Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle The castle is high on a cliff above the River Wye, as it guards one of the main river crossings from…
Whose Crusade? Media, Muslims and the “Kingdom of Heaven”
Filmed at the University of Southern California April 18, 2005 Journalism professor Diane Winston, USC Annenberg’s Knight Chair in Media and Religion, leads…
Sounding Illuminations: The Music of the Manuscripts
Richard Porterfield, Mannes College instructor and a founding member of the vocal ensemble Lionheart, leads his students from the Schola Cantorum as they perform Gregorian chants from the Met’s collection of illuminated choir book pages. He also discusses the relationship of medieval musical notation to illustration, text, and ritual.
Antisemitism: medieval and modern
Speaker: Steven Katz Given at the Australian National University March 2009 In the 2009 Freilich Foundation Annual Lecture in Bigotry and Tolerance, Steven…
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy
Review of Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy by Adele Cilento and Alessandro Vanoli New York: Riverside Book Company,…
The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus
Our video review of: The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus by David Nicolle Osprey Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 9781846033544 pp.96 Click here to…
Interview with Walter Goffart
We speak with Walter Goffart, Professor of History at Yale University, about his article “Rome’s Final Conquest: The Barbarians” and about the Early…
Interview with John France
We interviewed John France, Professor of History at University of Wales – Swansea, during the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which was held…
Interview with Donald Kagay
We spoke with Donald Kagay of Albany State University at the International Congress of Medieval Studies, where he gave the Annual Journal of…
How the Black Death Affected Painters and Art History
Images of death, tortured souls, and the macabre art produced during the Middle Ages that was highly influenced by the horrors of Black Death.
Blog Profile: Unlocked Wordhoard
Almost four years old, Richard Scott Nokes blog, Unlocked Wordhoard, is considered to be one of the must reads among medievalist bloggers. Nokes…
Interview with Kelly DeVries
We speak with Kelly DeVries, Professor of History at Loyola College in Maryland, about the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which is held…
Machiavelli’s The Prince
Machiavelli’s The Prince Two lectures by Steven B. Smith Given at Yale University, Fall 2006 From his Introduction to Political Philosophy The lecture…
Video Interview with Lisa Carnell
During the 2009 edition of the International Congress on Medieval Studies, we interviewed Lisa Carnell, Congress Coordinator, about the attendance for this year’s…
The Church Sex Scandal: Medieval Blueprint for Disaster
Christian doctrine has always been divided between intolerance for the hidden sin and apprehension over scandalizing the faithful through its publication.
Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons
Miraculously preserved over the centuries, its artistic importance was unrecognized until an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien revealed its unity and multi-dimensional…
Appropriation of Pagan Roman Motifs in Christian Byzantine Coinage
Appropriation of Pagan Roman Motifs in Christian Byzantine Coinage Lecture by Kelly Hughes, given at the University of Richmond February 2, 2009 Art…
The Book of Kells: A Celtic Treasure
The Book of Kells: A Celtic Treasure Lecture by Timothy Graham Given in June 2008 at the University of New Mexico Timothy Graham’s…
Baghdad, Commerce and the Round City
An 11 minute video on medieval Baghdad. Today, Baghdad is a battered city. But we need to remember that before the ruins, from the…
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Music (Byzantine Tradition)
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Music (Byzantine Tradition) Lecture by Alban West Given on February 10, 2009 in San Fernando, California This presentation by Archpriest Alban…
Introducing Medieval Scandinavia
A four-video series outlining the scope of the medieval Scandinavian world and some of its major cultural, political and literary characteristics.
Monarchy with David Starkey
Aired from 2004 to 2006, Monarchy was hosted by David Starkey, an English historian who specializes in Tudor history. The series focuses on…