Interview with William Ian Miller
William Ian Miller is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He has written on a wide variety of subjects,…
Château de La Jarthe
Earlier this year, a 12th century castle that was once owned by the Knights Templar was put up for sale. Located on a…
Ŭng Kol Pang, a 14th century Korean treatise on falconry
The earliest evidence for falconry in ancient Korea is found on a 5th-6th century AD tomb wall at Jilin Sheng.
In Our Time
One of the best radio programs for history lovers, In Our Time runs every Thursday at 9:00 am and 9:30 pm. The show…
Market Towns and the Countryside in Late Medieval England
The shape of hinterlands was influenced by a number of geographical and economic factors. Analysis of debts and records of trade contacts allows us to define the urban hierarchy and the extent of competition between towns.
King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry
King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry Edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker Boydell, 2005 ISBN: 9781843831242 Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly,…
Stylistic Variation and Roman Influence in the Bayeux Tapestry
There are a number of places in the Tapestry where the graphics of the main register are different in both subject matter and style. The men pictured at these points are workers, engaged in practical, mundane (distinctly non-heroic) tasks.
Royal Sainthood Revisited. New Dimensions of the Cult of Saint Ladislas (14th-15th centuries)
The saintly prince, Ladislas, then, espied a Pagan carrying on the back of his horse a beautiful Hungarian maiden.
Knightly Dueling – the Fighting Arts of German Chivalry
Knightly Dueling – the Fighting Arts of German Chivalry by Jeffrey Hull, with Monika Maziarz and Grzegorz Zabinski Paladin Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-58160-674-4…
The Mongol Transformation: From the Steppe to Eurasian Empire
This paper discusses the rise of the Mongol Empire in its Inner Asian context, looking for evolutionary versus revolutionary features of the Mongol imperial enterprise.
The High City, by Cecelia Holland
The High City By Cecelia Holland Forge Books, 2009 ISBN: 9780765305596 It is the early years of the reign of Basil II, who…
The Road to Jerusalem
The Road to Jerusalem By Jan Guillou Harper, 2009 ISBN: 9780061869877 Born in 1150 to a noble family in the Kingdom of Western Götaland,…
Prosecuting animals in Medieval Europe : possible explanations
From the ninth to the nineteenth century, more than two hundred well-recorded animal trials took place in Western Europe.
Interview with Nancy Marie Brown
Nancy Marie Brown’s latest book, The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Women, has earned great reviews and much interest. Now available in a…
Interview with Conor Kostick – The Social Structure of the First Crusade
Dr. Conor Kostick is a Research Fellow in the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin. His latest book is The Social Structure…
The Saga of Aron Hjorleifsson
The Saga of Aron Hjorleifsson Translated by John Porter Published by Pirate Press circa 1975 This saga was written around 1340 and deals…
The Mongols and the West
Eurasian history proper begins in the second half of the thirteenth century with the Mongols. Though their empire did not last for long – some authorities assert it survived for as little as forty years, and it certainly did not endure for much more than a century – they made a major contribution by inextricably linking Europe and Asia.
“Seeking Castles in Spain”: Sir Hugh Calveley and the Free Companies Intervention in Iberian Warfare (1366-1369)
“Seeking Castles in Spain”: Sir Hugh Calveley and the Free Companies Intervention in Iberian Warfare (1366-1369) By L.J. Andrew Villalon Crusades, Condottieri, Codes,…
The Medieval Tournament: A Functional Sport of the Upper Class
Sport has often both mirrored and conditioned many aspects of particular social classes; change in one has often effected change in the other. The tournament and the medieval upper class appear to have been related in this way.
Observations upon a Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Military System of the Late Anglo-Saxon State
Observations upon a Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Military System of the Late Anglo-Saxon State By M.K.…