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…
Meet Helen Cassidy – Castle seller
Ireland is home to dozens of medieval castles which are in private hands, and in recent years many entrepreneurs have been looking to…
Viking Fortress Discovered in Ireland
A Viking fortress of major importance has been discovered at Annagassan, County Louth in Ireland. The extensive site, which was uncovered following targeted…
Medieval Manuscript held in the British Library to be returned to Italy
A 12th Century manuscript thought to have been lost during the chaos that followed the allied bombing of southern Italy in 1943 will…
Stirling Castle hosts “Secrets of the Skeletons”
The secrets of medieval skeletons discovered at Stirling Castle will be revealed during an evening with renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black from…
Vatican Library reopens after restoration
Following three years of restoration work, the Vatican Apostolic Library is due to reopen its doors on 20 September. The announcement was made…
Robin Hood: From Medieval Outlaw to Postmodern Media Creature – undergraduate class begins
University of Houston students don’t have to venture into Sherwood Forest or Nottingham to learn about Robin Hood. A new undergraduate literature class…
New book examines Christian-Muslim cooperation in art in medieval Iraq
The relationship between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East during the Middle Ages is often typified in terms such as conflict and…
Book on medieval astrology wins award
Dr. Scott Hendrix, assistant professor of history at Carroll University, has published a new book that has been awarded the D. Simon Evans…
Rare Medieval Bible bought by American University
A medieval Bible written in Oxford, England, around 1240, has been purchased by the University of South Carolina for $77 000. The small-sized…