Medieval Fish with Richard Hoffmann
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Richard Hoffmann about what people were eating, how they caught it, and how fish farming evolved over time.
Where the Middle Ages Begin
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Richard Hoffmann about what people were eating, how they caught it, and how fish farming evolved over time.
In 1495, the Danish warship Gribshunden sank off the coast of Sweden. In recent years, researchers have dived to explore the wreck and have made several important discoveries.
Archaeologists from Newcastle University have unearthed evidence for an evolving sacred landscape spanning centuries in Eastern England.
Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne’s Francia a century later, new tests reveal. The findings could transform our understanding of Europe’s economic and political development.
A chapel in the Welsh town of Llantwit Major has been awarded nearly £300,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to transform the ruined…
This essay explores the continuity of ideas regarding virginity and chastity from Late Antiquity through late Medieval times in England
The Evangelization of the Arctic in the Middle Ages: Gardar, the “Diocese of Ice” By Louis Rey Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute…
Construction of the Order’s Castle in Cesis, Latvia Lapins, Arturs Dirveiks, Ilmars Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction History, May 2009 Abstract…
IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH Montgomery, James E. (Cambridge) Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 3 (2000) Abstract Ibn Fadlan’s account of the caliphal…
A Metalworking Site at Kiondroghad, Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man Gelling, P.S. (University of Birmingham) Medieval Archaeology, Vol.13 (1969) Abstract The parish of Kirk…
Clothes Make the Monk: The Rhetoric of Clothing in Late Antique Monasticism By Rebecca Krawiec Paper given at the Minnesota in Egypt: 8th…
Luca Pacioli: the Father of Accounting Education Sangster, Alan (Middlesex University Business School, London, UK) Scataglini Belghitar, Giovanna (Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK)…
Le Menagier de Paris: A Parisian Bourgeoisie Household in 1400 Luckhardt, Courtney Quaestio: UCLA Undergraduate History Journal (2002) Abstract In about the year 1400,…
Violence Against Women in Medieval Martyr Legends By María Beatriz Hernández Pérez Paper given at the 8th Global Conference: Violence and the Contexts…
It was under the reign of Mehmed II (1444-81) that the Ottomans realized their longtime goal of conquering the city of Constantinople (1453), which became the new Ottoman capital of Istanbul.
The Book of Curiosities: A Newly Discovered Series of Islamic Maps By Jeremy Johns and Emilie Savage-Smith Imago Mundi, Vol.55 (2003) Abstract: A…
The Pagan Influences on Christian Art in Ireland By Caitlin Hutchinson Meeting of the Minds: Journal of Undergraduate Research, Vol.18 (2010) Introduction: The…
This paper sets the main developments of medieval fisheries in the context of changing larger European social and aquatic environments ca. 500–1500 A.D.
The remains of an early medieval monastery on Sir Bani Yas Island in the United Arab Emirates was opened to the public last…
Merovingian and Carolingian history articles available through Medievalists.net are listed here, including the reign of Charlemagne. Security and insecurity of identity and status…
Chaucer’s Defense of the Vulgar Tongue By James R. Andreas Postscript: The Journal of the Philological Association of the Carolinas, Vol.9 (1992) Introduction: Rousseau…
Truth, Translation, and the Troy Book Women Shutters, Lynn Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract When one thinks…
Clothworkers and Social Protest: The Case of Thomas Deloney Hentschell, Roze Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract Thomas…
“I am the Creator”: Birgitta of Sweden’s Feminine Divine Bruce, Yvonne Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract Critical…
FROM ADDRESS TO DEBATE: GENERIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY Brent, J. Justin Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance…
The cult of St Nicholas in medieval Italy By Sarah Burnett PhD Dissertation, University of Warwick, 2009 Abstract: St Nicholas was one of…
Nítíða saga: A Normalised Icelandic Text and Translation By Sheryl McDonald Leeds Studies in English, n.s., 40 (2009) Introduction: Nítíða saga is one…
Betrayed: The Legend of Oak Island Dinsdale, Christopher Publisher:Napoleon & Company ISBN: 9781894917919 Summary The fate of the known world is settled on…
Which areas of England saw the greatest Scandinavian settlement? How many settlers were there? How Scandinavian were new ‘colonial’ communities? Were all the settlers men?
A history of this Egyptian metropolis from its founding by Alexander the Great to our own day. Close to a hundred pages are devoted to the medieval era.
For anyone who visits Örebro, it is hard to miss its castle – an ancient-looking fortress made of weathered grey stones that stands on an islet in the middle of the city centre.
On the 10th of August 1628, the Vasa sank in Stockholm harbour, thus ending the career of the most powerful warship that Sweden had ever seen.
This strategic location not only makes the castle a majestic sight, but also earns it the reputation as the most modern defence fortress in its time. But, as all ancient buildings, there is always more than meets the eye. Here are the five things that you may not know about Uppsala Castle.
How do you operate a business when you can’t read and your knowledge of math is extremely limited? Making your mark on the…
Narbonne is one of those European cities with evidence of its past on every street.
The V&A Museum opened its latest medieval exhibit exhibit on Saturday: Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery. I had the opportunity to see it opening day and it was spectacular.