Medieval Coins with Rory Naismith
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Rory Naismith about the complex world of medieval coins.
Where the Middle Ages Begin
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Rory Naismith about the complex world of medieval coins.
Swedish archaeologists have discovered 170 silver coins dating to the 12th century. They were found in a grave on the island of Visingsö at Lake Vättern in the central part of the country.
The Avars are one of the least understood peoples of the early medieval period. A new study reconstructs their social dynamics by using ancient DNA data with archaeological evidence.
A 16th-century tower house in northeastern Scotland has reopened to visitors after Historic Environment Scotland carried out necessary repairs to its masonry.
Prior to the late nineteenth century, few scholars assigned much importance to the Middle Ages when discussing the development of modern science and technology.
“Truth” is a Divine Name: Hitherto Unpublished Papers of Edward A. Synan, 1918-1997 Edited by Janice L. Schultz-Aldrich Rodopi, 2010 ISBN: 978-90-420-3154-8 This…
The Art of Relic Cults in Trecento Venice: Corpi sancti as a Pictorial Motif and Artistic Motivation By Ana Monk Radovi Instituta za…
God, Indivisibles, and Logic in the Later Middle Ages: Adam Wodeham’s Response to Henry of Harclay Dudley Sylla, Edith (North Carolina State University)…
Richard Rufus on Naming Substances Karger, Elizabeth (CNRS, Paris) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 7 (1998) Abstract Some names, specifically the proper names by…
The aim of this essay is to show that the author of the commentary on folios 46–56 is also Richard Rufus.
Foreign Relations and the End of Byzantium: The Use of Personal Diplomacy during the Reign of Constantine XI Palaiologos (1448 – 1453) By…
A contribution to the study of lamellar armors By Ivan Bugarski Starinar, Vol.55 (2005) Abstract: The work is based on the finds of…
The depictions of warrior saints in frescoes of 1380 at the Church of the Holy Saviour in Kovaliovo: Whether Balkan masters painted the…
The Problem of a Plurality of Eternal Beings in Robert Grosseteste Lewis, Neil (Georgetown University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 7 (1998) Abstract The…
The Logic of Growth: Twelfth-Century Nominalists and the Development of Theories of the Incarnation Martin, Christopher J. (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Medieval…
A Philosophical Response to Donald Keefe’s Creation as Existential Contingency Duncan, Roger (Fairfield University) The Saint Anselm Journal 1.1 (Fall 2003) Abstract In…
Creation as Existential Contingency: A Response Muller, S.J., Earl (Sacred Heart Seminary (Detroit) ) The Saint Anselm Journal 1.1 (Fall 2003) Abstract Donald…
Creation as Existential Contingency Keefe, S.J., Donald J. (Fordham University (Emeritus) ) The Saint Anselm Journal 1.1 (Fall 2003) Abstract This article criticizes…
A traitor’s death? The identity of a drawn, hanged and quartered man from Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire By Mary E. Lewis Antiquity, Vol.82 (2008) Abstract:…
The Crusades and the Development of Islamic Art By Oleg Grabar The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, edited by…
Fast, Feast, and Flesh: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women By Caroline Walker Bynum Representations, No. 11 (1985) Introduction: Scholars have…
Scotland’s Minister of Culture announced today £5 million in funding to create a state-of-the-art visitor centre at the site of the battle of…
Worlds Upon Worlds: An Illustrated Talk By Toby Lester Google Tech Talk given on August 23, 2010 Toby Lester — a longtime editor…
Lecture: Hidden Treasure: The Intellectual Life of Medieval Ashkenazi Jews By Ephraim Kanarfogel, Yeshiva University Given at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on…
Carla Hesse, Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California – Berkeley in conversation with renowned historian Natalie Zemon Davis of the…
From the program UO Today from the University of Oregon: Thomas Hahn, Professor of English at the University of Rochester, discusses the relevance of…
The Sickles in Graves During the Period of Early Middle Ages from the Territory of Slovakia By Zuzana Slivenska Annales Universitatis Apulensis, Series…
The Newport Ship is at the heart of a new collaboration that gets underway this week between the University of Wales Trinity Saint…
The target of St Adalbert mission and the place of his martyrdom. A new hypothesis By Leszek Pawel Slupecki Medieval Europe Paris 2007,…
Translations of three medieval texts: In Praise of Baldness, On Bald Men, and A Defense of Beards. It reveals that male grooming was indeed a thing in the Middle Ages.
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.