Orthodoxy on Sale: The Last Byzantine and the Lost Crusade
Orthodoxy on Sale: The Last Byzantine and the Lost Crusade By Silvia Ronchey Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, London,…
The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept?
The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept? Følner, Bjarke MA. Honours, University of Edinburgh (2001) Abstract This paper deals with the modern…
Marriage and Mutilation: Vendetta in Late-Medieval Italy
‘All of the family take up offensive weapons, for the injury done to one stains the whole house’, wrote one fourteenth-century lawyer. Vendetta was an obligation on kinsmen. That obligation did not die with an injured party: often quoted is Dante’s experience in Hell, when an ancestor angrily fled from his presence because his death had not yet been avenged.
How Eager He Was for the Victory of Islam!’: Saladin’s Strategy Against the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1171-1187)
How Eager He Was for the Victory of Islam!’: Saladin’s Strategy Against the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1171-1187) By Jan Vandeburie Paper given at…
The Medici Bank and the World of Florentine Capitalism
The Medici bank is certainly the most suitable subject for such an investigation. More is known about it than about any other firm in Renaissance Florence.
“More Glory than Blood”: Murder and Martyrdom in the Hussite Crusades
“More Glory than Blood”: Murder and Martyrdom in the Hussite Crusades Fudge, Thomas A. (Christchurch, New Zealand) Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice, Volume…
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni By Andrew Gow…
Expeditio persica of Heraclius: Holy War or Crusade?
This essay will try to explain if the expeditio persica of Heraclius was similar or not with the concept of western Crusade.
Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: A Look at the English and Franco-Belgian Regions
Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: A Look at the English and Franco-Belgian Regions By Charles Donahue, Jr. Proceedings of…
Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6
Ship Construction in Cyprus 1325-6 By Sarah Arenson TROPIS Symposia Proceedings, Vol.2 (1987) Introduction: Our knowledge of ship construction in the Middle Ages…
Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus
Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus Walsh, Michael Inferno, Volume IX, 2004 Abstract…
From Raw Materials to a Compound and Back Again: A Look at One Element
From Raw Materials to a Compound and Back Again: A Look at One Element of Crusader Architecture Grabiner, Esther (The David Azrieli School…
FROM THE STATELY TO THE SMUTTY: SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS OF THE CRUSADES IN AN ILLUMINATED CHRONICLE
FROM THE STATELY TO THE SMUTTY: SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS OF THE CRUSADES IN AN ILLUMINATED CHRONICLE Leson, Robert Oeuvre, Newsletter of the Department of…
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism?
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner…
The Fatimid Navy and the Crusades, 1099-1171
During the ninth century and the first half of the tenth century, for example, Muslim navies were very active in the Mediterranean and, on the whole, they were successful.
Rereading the Crusades: An Introduction
Rereading the Crusades: An Introduction M. Powell, James The International History Review, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Nov., 1995) Abstract The very word ‘crusade’…
The New Middle Ages: Medievalism in McLuhan and Vacca
The New Middle Ages: Medievalism in McLuhan and Vacca By Francesco Guardiani McLuhan Studies, Issue 6 (1996) Abstract: A very successful book formulated…
Crusader castle torn apart by earthquake at dawn, 20 May 1202
Crusader castle torn apart by earthquake at dawn, 20 May 1202 By Ronnie Ellenblum, Shmuel Marco, Amotz Agnon, Thomas Rockwell and Adrian Boas…
Infidel Dogs: Hunting Crusaders with Usama ibn Munqidh
Infidel Dogs: Hunting Crusaders with Usama ibn Munqidh By Paul M. Cobb Crusades, Vol. 6 (2007) Introduction: Few works of medieval Arabic literature…
MUSLIM REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CRUSADES
MUSLIM REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CRUSADES SIVAN, EMMANUEL Verso Gerusalemme: la Prima Crociata 1099-1999 (1999) Abstract If, as August Nitschke argued, “groups can be understood most…
Joanna, Queen of Sicily
Joanna, Queen of Sicily By Dana Cushing The Plantagenet Connection, v. 8 n. 1 (Summer 2000) Introduction: In my studies of the Third…
The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade
The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade Brand, Charles M. Speculum, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr., 1962) Abstract On the eve…
Medieval seamanship under sail
Medieval seamanship under sail By Tullio Vidoni Master’s thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987 Abstract: Voyages of discovery could not be entertained until…
“A Vile, Infamous, Diabolical Treaty”: The Franco-Ottoman Alliance of Francis I and the Eclipse of the Christendom Ideal
“A Vile, Infamous, Diabolical Treaty”: The Franco-Ottoman Alliance of Francis I and the Eclipse of the Christendom Ideal Piccirillo, Anthony Carmen (Georgetown University)…
‘Clash of Civilizations’, Crusades, Knights and Ottomans: an Analysis of Christian-Muslim Interaction in the Mediterranean
‘Clash of Civilizations’, Crusades, Knights and Ottomans: an Analysis of Christian-Muslim Interaction in the Mediterranean Buttigieg,Emanuel (University of Malta) Religion and power in…