How Shall a Man Be Armed? Evolution of Armor during the Hundred Years War
Special presentation at the 2013 International Congress on Medieval Studies
Call for Papers: Vagantes 2014
Conference taking place from March 20-22, 2014 at the University of Texas at Austin
Game of Thrones and Machiavelli
Megan Cavell reports on the lecture ‘Power is a Curious Thing: Game of Thrones as a Machiavellian Mirror for Princes’ given by Janice Liedl
Call for Papers: 10th conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association
Conference taking place 7–8 February, 2014, at Macquarie University, Sydney
Call for Papers: The Fortieth Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium
April 4-5, 2014, at The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Call for Papers: (Un) Expected Animals in (Un)Expected Places in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
Conference taking place on May, 6-7 2014, at the University of Louisville, Kentucky
Conference on Medieval Archaeology
Conference taking place on October 5, 2013, at State University of Cortland, Cortland, New York
Richard III Foundation hosts conference to celebrate its 20th anniversary of fighting for its hero king
A major conference to be held later this year at Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, just a few miles from the battlefield on which King Richard III met his violent end, will mark the 20th anniversary of an organization that was formed in the monarch’s memory.
Upcoming Conference: Ruling Bishops and Ruling Eunuchs, c. 400-1800
Three day conference to be held this August at the University of Zürich in Switzerland
Illuminated Manuscripts: Art and Science
Stella Panayotova from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, discusses how her research using scientific observations and pigment analysis is shedding light on how medieval manuscripts were made.
Happy 700th Birthday Boccaccio! Exhibition and conference mark anniversary of medieval author
Exhibit and conference are among the events marking the 700th birthday of one of the medieval world’s greatest writers, credited with establishing the European storytelling traditions we know today.
The Greek Church of Cyprus under Latin Rule
When Western Europeans took over the island of Cyprus in 1191, did it lead to religious turmoil between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches?
International Medieval Congress to look at pleasure in the Middle Ages
The world’s medievalists are at the University of Leeds as the 20th annual International Medieval Congress begins tomorrow.
Terry Jones to give 600th Anniversary lecture at St Andrews University
As well as speaking on ‘Columbus, America and the Flat Earth’ Jones will also be awarded an honorary degree.
The Calamitous Fourteenth Century in England: All Doom and Gloom?
This was a fantastic paper given at the Crown and Country in Late medieval England session at KZOO. There were only two papers but both were interesting and enjoyable. This paper delved into the history of science in late medieval England and examined why the fourteenth century, a time that is usually synonymous with doom and gloom, plague and uprising, wasn’t all that bad upon closer observation.
Reconstruction of a Judicial Duel c. 1400
Watch this demonstration of a judicial duel at the turn of the 15th century, presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in 2013
The Battle of Arsuf, 7 September 1191
Benjamin Z. Kedar asks what was Richard I’s plan at Arsuf, one of the key battles of the Third Crusade?
The Garments of Guy in the Bayeux Tapestry
In her paper, Gale R. Owen-Crocker looks at how the late 11th century frieze portrays Guy, Count of Ponthieu.
Civic and Religious Understanding of the Mentally Ill, Incompetent, and Disabled of Medieval England
This brief summary covered the fourth paper given at KZOO’s Mental Health in Non-medical Terms. It covered ways in which theologians, like Thomas Aquinas, tried to categorize mental disability. Aquinas also tried to prove that the mentally impaired were able to receive sacraments depending their lucidity and where they fit in his four categories. It was an interesting and enjoyable paper.
Mental Disability and Intellectual Impairment in the Middle Ages: Some Preliminary Research Findings
This interesting paper was one of the four given in the Mental Health in Non-medical Terms session at KZOO. It looked at philosophy, iconography and the way mental disability was viewed in the Middle Ages.
Expenses Related to Corporal Punishment in France
How much did the hangman get paid to carry out his deed?
Going Mad in French: Royal Notaries and Charles V’s Translation Project
This was another interesting paper from the Mental Health in Non-medical Terms session at KZOO on notaries, and how crimes committed under “mental duress” were processed.
Infant Burials and Christianization: The View from East Central Europe
This was the second paper in the Early Medieval Europe I series given at KZOO and another fabulous archaeology paper. It contrasted infant grave sites in early converted medieval Poland and Anglo Saxon England.
Listening for the Vikings: Some Evidence from Etymology
The Vikings left behind several kinds of evidence during their stay in Anglo-Saxon England. Richard Dance notes that ‘one crucial aspect is the etymological.’
Feasting with Early Medieval Chiefs: Locating Political Action through Environmental Archaeology
This excellent paper was the first given in the session on Early Medieval Europe. It looked at various archaeological excavations in Iceland and Denmark and the political role feasting played in pre-Christian Viking societies.