Medieval Crime and Punishment
Medieval Crime and Punishment deals with how criminal behavior was dealt with in the Middle Ages. All medieval societies had developed laws to…
The Representation of Architectural Space in the St. William and Great East Window of York Minster
The Representation of Architectural Space in the St. William and Great East Window of York Minster By Emma Jane Wells Journal of Stained…
The Christians Whose Force is Hard: Non-Ecclesiastical Judicial Authorities in the Early Islamic Period
The Christians Whose Force is Hard: Non-Ecclesiastical Judicial Authorities in the Early Islamic Period By Uriel Simonsohn Journal of the Economic and Social…
The heathen giant in the Voyage of St Brendan
Brendan and his monks find the head of a dead man by the seashore. The head is very large, its forehead measures five feet across
On the trail of Vikings with polarized skylight: experimental study of the atmospheric optical prerequisites allowing polarimetric navigation by Viking seafarers
On the trail of Vikings with polarized skylight: experimental study of the atmospheric optical prerequisites allowing polarimetric navigation by Viking seafarers By Gábor…
Decoding Domesday
Decoding Domesday By David Roffe History Today (June 2007) Introduction: The basics of Domesday Book have always appeared reassuringly clear. So, why should it…
Stamford: The Development of an Anglo-Scandinavian Borough
Stamford: The Development of an Anglo-Scandinavian Borough By Christine Mahany and David Roffe Anglo-Norman Studies 5: Proceedings of Battle Conference 1982 (Bury St.…
A Mirror for Statesmen: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine People
A Mirror for Statesmen: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine People By James Hankins Published Online Introduction: It will perhaps seem odd to…
Telling tales in Angevin courts
Telling tales in Angevin courts By Daniel Lord Smail French Historical Studies, Vol. 20:2 (1997) Introduction: The archives of Angevin Marseille, from the…
Why Medieval? with Tim Lambon
Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved pictures and paintings that told a story. I never realised that this is why I…
Henry II’s Campaign Against the Welsh in 1165
Henry II’s Campaign Against the Welsh in 1165 By Paul Latimer The Welsh Historical Review, Vol. 14:4 (1989) Introduction: On 1 July 1163 the…
The Byzantine View of the Bogomils: A Heresiological Approach
The Byzantine View of the Bogomils: A Heresiological Approach By Hisatsugu Kusabu Paper given at the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London, 2006…
Difference and the Difference it Makes: Sex and Gender in Chaucer’s Poetry
Difference and the Difference it Makes: Sex and Gender in Chaucer’s Poetry By Sheila Delany Florilegium, Vol.10 (1988-91) Introduction: “My indecision is final,” the…
Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno
Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno By Beryl Rowland Florilegium, Vol.1 (1979) Introduction: In the catalogues of the mediaeval libraries as Canterbury and Dover…
Warfare in the Medieval Gaelic Lordships
Warfare in the Medieval Gaelic Lordships By Katherine Simms Irish Sword, Vol.12 (1975) Introduction: It is possible for a modern reader to exaggerate…
Food and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries in Medieval England
In this chapter, both zooarchaeological and historical evidence are used to explore variation in patterns of consumption among different sectors of medieval English society (ca. A.D. 1066-1520).
Graeco-Egyptian Alchemy in Byzantium
The main concern of this paper will be with the problems raised by the reception of ancient alchemy in Byzantium.
Website features the history of Yorkshire Dales
History-lovers can now access a website about the historic lands in Yorkshire Dales National Park in northern England. Staff at the Yorkshire Dales National…
The English Inflation of 1180-1220
The English Inflation of 1180-1220 By P.D.A. Harvey Past and Present, no. 61 (1973) Introduction: Historians have for long been aware of the rise…
Iona in the kingdom of the Picts: a note
In his poem on the martyrdom of the cleric Blathmac mac Flainn in a raid by Vikings on the island of Iona in 825, the Rhineland poet Walahfrid Strabo describes that island as insula Pictorum, or perhaps more accurately, as being off the shore of the Picts: insula Pictorum quaedam monstratur in oris
“Rural Towns” and “In-Between” or “Third” Spaces. Settlement Patterns in Byzantine Epirus (7th-11th c.) from an interdisciplinary approach
“Rural Towns” and “In-Between” or “Third” Spaces. Settlement Patterns in Byzantine Epirus (7th-11th c.) from an interdisciplinary approach By Myrto Veikou Archaeologia Medievale,…
Gift exchange at the court of Charles the Bold
Gift exchange at the court of Charles the Bold By Mario Damel In but not of the market: movable goods in late medieval and early…
Foundation Myth as Legal Formant: The Medieval Law Merchant and the New Lex Mercatoria
Foundation Myth as Legal Formant: The Medieval Law Merchant and the New Lex Mercatoria By Nicholas Foster Forum Historiae Juris (2005) Introduction: ‘Once upon…
Eckbert of Schönau and Catharism: A Reevaluation
Eckbert of Schönau and Catharism: A Reevaluation By Robert Harrison Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol.22:1 (1991) Introduction: During the…
Women’s In-jokes in Heian Japan: Makura no soshi
In this study, I address the issue of women’s humour and laughter in Heian Japan, particularly as handled in Sei Shonagon’s Makura no soshi, a key text in the tradition of women’s writing and reading.