The Walking Dead in Medieval England: Literary and Archaeological Perspectives
The aim of this study is to analyse the popular perception of the walking dead – ‘revenants’ – in medieval England, using both written and archaeological sources.
Time Loves a Hero: Alarcos, Alfonso IX, and A Lost Crusade (from 1197)
There are few kings that get such a consistently bad rap in medieval Iberian studies as Alfonso IX of Leon.
Making or Breaking a King: Kingship Ideals in Anglo-Saxon Historiography
This research will fit into the niche between works on specific kings and the analyses of those texts pertaining directly to them, since it will add a comparative angle. It will discover the ways in which written medieval sources created a literary image of a king, as opposed to only preserving the facts.
Across the North Sea and Back Again: A Comparative Study between the Cults of St. Olav and St. Edmund
This thesis serves to examine the transmission of royal missionary saints between Norway and England during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, focused on the cult of St. Olav and the cult of St. Edmund.
A Promise Made Is a Promise Kept: Oath-Breakers and Keepers in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
To fully understand the statements about the degree to which Tolkien’s specialisation influenced his works, it is useful to know what Anglo-Saxon warrior culture represents.
The Legendary King: How the Figure of King Arthur Shaped a National Identity and the Field of Archaeology in Britain
Drawing from archaeological evidence, historic, and current sources, we can understand King Arthur’s role as a symbol of Britain, which has affected the narrative of Tintagel Castle as the birthplace of King Arthur.
Sin, Salvation and the Medieval Physician: Religious Influences on Fourteenth Century Medicine
During the plague’s fourteenth century outbreak, a variety of medical cures and theories existed that would baffle the modern physician, but perhaps the most striking difference between fourteenth-century medicine and modern medicine was the involvement of religion.
The Fame of Abelard
Abelard pushed the boundaries of group culture by establishing himself as a medieval celebrity, famous to a wider circle of people in medieval France. Fame in the Middle Ages was normally limited to the divine, the holy, and great rulers. But, with the arrival and adventures of Abelard, it came to include a new kind of scholar-celebrity from the minor nobility.
Walrus Ivory and a History of Trade: Greenland Trade Networks in the North Atlantic
Norse settlement in Greenland represents the far westward reach of Norse influence. Despite being a considerable distance from other settlements, the Greenland colony was not nearly as isolated as it appeared.
Hunnic Warfare in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries C.E.
This study examines evidence of Hunnic archery, questions the acceptance and significance of the “Hunnic archer” image, and situates Hunnic archery within the context of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Henry II, Thomas Becket and the Building of Dover Castle
Since it made sense for expenditure on royal buildings to be made by local officials, it is believed that ‘the Pipe Rolls do record by far the greater part of royal spending on building.’
Encounters Among Enemies: Preliminary Remarks on Captives in Mongol Eurasia
While the collective experience of Mongol prisoners is one of agony and desperation, not all captives suffered such a grim fate.
Waste Management in Medieval Krakow: 1257-1500
This thesis outlines the wastes produced in medieval Krakow – Animal, Industrial, and Domestic – and the efforts made to control them between the dates of the city’s incorporation under Magdeburg law in 1257 up to 1500.
The Cathar Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Feminine: Pop Culture Legend vs. Medieval Doctrine
This study investigates the historical evidence for the widespread pop culture assertion, disseminated through popular histories, novels, and spiritual tourism, that the medieval Cathars of southern France treasured a tradition that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children.
The Medieval Origins of the Concept of Hypertension
Despite the well-known history of hypertension research in the modern era, main points in the medieval concept of this disease and its early management methods remain obscure.
The death of a medieval Danish warrior: A case of bone trauma interpretation
The study of trauma in skeletal remains is important to bioarchaeology as it can provide insight into the patterns of interpersonal violence and warfare in the past, an important aspect of human society.
From the Closet to the Wallet: Pawning Clothes in Renaissance Italy
In this article, we will examine some sources in which pawns were registered in order to gain a better idea of those whom the monti di pietà helped.
Piety and Poor Relief: Confraternities in Medieval Cremona, c. 1334-1499
This dissertation focuses on confraternal piety and poor relief in the northern Italian city of Cremona between the mid-fourteenth century and the end of the fifteenth century.
Cinema Paradiso: Re-Picturing the Medieval Cult of Saints
Cinema is not, of course, a medieval cultural form but its evolutionary trajectory can perhaps be seen as rooted in aspects of medieval material culture, particularly the plastic arts, manuscript illumination and printing and the performing arts, particularly religious drama with its propensity for movement.
Conversations Between Medieval Texts and Digital Editions: The Remediation of Harley 4205
While the knightly and kingly images of the British Library’s MS Harley 4205 are visually intriguing, there has been little research dedicated to this manuscript. These figures and their textual counterparts reveal a tension central to this manuscript between its repetitious features and identifying markers.
The Digital Middle Ages: An Introduction
In the decades following the onset of the Index Thomisticus project, medievalists were often early adopters of the digital, and continue to play an important role in the development of a broader field, which came to be called digital humanities.
Finding Sanjō Genshi: Women’s Visibility in Late Medieval Japanese Aristocratic Journals
This study examines women’s visibility in journals composed by Japanese male aristocrats in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
Schematizing Plum Blossoms: Understanding Printed Images in Thirteenth-Century China
This thesis examines the significance of the printed images in the Register of Plum Blossom Portraits (Meihua xishen pu, d. 1238), the earliest extant book illustrating plum blossoms.
‘Living as a single person’: Marital Status, Performance and the Law in Late Medieval England
One approach to the vexed question of how we define the single woman is to think further about definitions of marriage, that is, about what it is that makes someone ‘married’ as opposed to ‘not married’.
On the Mutilation and Blinding of Byzantine Emperors from the Reign of Heraclius I until the Fall of Constantinople
The article takes a diachronic approach to the questions regarding Byzantine emperors and pretenders who were blinded or mutilated.