New visitor centre for the Battle of Bannockburn
Scotland’s Minister of Culture announced today £5 million in funding to create a state-of-the-art visitor centre at the site of the battle of…
Sealing the Fate of the Newport Ship
The Newport Ship is at the heart of a new collaboration that gets underway this week between the University of Wales Trinity Saint…
13th century ‘travel lodge’ found by Time Team
A medieval travel lodge has been discovered by archaeologists working for the British television program Time Team. The remains of the building were…
Medievalist creates new typography to honour 1000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Leon
Ricardo Chao, a Spanish medievalist has created a new typography to honour the one thousandth anniversary of the creation of the Kingdom of…
6th century Byzantine mosaic uncovered in Israel
A Byzantine mosaic dating to the 6th century AD has been discovered in Israel. The find was made by researchers from the University…
Reading Europe: European culture through the book
Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, has launched an online exhibitions that explore highlights of the continent’s literature. Reading Europe: European culture…
Medieval Professor co-edits book on The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World
Dr. Maren Clegg-Hyer’s passion for and knowledge of medieval literature is enough to inspire even the most indifferent, clock-watching students. The assistant professor…
Sheffield Cathedral receives funding to promote its heritage
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to Sheffield Cathedral, the city’s oldest building, to work up plans to significantly…
Hereford Mappa Mundi gets £50,000
Hereford Cathedral’s internationally renowned Mappa Mundi and Chained Library exhibition is to get a ‘make-over’ following the award of a £50,000 grant by…
Tour the City Walls of Dublin on your iPhone
Dublin City Council has unveiled a new iPhone App which gives a virtual tour of the medieval city walls of the Irish capital.…
The Bellarmine Museum of Art to open this month
With the long-awaited public opening of the Bellarmine Museum of Art scheduled for October 25, Fairfield University in Connecticut introduces a permanent sanctuary…
Google Translate goes Latin
In news that will be welcomed by many medieval and ancient history scholars, Google Translate has added Latin to its list of languages…
Hakluyt Society books to be available as Print on Demand and ebooks
Ashgate Publishing has announced that hundreds of books from the Hakluyt Society Publications series will soon be available again, including many important translations…
Underground Museum in Krakow reveals city’s medieval history
Krakow is opening its newest attraction — twenty feet under the main market square (Rynek Glowny). The new underground archaeological park will show…
Acre, Crusades get spotlight in international history conference
The city of Amsterdam played host to the 21st International Congress on Historical Sciences last month, bringing hundreds of historians together from a…
Call for Papers: Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies
Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies Special Call For Papers for 2010 Issue on Exile in the Middle Ages Hortulus: The…
University of Sydney hosts Celtic studies conference
Topics as unique and diverse as medieval Irish magic and the drinking of blood in the ritual context of mourning will be explored…
The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty – Exhibition at the Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a major international exhibition devoted to the art of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)—one of the most…
Medieval manor house and Roman road discovered in Kent
Excavations in Kent have unearth an interesting historical past as archaeologists discovered not only evidence of a medieval manor house, but also a…
British Library digitises Greek manuscripts
The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available…
Online Map shows Medieval Lincoln
A new map showing medieval Lincoln is now online. The medieval map, created by the City of Lincoln Council’s Heritage Team, gives historic…
Artificial Intelligence used to study Gothic Cathedrals
Simply standing before a Gothic cathedral—say Notre-Dame in Paris—can be an overwhelming experience. Understanding how all its parts artfully and structurally work together…
Special issue of Reading Medieval Studies to focus on the crusades
A new publication focusing on the crusades has been issued by the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Reading. This…
Negotiating Trade: Commercial Institutions and Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Medieval and Early Modern World
The Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CEMERS) at Binghampton University will host an international conference called “Negotiating Trade: Commercial Institutions and…
Robin Hood DVD released
The DVD and Blu-Ray versions of Robin Hood have been released. They contain the theatrical version of the film as well as an…