Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land By Norman Housley Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300118889 Publisher’s Synopsis: In a series of…
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts Lecture by Christopher Howe Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Given on December 17, 2007 Length: 35 minutes There…
Mystic Mythopoiesis of Pre-Islamic Arabic Odes
Mystic Mythopoiesis of Pre-Islamic Arabic Odes By Dalia Urbonaitė Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Vol. 6:2 (2005) Abstract: Qaùīdas, the Pre-Islamic Arabic odes, were for…
Carolingian
Articles about Charlemagne, his heirs, and the Carolingian empire Security and insecurity of identity and status in the Frankish elite, by Stuart Airlie…
Book Review: Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300 By John France UCL Press, 1999 Review by Dana Cushing University of…
Book Review: The Military Revolution Debate
The Military Revolution Debate Edited by Clifford Rogers (Westview Press, 1995) Reviewed by Dana Cushing University of Toronto The idea of a ‘military…
Book Reviews: Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War and The Circle of War in the Middle Ages
Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War Edited by Curry and Hughes (Boydell, 1999) The Circle of War in the Middle…
The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000
The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 By Chris Wickham Allen Lane, 2009 ISBN: 978-0713994292 Publisher’s Synopsis: The idea…
What is Medieval Military History and Why Does it Matter?
What is Medieval Military History and Why Does it Matter? is a lecture delivered by Professor John France of the University of Wales-Swansea during…
Coming of Age and the Family In Medieval England
When and how did children become adults in medieval society?
From Prostitutes to Brides of Christ: The Avignonese Repenties in the Late Middle Ages
From Prostitutes to Brides of Christ: The Avignonese Repenties in the Late Middle Ages By Joëlle Rollo-Koster Journal of Medieval and Early Modern…
The iconographic evidence for maritime activities in the Middle Ages
The iconographic evidence for maritime activities in the Middle Ages By Joe C. Flatman Current Science, Vol.86:9-10 (2004) Abstract: The analysis of maritime…
Invisible Women
Invisible Women By Ruth Mazo Karras Medieval Feminist Forum, Vol. 39 (2005) Introduction: Medieval recordkeepers wrote down the information they heeded for their own…
The Spectacle of the Scaffolding: Rape and the Violent Foundations of Medieval Theatre Studies
The Spectacle of the Scaffolding: Rape and the Violent Foundations of Medieval Theatre Studies By Jody Enders Theatre Journal, Vol.56 (2004) Introduction: Mrs.…
Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art and Culture officially opens
Oxford University has launch a new centre to study the archaeological and cultural heritage of Asia. The Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art…
Anglo-Saxon Leper Hospital discovered in Winchester
The University of Winchester’s archaeological excavations at St Mary Magdalen, on the outskirts of Winchester, have revealed evidence for what may be Britain’s…
The Codex Manesse and the Discovery of Love at Heidelberg University
It was in the Hohenstaufen era that European literature turned its attention to the subject of courtly love, thus sparking off one of…
Repairs needed at medieval chapel in Bradwell Abbey
St Mary’s Chapel at Bradwell Abbey in Buckinghamshire, England is undergoing repairs with a temporary roof put in place make it water and…
Medieval Frontiers at War symposium to take place in Spain
The Spanish city of Caceres will be hosting many of the most notable medieval military historians next month for a symposium on ‘Medieval…
Medieval Observatory discovered in Iran
Iranian archaeologists have discovered a 13th century observatory at the Ismailis stronghold of Alamut. It is believed this was used by the famous…
Life in the Middle Ages
Life in the Middle Ages lists the articles about how medieval people lived from day to day. This includes what people ate, wore,…
We have chosen a few things from among many: the adaptations and suitability of nuns’ rules in Merovingian Gaul
For female monasticism, the sixth and seventh centuries represent a period during which women religious and monastic authorities were struggling to define and organize the monastic community in a way that would best serve the needs of women in the community.
Reading Regina: Revisiting the Education of Upper-Class Women In the Middle Ages
Reading Regina: Revisiting the Education of Upper-Class Women In the Middle Ages By Sarah Peters Lucerna, vol. 1, no. 1 (2006) Introduction: Medieval…
Portrayals of women in violent situations in texts of the High Middle Ages
Portrayals of women in violent situations in texts of the High Middle Ages By Nina K. Verbanaz M.A. Thesis, University of Missouri–Columbia, 2008…
Estate of Margaret Wade Labarge donates art collection to the National Gallery of Canada
Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade…