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Interview with Donald S. Richards – The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir
Donald S. Richards is retired as lecturer in Arabic at the Oriental Institute, and is emeritus fellow of St Cross College, University of…
Teaching Medieval Castles
Teaching Medieval Castles By Robert Liddiard The Higher Education Academy: Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology (2005) Introduction: Ask anyone to visualise…
Concepts of ‘castle’ and the construction of identity in medieval and post-medieval Ireland
Concepts of ‘castle’ and the construction of identity in medieval and post-medieval Ireland By Tadhg O’Keeffe Irish Geography, Vol.34:1 (2001) Abstract: This paper…
Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland
Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland By Oliver Creighton Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 73 (1999) Abstract:…
The Book of Kells: A Celtic Treasure
The Book of Kells: A Celtic Treasure Lecture by Timothy Graham Given in June 2008 at the University of New Mexico Timothy Graham’s…
Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages
Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages By Oliver H. Creighton Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834465 The phrase `designed landscape’ is…
Edward the Confessor: The Man and the Legend
Edward the Confessor: The Man and the Legend Edited by Richard Mortimer Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834366 The millennium of Edward the Confessor’s birth…
Medieval Petitions: Grace and Grievance
Medieval Petitions: Grace and Grievance Edited by W. Mark Ormrod, Gwilym Dodd and Anthony Musson Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781903153253 The mechanics, politics and culture…
Two Medieval Outlaws: Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn
Two Medieval Outlaws: Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn Edited by Glyn S. Burgess Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781843841876 Paperback Edition Eustace the…
Anselm & Becket: Two Canterbury Saints’ Lives
Anselm & Becket: Two Canterbury Saints’ Lives By John Salisbury Translated by Ronald E. Peppin Pontifical Insitute of Mediaeval Studies, 2009 ISBN: 978–0–88844–298–7…
Playing a Part in History: The York Mysteries, 1951–2006
Playing a Part in History: The York Mysteries, 1951–2006 By Margaret Rogerson University of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN: 9870802099242 The York Mystery Plays…
Medieval Conduct Literature: An Anthology of Vernacular Guides to Behaviour for Youths, with English Translations
Medieval Conduct Literature: An Anthology of Vernacular Guides to Behaviour for Youths, with English Translations Edited by Mark D. Johnston University of Toronto…
Presenting and Discussing Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter: A Suggested Approach
Presenting and Discussing Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter: A Suggested Approach By Pamela Trimpe Art in Context: 2006–2007 Professional…
Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral By Douglas Darracott Art in Context: 2006–2007 Professional Development Workshop Materials (2006) The articles in this series are intended to provide…
Gold and its Significance in Beowulf
The gold and treasure in Beowulf are so much a part of the texture of the poem that the reader tends to dismiss them as another commonplace of the heroic age, like mead-benches and armor, included by the poet to set his scene.
Baghdad, Commerce and the Round City
An 11 minute video on medieval Baghdad. Today, Baghdad is a battered city. But we need to remember that before the ruins, from the…
L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
L’Anse aux Meadows has been a National Historic Site since 1977. Parks Canada operates a Visitor Centre which displays artifacts discovered during the archeological excavations.
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland By Birgitta Wallace Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 19:1 (2003) Introduction: One thousand years…
A Living Light
A Living Light By E. L. Risden Wipf and Stock, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60608-091-7 A Living Light explores some of the major events in the life…