cuisine / On Cookery of Master Chiquart (1420): “Aucune science de l’art de cuysinerie et de cuysine” Translated by Terence…
Discovering Medieval Bohemia
By Zoe Brooks, Czech Tours I have my perfect job. It combines two of my loves – history especially medieval history and the Czech…
Nottinghamshire medieval manorial records now online
The records from over 200 Nottinghamshire manors are now accessible online thanks to Nottinghamshire County Council and the National Archives in the United…
Bodies of 17 Jews from Medieval Norwich may have been mass-murder victims, scholars believe
Scholars from the University of Dundee believe that the remains of 17 people found in a well in Norwich were members of England’s…
Beauty Aids in Renaissance Italy
Beauty Aids in Renaissance Italy By Briana Etain MacKorkhill Published Online (2007) Introduction: Since the beginning of time, people have felt the need…
Man and nature in the Middle Ages
Man and nature in the Middle Ages By Christian Rohr Lecture given at Novosibirsk State University (2002) Introduction: If we try to define…
Torre Abbey: locality, community, and society in medieval Devon
Torre Abbey: locality, community, and society in medieval Devon By John Christopher Jenkins DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010 Abstract: Torre Abbey was…
Re-enactment to mark the 526th anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth
Bosworth Battlefield in Leicestershire will bring the drama and excitement of a medieval battle to life in a spectacular re-enactment to mark the…
The Vikings and Their Outreach: From Buddhas to Butternuts
Examining Viking livelihoods, trade and cultural exchange.
The Gallic Aristocracy and the Roman Imperial government in the fifth century A.D.
The Gallic Aristocracy and the Roman Imperial government in the fifth century A.D. By Charles Paul Minor Master’s Thesis, Texas Tech University, 1976…
Feast and Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Feast and Daily Life in the Middle Ages Lecture by Christian Rohr Given at Novosibirsk State University (2002) Introduction: Any culture has its…
Durham Visitor Centre to be home of university’s Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The University of Durham has opened a new £1.25m visitor centre, which will highlight Durham Cathedral and Castle, and be home to its…
The Western Roman Embassy to the Court of Attila in AD 449
In the summer of 449, yet another eastern Roman embassy set out from Constantinople for the court of the king of the Huns Attila.
Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield
Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield By Robert W. Jones Boydell Press, 2010 ISBN: 9781843835615 The medieval battlefield was a place…
Morgen of Avalon: Dreamspell
Morgen of Avalon: Dreamspell By Carol Weakland CreateSpace, 2011 ISBN: 978-1456347581 Carol Weakland portrays King Arthur’s rise to power in Morgen of Avalon,…
Medieval world comes alive at the Dales Countryside Museum
Historic happenings aren’t unusual at a museum, but visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National Park in northern England got a little more than…
New fight over the Battlefield of Shrewsbury
Robert Hardy, the veteran actor and a star of the Harry Potter films, is heading a campaign to save the site of one…
Reflections on praxis and facture in a devotional portrait diptych: A computer analysis of the mirror in Hans Memling’s Virgin and Child and Maarten van Nieuwenhove
Reflections on praxis and facture in a devotional portrait diptych: A computer analysis of the mirror in Hans Memling’s Virgin and Child and…
Musica secundum imaginationem : Notation, Complexity, and Possibility in the Ars subtilior
Musica secundum imaginationem : Notation, Complexity, and Possibility in the Ars subtilior By Thomas W. Patteson Published Online (2008) Introduction: To write about…
A stroll through the park: evaluating the usefulness of phytolith and starch remains found on medieval sherds from Wicken, Northamptonshire, England
A stroll through the park: evaluating the usefulness of phytolith and starch remains found on medieval sherds from Wicken, Northamptonshire, England By Thomas…