Gold and its Significance in Beowulf
The gold and treasure in Beowulf are so much a part of the texture of the poem that the reader tends to dismiss them as another commonplace of the heroic age, like mead-benches and armor, included by the poet to set his scene.
Articles and Theses Posted in January 2009
Here is the list of articles posted on the Medievalists.net website in January 2009: The Ideology and Technology Of Creating Online Full-Text Digital…
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church
Gildas’s De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church By Karen George Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834359 Gildas’s De excidio Britonum is…
The art of the Book of Deer
The art of the Book of Deer Geddes, Jane Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128 (1998), 537-549 ABSTRACT This paper…
Gods and Worshippers in the Viking and Germanic world
Gods and Worshippers in the Viking and Germanic world By Thor Ewing Termpus Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-0752435909 What was paganism really like? Who…
Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic
Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic By Vicki Ellen Szabo Published by Brill (Series: The Northern World),…
Interview with Vicki Ellen Szabo
Vicki Szabo is an Associate Professor at Western Carolina University. After receiving her Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from Cornell University, Dr. Szabo continued her…
Les représentations du pouvoir dans la broderie de Bayeux (XIe siècle)
Les représentations du pouvoir dans la broderie de Bayeux (XIe siècle) By Philippe Lardin Histoire, Images, Imaginaire, edited by Pascal Dupuy (University of Pisa, 2002) Abstract: La…
The Psalter and Commentary: Medieval Devotional Texts for Prayer, Meditation and Study
The Psalter and Commentary: Medieval Devotional Texts for Prayer, Meditation and Study By Holle Canatella Lustre: Spiritual Treasures and Sensory Pleasures (University of Houston,…
Articles and Theses posted in November 2008
Here is the list of articles posted on the Medievalists.net website in November 2008: Architectural representation in late medieval manuscript illumination Figural representation…
“A Thousand Years of Deceit”: The New Debate Surrounding the Authenticity of Asser’s Life of King Alfred
A great deal of modern scholarship pertaining to the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899) rests upon the Life of King Alfred, a biography purported to have been written by Asser, a Welshman from St. David’s, in or shortly after AD 893.
Multimedia Medievalia: The Fate of Traditional Scholarship in a Post-Modem World
Multimedia Medievalia: The Fate of Traditional Scholarship in a Post-Modem World By Dianne Tillotson Our Medieval Heritage: Essays in honour of John Tillotson for his…
Ethnicity and the Writing of Medieval Scottish History
Ethnicity and the Writing of Medieval Scottish History By Matthew H. Hammond The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 85:1 (2006) Abstract: Historians have long tended…
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