Oystermouth Castle reopens to the public
The Welsh Castle of Oystermouth has officially re-opened earlier this month, after the first phase of an ambitious project to improve access to…
Traces of Ancient Earthquakes in Medieval Cities Along the Silk Road, Northern Tien Shan and Dzhungaria
Traces of Ancient Earthquakes in Medieval Cities Along the Silk Road, Northern Tien Shan and Dzhungaria By ANDREY KORJENKOV, KARL BAIPAKOV, CLAUDIA CHANG,…
The Romance of England: Richard Coer De Lyon, Saracens, Jews, and the Politics of Race and Nation
The Romance of England: Richard Coer De Lyon, Saracens, Jews, and the Politics of Race and Nation By Geraldine Heng The Postcolonial Middle…
The Wood Beyond the World: Jämtland and the Norwegian Kings
The Wood Beyond the World: Jämtland and the Norwegian Kings By Alex Woolf West over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement…
The Flower of Wheat: Bread in the Middle and Colonial Ages
The Flower of Wheat: Bread in the Middle and Colonial Ages By Vickie L. Ziegler Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History (2007)…
Ceramics as a Reflection of Maritime Commercial Activity at Crusader Acre
Ceramics as a Reflection of Maritime Commercial Activity at Crusader Acre By Edna J. Stern One Thousand Nights and Days: Akko through the…
The miraculuous water of Guðmundr Arason and the limits of holiness in medieval Iceland
The miraculuous water of Guðmundr Arason and the limits of holiness in medieval Iceland By Joel Anderson Master’s Thesis, University of Iceland, 2008…
Roman coins in Iceland: Roman remnants or Viking exotica
Roman coins in Iceland: Roman remnants or Viking exotica By Davíð Bjarni Heiðarsson Published Online (2010) Introduction: Early one evening in the summer…
Patterns of Episcopal Power: Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe
Patterns of Episcopal Power: Bishops in Tenth and Eleventh Century Western Europe Edited by Ludger Körntgen and Dominik Waßenhoven Walter de Gruyter GmbH,…
The Massacre at Acre: Mark of a Blood-thirsty King?
Ultimately, when it became clear that the True Cross and ransoms were not forthcoming, Richard I was forced to make a military decision.
Trebuchet – A Gravity-Operated Siege Engine: A Study in Experimental Archaeology
Trebuchet – A Gravity-Operated Siege Engine: A Study in Experimental Archaeology By Tanel Saimre Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol.10:1 (2006) Abstract: The most…
Furs, Fish and Ivory – Medieval Norsemen at the Arctic Fringe
Furs, Fish and Ivory – Medieval Norsemen at the Arctic Fringe By Christian Keller Journal of the North Atlantic, Vol. 3 (2010) Abstract:…
Claiming the Irish Church
There is an era in Ireland’s history with a very shining reputation: the early Middle Ages.
AIA to support two medieval Ireland archaeological projects
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) will fund archaeological conservation and research efforts at two medieval sites in Ireland—Blackfriary at Trim and the…
Arthurian scholars meet in Bristol
World-leading experts on the legend of King Arthur gather in Bristol next week for the 23rd Triennial Congress of the International Arthurian Society,…
The Fatimid Failure against the Crusaders at the End of the First Crusade
The Fatimid Failure against the Crusaders at the End of the First Crusade By Jan Vandeburie Carnival, Vol.12 (2010) Introduction: This paper was…
Mobilisation of the European Periphery against the Mongols
I related how, according to the Novgorod Chronicles, newly arrived crusaders, together with the Sword Brothers, allied themselves with the Russian-Orthodox Pskovites before they went on to their crushing defeat at the hands of the Lithuanians at Saule in September 1236.
What’s in a Name: Causes and Casualties of the First “Crusade”
What’s in a Name: Causes and Casualties of the First Crusade By Christine Marfia WRT: A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley…
The Evolution of Arab Conceptions of the Crusades
The Evolution of Arab Conceptions of the Crusades By John “Garick” Chamberlin Strategic Insights, Vol.6:2 (2007) Introduction: The Crusades are an extremely emotional…
Our Lady’s Lawsuits – new translations of two 14th-century poems
Judith Davis, Professor Emerita of French and Humanities at Goshen College, and Ron Akehurst of the University of Minnesota have recently completed their…
The Ostrogoths in Italy
The Ostrogoths in Italy By Biagio Saitta Polis: Revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad Clásica, Vol. 11 (1999) Introduction: The…
The Secret of Venetian Success: A Public-order, Reputation-based Institution
This paper examines the institutional foundations of the financial market underpinning Venice’s commercial success during the late-medieval period.
Medieval shipwreck found off Sweden – could be lost treasure ship of King Valdemar Atterdag
Swedish archaeologists have announced earlier this month the discovery what appears to be a medieval cog from built between the 12th and 14th…
The weight of medieval armour could cause defeat in battle, new research finds
Suits of armour may have made medieval soldiers feel safe, but modern scientists have found that they were so heavy and constricting they…
Teaching the Middle Ages on Film: Visual Narrative and the Historical Record
Is it appropriate to point out inaccuracies of detail in historical film? As a collective commercial enterprise, is a movie inherently limited in its portrayal of the past, and does this matter? How does film convention affect representation? Can movies err on the side of historical truth?