Video of the Richard III discovery Press Conference
This press conference, announcing the discovery of human remains in the search for Richard III, was held in Leicester Guildhall on 12 September 2012.
Devotion to the Name of Jesus in Medieval England
Denis Renevey discusses the medieval mystic tradition from the 11th century to the Reformation, the significance of the name of Jesus during this period, and its impact on religious attitudes in the Middle Ages.
Monastic Vernacularities – Syon Abbey Society session at the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Video of three papers given at the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Medieval Fishing at Gufuskálar, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Recent excavations at the site of Gufuskálar on the far western tip of Iceland’s Snæfellsnes peninsula are attempting to rescue valuable archaeological information from a quickly eroding coastline.
The Making of Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Bernard McGinn explores Thomas’s reason for writing the Summa and its principles, structure, and originality.
The Wars of the Roses: A Bloody Crown
Scene from the documentary include the Battle of Towton, Towton Graves, The Pole Axe and The Falchion.
On the Making of Holy Places Along the Sea Routes of the Eastern Mediterranean
The connection with the Holy Land was frequently made visible by the dissemination of both site-relics (such as stones from the holy sites) and body-parts of saints being especially worshipped by Holy Land pilgrims, such as Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara.
The Lost Leprosy Hospitals Of London: Leprosia
By focusing upon the institutional provision made available for victims of leprosy in London between 1100 and 1500, we can explore the complexity of reactions to a disease that might be regarded as either a punishment for sin or a mark of divine favour.
The lure of the Kremlin: the court of Ivan the Terrible and global networks in the sixteenth century
This lecture will demonstrate that the court of Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) and other tsars was actually a focus point of exchange in technology, commodities and ideas with both the East and the West,
