How to be a Shepherd in the Middle Ages
What was it like to work on a farm in the Middle Ages? A fourteenth-century shepherd named Jean de Brie offers some insights into his daily life and tips to help you do a good job.
Where the Middle Ages Begin
What was it like to work on a farm in the Middle Ages? A fourteenth-century shepherd named Jean de Brie offers some insights into his daily life and tips to help you do a good job.
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.
I have to say my first real memory of something that was obviously medieval was when I was 8 and accidentally saw Monty…
The upcoming sale of a medieval manuscript has raised speculation that a major academic library will be closed and have it collection sold…
A unique project between scholars at three institutions, to translate and digitalise documents drawn up in the thirteenth century for Henry III, is…
Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children Buckberry, Jo Assemblage, Issue 5 (2000) Abstract Sam Lucy (1994: 26) has…
Churches as Pre-Historic Ritual Monuments: A Review and Phenomenological Perspective from Somerset Corcos, Nick Assemblage, Issue 6 (2001) Abstract It is probably fair…
The Transformation of Tradition: the Origins of the Post-medieval Ceramic Tradition in Yorkshire Cumberpatch, C.G. Assemblage, Issue 7 (2003) Abstract My intention in…
Getting al-Maqrizi’s Khitat on the Web By Martyn Smith Paper given at the Middle East Studies Association 2010 Annual Meeting (2010) Introduction: No…
The Modulated Scream: Pain in Late Medieval Culture By Esther Cohen University of Chicago Press, 2010 ISBN: 9780226112671 Publisher’s Synopsis: In the late…
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The Last Vikings: The Epic Story of the Great Norse Voyagers By Kirsten A. Seaver IB Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 9781845118693 Publisher’s Synopsis: Late…
Pre-Medieval Landscapes in Medieval Court Romance Graves, A.B. Assemblage, Issue 8 (2004) Abstract This essay examines the appearance in the early phases of…
Roman Policy in the Red Sea between Anastasius and Justinian By Dario Nappo Connected Hinterlands. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the…
Hospitaller activities in medieval Malta By Charles Savona-Ventura Malta Medical Journal Volume 19:3 (2007) Introduction: The Medieval Period in the Mediterranean World is…
Welsh Triads: An Overview By Morfydd E. Owen Celtica, Vol. 25 (2007) Introduction: In 1957 I went as an aliated student with a…
I hinder the blood through a man’s point (of a weapon).
I let go (or: I destroy) the flowing, I hinder the blood,
the stream of pain, the swift, sad storm.
I hinder the blood, I slay the disease.’
Many of our received critical beliefs about medieval literacy in general and medieval women’s literacy in particular come from analysis of very rarified texts, mostly those with literary intentions and particularly those in Latin
Caballus et Caballarius in Medieval Warfare By Bernard S. Bachrach The Study of Chivalry: Resources and Approaches, edited by Howell Chickering and Thomas…
Two Women and their Monumental Brass, c. 1480 By Judith M. Bennett Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Vol. 161 (2008) Abstract: In…
Thomas F.X. Noble, chair of the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected vice president of the American…
The Scottish town of Dunfermline, which is known for its medieval heritage, will be receiving £2.8million to establish a new museum and art…
Well, I always thought castles and cathedrals were “cool” but what won me over were the Anglo-Saxons. And I’m not really sure why.…
Face to face with medieval pottery: Some observations on medieval anthropomorphic pottery in north-east England Cumberpatch, C.G. (Freelance Archaeologist) Assemblage, Issue 9 (June…
In this paper I would like to investigate how written communication between spies and those who sent them is conducted in an age where texting and e-mail were not an option.
Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography By H. Salvador Martínez. Translated by Odile Cisneros Brill, 2010 ISBN: 978 90 04 18147 2 Publisher’s…
Putting the Cantigas in Context: tracing the sources of Alfonso X’s Cantigas de Santa Maria By Stephen Parkinson and Deirdre Jackson Paper given…
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.