Metaphysics and Translating. An Exodus-quotation in Medieval Vernacular Literature
Metaphysics and Translating. An Exodus-quotation in Medieval Vernacular Literature By Edit Anna Lukács Skepsi, Vol.1:1 (2008) Introduction: The Middle Ages offer a unique point…
The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered
The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered By Neil Strevitt Anglo-Norman Studies v.24 (2004) Introduction: In July 1101, Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy…
Civilizing the Natives: State Formation and the Tudor Monarchy, c.1400-1603
From the 12th to the 17th centuries, however, the English monarchy adapted and exploited the theory in its dealings with the neighbouring Christian peoples of the British Isles, denigrating the Irish, Scots, and Welsh as primitive savages and barbarians
“Sweet Civility and Barbarous Rudeness”: a View from the Frontier. Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx and the Scots
Sweet Civility and Barbarous Rudeness: a View from the Frontier. Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx and the Scots By William M. Aird Imaging frontiers, contesting…
Clustering a medieval social network by SOM using a kernel based distance measure
Clustering a medieval social network by SOM using a kernel based distance measure By Nathalie Villa and Romain Boulet Proceedings of ESANN 2007 (Bruges,…
Jean d’Arras and Couldrette: Political Expediency and Censorship in Fifteenth-Century France
Jean d’Arras and Couldrette: Political Expediency and Censorship in Fifteenth-Century France By Matthew W. Morris Postscript, Vol.18-19 (2002) Introduction: The romance of Melusine is one…
The Seljuks of Rum in Turkish Republican Nationalist Historiography
The Seljuks of Rum in Turkish Republican Nationalist Historiography By Dogan Gurpinar MA Thesis, Sabanci University, 2004 Abstract: This study investigates how Seljuks of Rum…
Testing Medieval Gunpowder Recipes
In the following video, Robert Smith and other team members examine the effectiveness of various gunpowder recipes found in medieval manuscripts.
Islamic archaeology in the Iberian peninsula and Morocco
Islamic archaeology in the Iberian peninsula and Morocco By Johnny De Meulemeester Antiquity, Vol.79:306 (2005) Abstract: The author reviews the development of Islamic archaeology in…
Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle The castle is high on a cliff above the River Wye, as it guards one of the main river crossings from…
The Muhtasib as Guardian of Public Morality in the Medieval Islamic City
The Muhtasib as Guardian of Public Morality in the Medieval Islamic City By Abbas Hamdani Digest of Middle East Studies, Vol.17:1 (2008) Introduction: the ancient…
The Economic Role of the State in the Classical Islamic Literature: The Views of Ibn Taimiyah
The Economic Role of the State in the Classical Islamic Literature: The Views of Ibn Taimiyah By Bassam Abu Al-Foul, and Mohamed Soliman Digest of…
Domestic violence in late-medieval Bologna
The aim of this paper is to suggest that married life in Renaissance Italy was much more violent than the current historiography allows.
Transition to the Renaissance: Republican Values and Ideals in Florence and Siena, 1300-1500
By the close of the fourteenth century, Siena, once an expanding medieval Italian commune, was declining almost as quickly as she had risen.
Palaces and the Street in Late-Medieval and Renaissance Italy
The relationship between the private house and the environment of public space in the Italian city underwent a fundamental reordering in the late Middle Ages.
Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany
Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany By Rebecca Jean Emigh The Journal of Historical Sociology, Vol.11:1 (1998)…
English and Galician in the Middle Ages: A Sociohistorical Survey
English and Galician in the Middle Ages: A Sociohistorical Survey By Begoña Crespo García Revista Alicantina de Estudios Inglese, No.17 (2004) Introduction: It is the…
Geopolitical Relations in the European Middle Ages: History and Theory
What was the nature of feudalism in the European Middle Ages? How did the specicity of the feudal mode of social organization inform wider forms of medieval geopolitical relations? What distinguishes them from modern and early modern interstate relations? What are the implications for IR theory?
Medieval Articles and Theses posted in July 2009
Here is the list of articles and theses posted to Medievalists.net in July 2009: The God-man: an engagement with the theology of Athanasius of…
Latin Charms of Medieval England: Verbal Healing in a Christian Oral Tradition
In what follows I shall address four elementary questions: (1) What are the near-allied genres? In other words, in what contexts do charms appear in the manuscripts? (2) In what sense can the genre be described as oral traditional? (3) What are the forms of language in which the genre coheres? (4) How, on what occasion, by whom, and for whom are charms performed, and how do they function within these situations?
Killing Cats in the Medieval Period: An Unusual episode in the history of Cambridge, England
Were they viewed as pets or pests? How important were they in the extermination of vermin? How much value was put on their skins? And were they ever eaten?
Renaissance Magazine
For those browsing the magazine shelves in their local bookstore, they can come across a few magazines that deal with history, including History…
When did Islamic science die (and who cares)?
When did Islamic science die (and who cares)? By Jamil Ragep Viewpoint: Newsletter of the British Society for the History of Science, No.85 (2008)…
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits By Andrew Rabin Old English Newsletter, Vol. 41.3 (2008) Introduction The…
Beowulf: Prince of the Geats, Nazis, and Odinists
Beowulf: Prince of the Geats, Nazis, and Odinists By Richard Scott Nokes Old English Newsletter, Vol. 41.3 (2008) Introduction: Beowulf, a poem written in a…