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.
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?
Law, Legislation, and Lending: An Examination of the Influence of the Crusades on the Usury Prohibition Ryan, Matthew James MA Thesis, University of…
Norway in the Middle Ages: farms or hamlets – and villages too? By Ingvild Øye Ruralia, Vol.3 (1999) Abstract: Traditionally the separate farm…
THE VIKINGS IN BRITTANY Price, Neil S. (University College London) The Viking Society for Northern Research, Vol. 22 (1989) Abstract When a selection…
Feuding in Viking-Age Iceland’s Great Village By Jesse L. Byock Conflict in Medieval Europe: Changing Perspectives on Society and Culture, edited by Warren C.…
Subsequent research has found a slightly earlier reference, dating between 1452 and 1456, to ‘one knytt gyrdll.’
A colourful medieval manuscript that depicts the story of Alexander the Great is now available online from the National Library of Wales’s website.…
Heartstone By C. J. Sansom Publisher:Random House of Canada, September 28, 2010 ISBN:9780307356192 Summary Shardlake goes to war… Summer, 1545. England is at war.…
Raising on a shield in Byzantine iconography By Christopher Walter Revue des études byzantines, Vol. 33 (1975) Abstract: The author gives a repertory…
Family and marriage is rightly detailed in the laws and adds considerable insight into the status of women in early medieval society.
Reviews in History, the online journal of the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), publishes its 1,000th review this month. Launched in 1996, Reviews…
The Militarisation of Roman Society, 400 – 700 By Edward James Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective AD 1 –…
Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the North By Michael Hicks Richard III and the North, edited by Rosemary Horrox (University of Hull: Studies…
Negotiating ‘Popular’ Religion: Clerical and Lay Culture in Thirteenth-Century Exempla By Jaimie Lewis Honor’s BA Thesis, College of William and Mary, 2009 Introduction:…
The British past and the Welsh future: Gerald of Wales, Geoffrey of Monmouth and Arthur of Britain By J. C. Crick Celtica, Vol.…
Lords of the Bow By Conn Iggulden Publisher: Harpercollins (uk) | July 16, 2010 ISBN:978-0440243922 Summary The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols…
The University of Missouri is home to over 30 000 students and hosts 280 degree programs, including medieval and Renaissance Studies at the…
The Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations project was started several years at the University of Dallas and is building a collection of medieval Latin…
Aristotle’s Peri hermeneias in Medieval Latin and Arabic Philosophy: Logic and the Linguistic Arts By Deborah Black Aristotle and His Medieval Interpreters. edited…
Codfish and Kings, Seals and Subsistence: Norse Marine Resource Use in the North Atlantic By Sophia Perdikaris and Thomas H. McGovern Human Impacts…
King Arthur’s Bones By The The Medieval Murderers Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, October 19, 2010 ISBN:9781847393654 Summary During excavation work at Glastonbury…
When people belonging to peasant communities in late medieval Sweden prayed to God they usually stood up and put their palms together. That…
Daughter of York: A Novel By Ann Easter Smith Publisher: Simon & Schuster, February 12, 2008 ISBN:9780743277310 Summary History tells us that the…
Heroes of the Valley By Jonathan Stroud Publisher:Hyperion Books for Children, Nov 22, 2010 ISBN:978-1423109662 Summary Halli Sveinsson has grown up in the…
‘A cold, calculating, sinister man who hesitated at no crime, no murder, no treason or perfidy to maintain himself securely in power’?
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.