Prophets carrying texts by other authors in Byzantine painting: Mistakes or intentional substitutions?
Prophets carrying texts by other authors in Byzantine painting: Mistakes or intentional substitutions? By Ljubica D. Popovich Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007)…
Orestes and Pylades in Byzantine historiography: Two examples
Orestes and Pylades in Byzantine historiography: Two examples By Korać Dušan and Radić Radivoj Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007) Abstract: This article analyzes…
Elites in the reign of Charlemagne
Elites in the reign of Charlemagne By Jinty Nelson Conference Paper (2009) Introduction: Thanks above all to Régine Le Jan and her colleagues,…
Security and insecurity of identity and status in the Frankish elite
Security and insecurity of identity and status in the Frankish elite By Stuart Airlie Conference Paper (2009) How neurotic were members of the…
The acquisition of the landed estates of the Hospitallers in the Latin East, 1099-1291
The acquisition of the landed estates of the Hospitallers in the Latin East, 1099-1291 By Paul Sideklo PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1998…
The strange death of King Harold II: Propaganda and the problem of legitimacy in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings
How did King Harold II die at the Battle of Hastings? The question is simple enough and the answer is apparently well known.
Byzantium: Rome’s Lost Empire
In the 5th century A.D., the Roman Empire had two capitals: Rome and Constantinople. While Rome was invaded by barbarians, Constantinople endured for another thousand years.
Interview with Lars Brownworth
Lars Brownworth became a podcasting sensation when he posted a series of short lectures called 12 Byzantine Rulers. Now, the historian has come…
The bioarchaeology of Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire: present and future perspectives
The bioarchaeology of Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire: present and future perspectives By Dobney, K., Hall, A. and Kenward, H. Early Deira: Archaeological studies of the…
Marking Time? A fifteenth-century liturgical calendar in the wall paintings of Pickering parish church, North Yorkshire
Marking Time? A fifteenth-century liturgical calendar in the wall paintings of Pickering parish church, North Yorkshire By Kate Giles Church Archaeology, Vol.4 (2000) Introduction: This…
Anglo-Saxon settlements and archaeological visibility in the Yorkshire Wolds
Anglo-Saxon settlements and archaeological visibility in the Yorkshire Wolds By J.D. Richards Early Deira: Archaeological studies of the East Riding in the fourth…
Animal bones from Anglo-Scandinavian York
Animal bones from Anglo-Scandinavian York By T.O. O’Connor Aspects of Anglo-Scandinavian York. The Archaeology of York, Vol.8:4 (2004) Introduction: This chapter provides an overview…
Anchoritic Traditions of Medieval Europe
Anchoritic Traditions of Medieval Europe Edited by Liz Herbert McAvoy Boydell Press, 2010 ISBN: 9781843835202 The practice of anchoritism – religious enclosure which…
Teaching Anchoritic Texts: The Shock of the Old
Teaching Anchoritic Texts: The Shock of the Old By Alexandra Barratt Approaching medieval English anchoritic and mystical texts, edited by Dee Dyas, Valerie…
The Palaeography of Oxford, Corpus Christi College, 197
The Palaeography of Oxford, Corpus Christi College, 19 By Francisco Jose Alvarez Lopez The Proceedings of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Postgraduate Conference (2005)…
Pagans and Christians at the frontier: Viking burial in the Danelaw
The rapid conversion of Scandinavian settlers, so we are led to believe, demonstrates the weakness of their own pagan religions in the face of an all-embracing Christianity, and provides another example of their eagerness to become assimilated.
Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England
Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England By D.M. Hadley Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, Vol.15 (2008) Abstract: Detailed analysis of…
The role of agriculture in Mamluk-Jordanian power relations
The role of agriculture in Mamluk-Jordanian power relations By Bethany J. Walker Bulletin d’Etudes Orientales, Vol.57, Suppl. (2008) Introduction: Power politics between rulers and ruled…
Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Under Heaven By Guy Gavriel Kay Penguin Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0451463302 The world could bring you poison in a jeweled cup, or surprising…
Guy Gavriel Kay
Author Profile: Guy Gavriel Kay If you enjoy fantasy books that recreate historical settings of the Middle Ages, you should take a look at…
Glosses, Gaps and Gender: The Rise of Female Elves in Anglo-Saxon Culture
Around the eighth century, it appears that Old English had no close equivalent to words for the supernatural, feminine and generally unthreatening nymphs
Perceiving different images at different scales of research: the case of early Netherlandish painting
Perceiving different images at different scales of research: the case of early Netherlandish painting By Jeanne Nuechterlein The International Journal of the Humanities, Vol.6:8…
Settlement shift at Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire , and the chronology of Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pins
Settlement shift at Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire , and the chronology of Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pins By Haldenby, D. and Richards, J.D Medieval…
Close Encounters with People of the Past
Lecture by Thomas Cahill, author of ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe’ and ‘Mysteries of the Middle Ages.’
Weeping Statues and Bleeding Bread: Miracles in the Later Middle Ages
In the period between 1150 and 1550 a number of Christians in western Europe made pilgrimages to places where material objects–among them paintings, statues, relics, and Eucharistic wafers–allegedly erupted into life by such activities as bleeding, weeping, and walking about.