German Bishops and their Military Retinues in the Medieval Empire
German Bishops and their Military Retinues in the Medieval Empire By Benjamin Arnold German History, Vol.7 (1989) Introduction: The majority of bishops in…
THE EVOLUTION OF MATERIALS IN ARMS AND ARMORS: MEDIEVAL ERA
During the medieval ages, the development of armor was ever-changing because of the constant need for better protection. This project is devoted to the evolution of armors during the medieval ages with respect to technology, warfare and different geographical locations.
Medieval Nuns knew their fashion, historian finds
Recent research on medieval nuns shows that many of them were dressing in the latest fashions instead of simple religious habits. And while…
Peace Unwoven: Transgressive Women in Old Icelandic Heroic and Mythological Literature, and in Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum
‘To that end I have done all things, so that King Siggeir should go to his death. I have also granted so much to happen so that vengeance be brought about, that for me there is no choice of life. I shall now die with King Siggeir willingly, while I married him unwilling.’
Trinity College Dublin creates Masters programmes in Public History and Digital Humanities
Ireland’s Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Jimmy Deenihan, launched two new postgraduate Masters programmes, in ‘Public History and Cultural Heritage’ and…
Climate helped drive Vikings from Greenland
The end of the Norse settlements on Greenland likely will remain shrouded in mystery. While there is scant written evidence of the colony’s…
A Voice in the Wilderness: Saints, Prisoners and Exiles in William of Paris’s Life of St. Christina
A Voice in the Wilderness: Saints, Prisoners and Exiles in William of Paris’s Life of St. Christina By Katherine Frances Hortulus: The Online…
‘Quae voces audio?’ Some questions regarding the exploration of medieval British childhoods
Considerations regarding the experience and understanding of medieval childhood will swiftly remind the historian dealing with these problems of major limitations concerning the possible investigation and exploration of historical societies and their specific mentalities.
Medieval castles in the Dutch central river Area: Towers of power?
Castles were amongst the most dominating features of the European medieval landscape, especially in those parts which are relatively flat such as the Netherlands, where they were visible from many miles away.
The Byzantine church at Labraunda
The Byzantine church at Labraunda By Jesper Blid Master’s Thesis, Uppsala University, 2006 Abstract: This thesis examines the Christian context of the former…
Medieval town wall of Tartu in the light of recent research
Medieval town wall of Tartu in the light of recent research By Rivo Bernotas Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol.15:1 (2011) Abstract: The present…
Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany
We explore the long-term persistence of interethnic hatred by using a new data set of almost 400 towns where Jewish communities are documented for both the medieval period and interwar Germany.
Translating Marvels: The Spanish and Latin Versions of Columbus’ First Letter Home, 1493
Translating Marvels: The Spanish and Latin Versions of Columbus’ First Letter Home, 1493 By Mary L. Dudy Bjork Mediterranean Studies, Vol.14 (2005) Introduction:…
Sacred commodities: the circulation of medieval relics
Could one reasonably describe a human body or portions thereof as destined for circulation?
The church law and the civil law in Byzantium: two parts of one legal order (legal schools)
The church law and the civil law in Byzantium: two parts of one legal order (legal schools) By Dilian Nikoltchev IUS CANONICUM, Vol.42,…
Reflections on Early Medieval Violence: the example of the “Blood Feud”
The period after the fall of the Roman Empire is still widely regarded as one of untrammelled violence.
Theory on Citizenship in Late Medieval France: c. 1370 – c. 1400
Theory on Citizenship in Late Medieval France: c. 1370 – c. 1400 By Guy Lurie Tel Aviv University: Law and History Working Papers…
Strangers at home? Towards a re-assessment of domestic servanthood in fifteenth-century Ghent
Strangers at home? Towards a re-assessment of domestic servanthood in fifteenth-century Ghent By Julie De Groot Paper given at the N.W. Posthumus Conference…
The Influence of French and Other Languages on Chaucer’s English
The present paper examines the influence of languages of the Continent on Chaucer’s language with special reference to French, that is, Old French, Anglo-French and Northern French.
A link with the external world: The stockfish trade in 14th-15th century Iceland
Iceland was settled mainly by Norwegian Vikings in the period c.870-c.930. Towards the end of this period, settlers established the law and the assembly system all over the island.
Italian Renaissance Food-Fashioning or The Triumph of Greens
Conceptions of food in the Renaissance were also still influenced by the humoral-Galenic theory, which said that to keep the different ‘humors’ of the body in balance, a good diet had to be the result of foods balancing the moist/water and the dry/air, the warm/fire and the cold/earth, recalling again the four Aristotelian elements.
Concepts of Childhood: What We Know and Where We Might Go
They have explored such issues, among others, as the varieties of European household structure; definitions of the stages of life; childbirth, wetnursing, and the role of the midwife; child abandonment and the foundling home; infanticide and its prosecution; apprenticeship, servitude, and fostering; the evolution of schooling; the consequences of religious diversification; and the impact of gender
“Inside that fortress sat a few peasant men, and it was half-made”: a study of ‘Viking’ fortifications in the British Isles, AD 793-1066
The study of Viking fortifications is a neglected subject which could reveal much to archaeologists about the Viking way of life.
‘í litklæðum’ – Coloured Clothes in Medieval Scandinavian Literature and Archaeology
What do we mean by ‘coloured clothes’? Or rather, what did the saga writers mean by their term litklæði?
Nautical and Marine Imagery in the Panegyrics of Eustathios of Thessaloniki
Nautical and Marine Imagery in the Panegyrics of Eustathios of Thessaloniki By Andrew F. Stone Scholia, Vol. 12 (2003) Abstract: The panegyrics of…