Interview with Kevin Leahy
Dr Kevin Leahy is national finds adviser from the Portable Antiquities Scheme. He has been an instrumental part of the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon…
Two Early Anglo-Saxon Holy Men: Oswald and Cuthbert
Two Early Anglo-Saxon Holy Men: Oswald and Cuthbert By John Corbett The Anglo-Saxons, synthesis and achievement, edited by J. Douglas Woods, David Anthony…
Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies
Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies: Speaking New Mysteries By Beverly M. Kienzle Brepols, 2009 ISBN: 978-2-503-51777-3 Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), the…
Rewriting the Middle Ages in the Twentieth Century
Rewriting the Middle Ages in the Twentieth Century, Volume II, National Traditions Edited by J. Aurell Cardona and J. Pavón Benito Brepols, 2009…
Ancient Warfare
Ancient Warfare Edited by John Carman and Anthony Harding The History Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7524-5471-9 The authors examine the evidence of warfare in…
Medieval Articles and Theses Posted in October 2009
Here is the list of articles and theses posted to Medievalists.net in October 2009: Pope Gregory VII The Distinctiveness of Palestinian Monasticism, 450-550…
Interview with Stephen Lay
The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier, by Stephen Lay examines how Portugal emerged as an independent kingdom between…
Fish and Fishermen In English Medieval Church Wall Paintings
Fish and Fishermen In English Medieval Church Wall Paintings By Frederick Buller Medlar Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-899600-98-4 Fred Buller is well respected as one…
Maimonides and the Convert: A Juridical and Philosophical Embrace of the Outsider
Maimonides and the Convert: A Juridical and Philosophical Embrace of the Outsider By James A. Diamond Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Vol. 11 (2003) Introduction: Within…
Towards a Text of the “Medulla Grammatice”: Procedures and Prospects in Editing a 15th-century Glossary
Towards a Text of the “Medulla Grammatice”: Procedures and Prospects in Editing a 15th-century Glossary By Vincent P McCarren CCH Working Papers, Vol. 4…
Medievalists at the 124th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association
The American Historical Association will be holding its 124th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on January 7-10, 2010. The theme of this…
Editing and Concording the “Dictionarius” of Firmin Le Ver (1440)
Editing and Concording the “Dictionarius” of Firmin Le Ver (1440) By Brian Merrilees, William Edwards, David Megginson CCH Working Papers Vol.2 (1992) Abstract: The Dictionarius of…
Electronic Analysis of Medieval Texts: The Case of Raoul de Soissons
Electronic Analysis of Medieval Texts: The Case of Raoul de Soissons By Ineke Hardy CH Working Papers (2005) Introduction: Over the past century, the conception…
Domestic Peace and Public Order in Anglo-Saxon Law
Domestic Peace and Public Order in Anglo-Saxon Law By Rebecca Colman The Anglo-Saxons, synthesis and achievement, edited by J. Douglas Woods, David Anthony…
The Vikings in Wales
The Vikings in Wales By Henry Loyn Dorothea Coke memorial lecture, 1976 Published for University College London by the Viking Society for Northern Research…
North American Universities that specialize in Medieval History
This is a list of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada that have History Departments that specialize in medieval history.…
The Vinland Mystery
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1984, this short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America – Vinland the Good.
John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1964, this short film documents John Cabot’s quest to discover a westward route across the sea to the Orient in 15th-century Europe.
Manorial organisation in early thirteenth-century Tipperary
Manorial organisation in early thirteenth-century Tipperary By Mark Hennessy Irish Geography, Vo.l 29:2 (1996) Abstract: Research in Ireland on medieval manors has tended to focus…
Documentary evidence for domestic buildings in Ireland c.400-1200 in the light of archaeology
Documentary evidence for domestic buildings in Ireland c.400-1200 in the light of archaeology By Hilary Murray Medieval Archaeology, Vol.23 (1979) Introduction: Excluding archaeology…
Cultural geographies of the contact zone: Gaels, Galls and overlapping territories in late medieval Ireland
Cultural geographies of the contact zone: Gaels, Galls and overlapping territories in late medieval Ireland By John Morrissey Social & Cultural Geography, Vol. 6:4…
FROM AL-GHAZALI TO AL-RAZI: 6TH/12TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSLIM PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY
FROM AL-GHAZALI TO AL-RAZI: 6TH/12TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSLIM PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY By Ayman Shihadeh Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, Vol. 15:1 (2005) Abstract: According to…
The Other Saint Bernard: The ‘Troubled and Varied Career’ of Bernard of Abbeville, Abbot of Tiron
His abbey was the source for more than a hundred communities throughout France and, perhaps surprisingly, in Scotland, Wales and England.
Dover Castle and the Great Siege of 1216
Commanding the shortest sea crossing between England and the Continent, Dover Castle was a vital strategic and communication lynch-pin in the empire of the Angevin kings of England.
The Borja Family: Historiography, Legend and Literature
The Borja Family: Historiography, Legend and Literature By Eulàlia Duran Catalan Historical Review, Vol.1 (2008) Abstract: The Borja family from Valencia (the Italian spelling is…