Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome (4th-5th century A.D.)
The aim of this study is to look at the close relations and certain continuity existing between the pagan and Christian ideologies concerning the role played by women of the aristocracy and by the image of women associated with political power.
Franks’ Effect on Islamic Spirit, Religious and Cultural Characters in Medieval Syria
Franks’ Effect on Islamic Spirit, Religious and Cultural Characters in Medieval Syria By Hatim Mahamid Nebula, Vol.4:1 (2007) Introduction: This study will follow the phenomena…
Leeching in the History: A Review
Leeching in the History: A Review By Younis Munshi, Irfat Ara, Huma Rafique and Zahoor Ahmad Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 11:13 (2008)…
The rise of the Carolingians or the decline of the Merovingians?
The transference of power from the Merovingians to the Carolingians in France is one of the most confusing periods of early medieval history.
The Mongol Empire in World History
The Mongol Empire in World History By Timothy May World History Connected, Vol.5:2 (2008) Introduction:Â An empire arose in the steppes of Mongolia in…
Racial Discrimination in Later Medieval Ireland
Racial Discrimination in Later Medieval Ireland By Steven G. Ellis Racial Discrimination and Ethnicity in European History, edited by Guðmundur Hálfdanarson (University of Pisa, 2003) Introduction: Racial discrimination was…
Pisa in the Middle Ages: The Dream and the Reality of Empire
Pisa in the Middle Ages: The Dream and the Reality of Empire By Enrica Salvatori Empires and States in European Perspective, edited by Steven Ellis (University of…
Images of the End. Hollywood and the Medieval Iconography of the Apocalypse
Images of the End. Hollywood and the Medieval Iconography of the Apocalypse By Lucas Burkart Histoire, Images, Imaginaire, edited by Pascal Dupuy (University of Pisa, 2002)…
Representing Nobility, Charity and sainthood : Aspects of the European Movement of the Mendicant Orders in the 13th and 14th Centuries
Representing Nobility, Charity and sainthood : Aspects of the European Movement of the Mendicant Orders in the 13th and 14th Centuries By Raphaela Averkorn…
Sacred Images in a Secular Text: the Case of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles
Sacred Images in a Secular Text: the Case of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles By Edgar de Blieck Histoire, Images, Imaginaire, edited by Pascal Dupuy (University of…
Les représentations du pouvoir dans la broderie de Bayeux (XIe siècle)
Les représentations du pouvoir dans la broderie de Bayeux (XIe siècle) By Philippe Lardin Histoire, Images, Imaginaire, edited by Pascal Dupuy (University of Pisa, 2002) Abstract: La…
Welfare in an Italian City-State: Siena and the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala
Welfare in an Italian City-State: Siena and the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala By Ann Katherine Isaacs The Welfare State: Past, Present, Future,…
Poverty, the Poor and Welfare in Medieval Urban Culture
Poverty, the Poor and Welfare in Medieval Urban Culture By Lucas Burkart The Welfare State: Past, Present, Future, edited by Ann Katherine Isaacs (University of…
Notice of Four Ancient Scottish Standards, with Detailed Description of the Recently Discovered Marchmont Standard
Notice of Four Ancient Scottish Standards, with Detailed Description of the Recently Discovered Marchmont Standard By James Balfour Paul Proceedings of the Society of…
The rationale of gestures in the West: Third to Thirteenth Centuries
The culture of the Middle Ages has sometimes been called a ‘culture of gestures’ or a ‘gestural culture’.
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States By Alan V. Murray Prosopon Newsletter, Vol.4:2 (1996) Introduction:Â Prosopographical research on the Crusader States, or to use…
From Saxo Grammaticus to Peter Friedrich Suhm: Danish views on medieval Estonian history
From Saxo Grammaticus to Peter Friedrich Suhm: Danish views on medieval Estonian history By Tyge Andersen and Priit Raudkivi Acta Historica Tallinnensia, Vol.11…
Cistercian Nuns, Cause Papers, and the York Consistory Court in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Cistercian Nuns, Cause Papers, and the York Consistory Court in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries By Elizabeth Freeman Australia & New Zealand Law &…
Legal Landmarks: The Architecture of Justice in late medieval England
Legal Landmarks: The Architecture of Justice in late medieval England By Anthony Musson Australia & New Zealand Law & History E-Journal, vol.2 (2006) Introduction: This…