The Culture of Children in Medieval England
The Culture of Children in Medieval England By Nicholas Orme Past and Present, Vol.148:1 (1995) Introduction: Anyone wishing to study the history of…
Patterns of Homicide in a Medieval University Town: Fourteenth-Century Oxford
Patterns of Homicide in a Medieval University Town: Fourteenth-Century Oxford By Carl I. Hammer Past and Present, Vol.78:1 (1978) Introduction: Many historians have…
Monasticism in Angevin England
Monasticism in Angevin England By Helen Steele Published Online Introduction: In 1164, King Henry II, now ten years into his reign, published the…
Rethinking the Renaissance Courtesan: Contemporary Interpretation of Three Paintings by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, c. 1485-1576)
Rethinking the Renaissance Courtesan: Contemporary Interpretation of Three Paintings by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, c. 1485-1576) By Catherine Lynne Yellig Master’s Thesis, University of…
Rethinking “Damascus” Steel
Rethinking “Damascus” Steel By Ann Feuerbach American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, Vol.96 (2008) Introduction: Historical accounts testify that for thousands of years,…
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles By Rafal Boryslawski Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Vol. 38 (2002) Abstract: This paper…
Seeing and Believing: Looking out on Medieval Castle Landscapes
Seeing and Believing: Looking out on Medieval Castle Landscapes By Oliver Creighton Concilium medii aevi, Vol.14 (2011) Introduction: Medieval castles were of course…
‘Bastard Urbanism’? Past Forms of Cities in the Alpine Area of Tyrol-Trentino
‘Bastard Urbanism’? Past Forms of Cities in the Alpine Area of Tyrol-Trentino By Hannes Obermair Concilium medii aevi, Vol.10 (2007) Introduction: In this…
Schedule released for the 2011 International Congress on Medieval Studies
The Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University has released the schedule for the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which takes place May…
Jews and Apostates in Medieval Europe — Boundaries Real and Imagined
Jews and Apostates in Medieval Europe — Boundaries Real and Imagined By David Malkiel Past and Present, Vol.194:1 (2007) Introduction: The chief trauma…
Holy Heretics in Later Medieval Italy
Holy Heretics in Later Medieval Italy By Janine Larmon Peterson Past and Present, Vol. 204:1 (2009) Introduction: The appeal of martyrs is grounded in…
Monogamy in Islam: The case of a Tunisian Marriage Contract
Monogamy in Islam: The case of a Tunisian Marriage Contract By Dalenda Largueche Occasional Paper of the IAS School of Social Science (2010) Introduction:…
The Mongols 1206-1259: From divided chiefdoms to unified state
The Mongols 1206-1259: From divided chiefdoms to unified state By Alistair Bright Profiel: Archeologisch studenten tijdschrift, Vol.10:2-3 (2003) Abstract: The year 1206 was…
Irrigation and hydraulic society in early and medieval Ceylon
Irrigation and hydraulic society in early and medieval Ceylon By R.A.L.H. Gunawardana Past and Present, Vol.53:1 (1971) Introduction: For more than fifteen centuries,…
The Western Sudan in the Middle Ages: Underdevelopment in the Empires of the Western Sudan
The Western Sudan in the Middle Ages: Underdevelopment in the Empires of the Western Sudan By A. G. Hopkins Past and Present, Vol.…
Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China
Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China By Zhang Dian, Jim Chiyung, Lin Chusheng, He Yuanqing and Lee Fung Chinese…
Cognitive Aspects of the Grammaticalization of Medieval Welsh Prepositions
Cognitive Aspects of the Grammaticalization of Medieval Welsh Prepositions By Heather Rose Jones PhD Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 2003 Abstract: Prepositions are one…
The Neighbour and the Jew in Medieval England
Should the relationship between Jews and Christians in Medieval England just be characterized by violence and animosity? The answer lies in looking more…
The Saintly Female Body and the Landscape of Foundation in Anglo-Saxon Barking
The Saintly Female Body and the Landscape of Foundation in Anglo-Saxon Barking By Lisa M.C. Weston Medieval Feminist Forum, Vol. 43 (2007) Introduction:…
Militia and Malitia: The Bernardine Vision of Chivalry
Militia and Malitia: The Bernardine Vision of Chivalry By Areyh Grabois The Second Crusade and the Cistercians, edited by Michael Gervers (New York,…
John Rylands Library to digitize late medieval Koran
Technology is to enable scholars for the first time to study a complete manuscript of one of the world’s most important and largest…
King John and Rouen: Royal itineration, kingship, and the Norman ‘capital’, c. 1199 – c. 1204
In considering King John and Rouen, this study will take the reign of the last duke as the focal point for discussion of the importance of Rouen at the end of Angevin rule in Normandy.
Religion, Education and the Role of Government in Medieval Universities: Lessons Learned or Lost?
Religion, Education and the Role of Government in Medieval Universities: Lessons Learned or Lost? By Kimberly Georgedes Forum on Public Policy, Vol 2:1…
The Medieval Art of Letter Writing: Rhetoric As Institutional Expression
The Medieval Art of Letter Writing: Rhetoric As Institutional Expression By Les Perelman Textual Dynamics of the Professions Historical and Contemporary Studies of…
The Elephant in Medieval Legend and Art
The Elephant in Medieval Legend and Art By George C. Druce Journal of the Royal Archaeological Institute, Vol. 76 (1919) Introduction: Among the…