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.
An Anglo-Saxon Execution Cemetery at Walkington Wold, Yorkshire By J.L. Buckberry and D.M. Hadley Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 26, No. 3 (2007)…
Forms of Lay Association with the Order of the Temple By Jochen G. Schenk Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 34:1 (2008) Abstract: The present…
Robert Kilwardby on the Relation of Virtue to Happiness Celano, Anthony J. (Stonehill College) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract The growing…
Aquinas on Our Responsibility for Our Emotions Murphy, Claudia Eisen (University of Toronto) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract Philosophical investigations of…
Augustine’s Ambivalence About Temporality: His Two Accounts of Time Gross, Charlotte (North Carolina State University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract At…
Splendid Vices? Augustine For and Against Pagan Virtues Irwin, T. H. (Cornell University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract Augustine is notorious…
: This thesis is an attempt to analyze the strategy and tactics used in the most pivotal battles and wars waged by Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor from 1081-1118.
Anthea Boylston of the University of Bradford discusses the Towton Mass Grave Project – in 1996 a mass burial pit was discovered at the site of the Battle of Towton, a major battle fought in 1461 during England’s War of the Roses.
On sacred ground: social identity and churchyard burial in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, c. 700-1100 AD By Jo Buckberry Anglo-Saxon studies in archaeology and…
Arguments, Texts, and Contexts: Anselm’s Argument and the Friars Matthews, Scott Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract The contrast between the reception…
Idealism in Medieval Philosophy: The Case of Johannes Scottus Eriugena Moran, Dermot (University College Dublin) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract In…
How Is Material Supposition Possible? Read, Stephen (University of St. Andrews) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract In an insightful article on…
Scholars who study the Middle Ages will gather at Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday, November 6th, for a conference entitled Jewish and…
Species, Concept, and Thing: Theories of Signification in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century Pini, Giorgio (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) Medieval Philosophy…
The hostile description of the Emperor Justinian I in Procopius’ Secret History is well known. The bland but generally favorable account of the same Emperor in the eighteenth and final book of Malalas’ Chronographia has received rather less attention.
Burial Rite at a Churchyard Cemetery from the 11th-15th Centuries in Krásno in the Context of Contemporary Cemeteries in Slovakia By Stanislava Gogova…
Christian pilgrimage was important for medieval towns and cultures. ‘Pilgrimage’ means visiting religious places where certain meaningful and important events happened, to entreat supernatural help and also keep religious responsibilities.
Plans to transform opportunities for education and research at Exeter Cathedral received a boost last week, thanks to a £45,800 award from the…
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Interactive Media and Game Development program and Higgins Armory Museum have won a highly competitive $50,000 Digital Humanities Start-Up…
Philosophy according to Giles of Rome, De partibus philosophiae essentialibus Olszewski, Mikołaj (Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 7 (1998)…
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land By Norman Housley Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300118889 Publisher’s Synopsis: In a series of…
Phylogenetics of medieval manuscripts Lecture by Christopher Howe Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Given on December 17, 2007 Length: 35 minutes There…
Mystic Mythopoiesis of Pre-Islamic Arabic Odes By Dalia Urbonaitė Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, Vol. 6:2 (2005) Abstract: Qaùīdas, the Pre-Islamic Arabic odes, were for…
Articles about Charlemagne, his heirs, and the Carolingian empire Security and insecurity of identity and status in the Frankish elite, by Stuart Airlie…
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 – 1300 By John France UCL Press, 1999 Review by Dana Cushing University of…
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.