The Policies of Agilulf and the Iconography of the Val Di Nievole Visor
The Policies of Agilulf and the Iconography of the Val Di Nievole Visor By Julia Bolotina The Future of History: An Undergraduate Journal,…
Why Medieval? with Scott Jenkins
My interest in medieval history first began during a random bout of insomnia. The BBC and Open University used to show documentaries into…
Byzantine attitudes towards foetuses, newborn babies and infants: a multidisciplinary approach
Looking at hagiographies, histories, legal codes and examples of material culture, there is a substantial quantity of evidence which exposes Byzantine perceptions of the lived experience of infants too.
What did the Order‘s brothers eat in the Klaipėda castle? (The Historical and zooarchaeological data)
What did the Order‘s brothers eat in the Klaipėda castle? (The Historical and zooarchaeological data) By Vladas Žulkus and Linas Daugnora Archaeologica Baltica,…
Manufacturing Techniques of Belt and Harness Fittings of the 10th Century AD
The present study includes approximately 900 items of belt and horse harness fittings. They have been found on the Upper Dnieper, Smolensk region, the site of the Gnezdovo settlement and cemetery dating from the end of 9th to the beginning of 11th century.
Saracen Archers in Southern Italy
The Normans, soon after the conquest of Sicily was complete, began using Sicilian Saracen mounted and foot archers as auxiliary troops: in 1076 they were included in the Guiscard army at the seizure of Salerno
Byzantine Textiles
Byzantine Textiles By Roger Gilman and Jane Bowler Gilman Art and Archeology, Vol. 13 (1922) Introduction: Silks and spices – the magic of…
Vikings in Ireland and Scotland in the Ninth Century
Vikings in Ireland and Scotland in the Ninth Century By Donnchadh Ó Corráin Peritia Vol.12 (1998) Abstract: This study attempts to provide a…
The Historical Setting of Chaucer’s Book of the Duchess
Criticism of Chaucer’s Book of the Duchess, the first major work of a young man who was to become England’s most famous poet, has sometimes neglected not only the immediate historical setting of the poem and the most probable circumstances of its first publication, but also the mores of its audience.
The Cadaver Synod: Strangest Trial in History
One thousand, one hundred and four years ago, a criminal trial took place in Italy, a trial so macabre, so gruesome, so frightful, that it easily qualifies as the strangest and most terrible trial in human in human history.
Source materials for fishing in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Instead of searching for ancient parallels to the fishery statistics, tithe-books and tax records of the early modern periods – a waste of time, since such records are not preserved and probably never existed – we should look at all possible approaches to the problem and all possible sources.