Interpretations of Han Yu’s “Poem of the Two Birds”
Interpretations of Han Yu’s “Poem of the Two Birds” By Lap Lam B.C. Asian Review, Vol. 11 (1997-98) Introduction: Unlike the generations of…
The Illusion of Royal Power in the Carolingian Annals
The Illusion of Royal Power in the Carolingian Annals By Rosamond McKitterick The English Historical Review, Vol. 115, No. 460. (2000) Synopsis: Medieval…
Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England
Women, Posthumous Benefaction, and Family Strategy in Pre-Conquest England By Julia Crick The Journal of British Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4. (1999) Introduction: In…
The Search for the of Tomb of Cao Cao
This documentary was filmed before the reported discovery of Cao Cao’s tomb in late 2009. It details the life and career of Cao…
Emperors, Jurists and Kings: Law and Custom in the Late Roman and Early Medieval West
Emperors, Jurists and Kings: Law and Custom in the Late Roman and Early Medieval West By P. S. Barnwell Past and Present, No. 168…
Norfolk, 1382: A Sequel to the Peasants’ Revolt
Norfolk, 1382: A Sequel to the Peasants’ Revolt By Herbert Eiden The English Historical Review, Vol. 114, No. 456. (1999) Introduction: In parts of…
Medieval News Archive for December 2009
Here is the complete archive of news items from our Medieval News Blog for December 2009 How the Byzantines dealt with Werewolves Grammar…
Medieval News Archive for November 2009
Here are the News items posted on our Medieval News Blog in November 2009 Victoria & Albert Museum unveils its Medieval and Renaissance…
Articles and Theses added in December 2009
Here is the list of articles and theses added to Medievalists.net in December 2009: Early Crusade Songs Holy War and the Medieval Lawyers…
Interview with Haris A Kalligas
Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State, the only book currently available on the best-preserved Byzantine city in the Peloponnese – Monemvasia. Haris A. Kalligas, a…
Petrarch’s Vision of the Muslim and Byzantine East
Petrarch’s Vision of the Muslim and Byzantine East By Nancy Bisaha Speculum, Vol. 76:2 (2001) Introduction: Born just thirteen years after the fall of…
The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe
In particular, the two main phases of population movement – c. 376-86 and 405-8 – were directly caused by the intrusion of Hunnic power into the fringes of Europe.
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence
Men and Women in Early Medieval Serfdom: The Ninth-Century North Frankish Evidence By Jean-Pierre Devroey Past and Present, No. 166. (2000) Introduction: ‘The…
Bertulf or Galbert? Considerations Regarding a Sample of Historical and Psychoanalytical Criticism of Medieval Dreams
Bertulf or Galbert? Considerations Regarding a Sample of Historical and Psychoanalytical Criticism of Medieval Dreams By Jeroen Deploige Psychoanalytische Perspectieven, Vol.20:2 (2002) Abstract:…
The Murder of Charles the Good
…I was in the midst of a great welter of events and many burning houses (set on fire by flaming arrows shot at night onto the roofs of the town both by those besieged within the castle and by freebooters outside who hoped to have a chance for looting)…
Drawing as an Art Form in Medieval Manuscripts
Jonathan Alexander presents a talk about the techniques, aesthetics, and role of graphic images—drawings, maps, diagrams, and masterful manuscript decorations—in the creative and intellectual life of the Middle Ages.
The Angel and the Muse: Inspiration, Revelation, Prophecy
Video: The Angel and the Muse: Inspiration, Revelation, Prophecy By Michael Sells, University of Chicago Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference – Villanova University…
Materializing Metaphor: Bodies, Buildings, and Ephesians 2:11-22 in Medieval Art
Video: Materializing Metaphor: Bodies, Buildings, and Ephesians 2:11-22 in Medieval Art Lecture by Peter Low Williams College Given on March 13, 2008 Williams…
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450 By Juliet Barker Little Brown, 2009 ISBN: 9781408700839 Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now…
The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani
The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani By Jo Van Steenbergen East and West…
The Experience of Civilian Populations during the Hundred Years War in France 1330-1440
From that time on all went ill with the kingdom and the state was undone. Thieves and robbers rose up everywhere in the land. The nobles despised and hated all others and took no thought for the mutual usefulness and profit of lord and men.
Medieval Krakow and its Churches: Structure and Meanings
Medieval Krakow and its Churches: Structure and Meanings By Tomasz Węcławowicz Urban People, Vol.7:1 (2007) Abstract: The first part of this paper aims…
Cooking Pots as Indicators of Cultural Change: A Petrographic Study of Byzantine and Frankish Cooking Wares from Corinth
Cooking Pots as Indicators of Cultural Change: A Petrographic Study of Byzantine and Frankish Cooking Wares from Corinth By Louise Joyner Hesperia, Vol.76:1…
Justinian and the International Silk Trade
Justinian and the International Silk Trade By Heleanor B. Feltham Sino-Platonic Papers, No.194 (2009) Introduction: In this study I will be looking at…
History vs. Fiction in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
History vs. Fiction in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms By Steven A. Vaughn-Lewis Sino-Platonic Papers, No.193 (2009) Introduction: “History is written by…