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.
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Poland celebrates 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald
The county of Poland is marking the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald, which helped to secure the country’s independence, with various…
Historian examines medieval grafitti at IMC
Scholars attending the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds heard today about the role of graffiti in the Middle Ages. In…
Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece restored
Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Virgin of the Rocks has gone back on display at the National Gallery in London, England, after 18…
Texas Medieval Association hosts 20th Annual Meeting in September
The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Texas Medieval Association will be taking place this year at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, from September…
Historian Wins Grant for Study of Medieval Automata
Elly Truitt, Assistant Professor of History at Bryn Mawr College, has received a Scholar’s Award from the National Science Foundation to fund a…
The Pillars of the Earth mini-series
The Pillars of the Earth, an eight-hour mini-series based on the novel of the same name by Ken Follett, begins airing this month…
Claire Jones, editor of HerStoria
HerStoria magazine started up in 2009 and soon got impressive reviews, including being named to the top ten list of new magazines from…
Conservation work begins on the medieval village of Barforth
Urgent repairs to three buildings that are the last traces of a lost medieval village in the English county of Durham are now…
The Pontifical Academy of Archaeology celebrates its 200th anniversary
The Pontifical Academy of Archaeology in Rome will be celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. This video report discusses the work of the…
Some observations on martyrdom in post-conversion Scandinavia
Martyrdom – here defined as the perceived attainment of sanctity through the suffering of violent death – is widely attested in early Scandinavian written sources.
Rethinking Jagiełło Hungary
Rethinking Jagiełło Hungary By Martyn Rady Central Europe, Vol.3:1 (2005) Introduction: Whereas in western Europe, the fifteenth century compares badly with the sixteenth,…
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe By Lisa Bitel Oxford University Press,…
The campaigns of the Norman dukes of southern Italy against Byzantium, in the years between 1071 and 1108 AD
I intend to examine all the main campaigns conducted by the Normans in the Byzantine Empire’s western Balkan provinces, in the period from the fall of Bari, the capital of Byzantine Longobardia (Italy) and the seat of the Byzantine governor of Italy in 1071, to the Treaty of Devol that marked the end of Bohemond of Taranto’s Illyrian campaign in 1108.
Isle of Man hosts Festival of Archaeology
The Isle of Man will be celebrating all things archaeological from July 17th to August 1st. The celebrations are to coincide with the…
Recession hurts efforts to preserve heritage buildings in England
English Heritage has published its annual Heritage at Risk Register today, which shows a significant slow-down in the number of historic buildings being…
I Serve
I Serve By Rosanne E. Lortz Publisher: Anno Domini, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780979214547 This novel details the events of one knight, Sir…
Garima Gospels found to be oldest surviving Christian illustrated manuscripts
Radiocarbon testing has revealed that a pair of illustrated gospels kept in a remote monastery in Ethiopia may have been made as early…
Licoricia of Winchester: Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community
Licoricia of Winchester: Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community By Suzanne Bartlet Vallentine Mithcell, 2009 ISBN: 978-05-85303-822-1 On a spring…
Public asked to help created world’s largest archive on Anglo-Saxon England
An Oxford academic has challenged the public to help create the world’s largest archive of online material concerned with the Anglo-Saxons, after being…
The Muslim Colony of Luceria Sarracenorum (Lucera)
The life and dispersion of Lucerine Muslims in Apulia (c.1220–1300) are examined from the onomastic point of view
Satellite, Sentinel, Stepping Stone: Medieval Malta in Sicily’s Orbit
This essay reconstructs Malta’s ties to Sicily mainly in terms of the surviving primary documents from the period
Bridging Europe and Africa: Norman Sicily’s Other Kingdom
The Norman conquest of Sicily detached the island from its North African framework, and a century of Latin Christian rule effectively transformed its society. But the island was not completely disconnected from the southern Mediterranean, as long term trade contacts, political links and military ambitions intervened to cast relations between the two sides.
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court By Charlotte Harrison, University of Liverpool Session: Rural Experience in Late Medieval England: Manorial Records…
Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages now published after 12-year project
A project to create a new reference work about the Middle Ages has just been completing with the publishing of the Oxford Dictionary…
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New Medieval Books: Alexandria
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.
New Medieval Books: The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner
New Medieval Books: The Mongol Storm
New Medieval Books: Becoming a Witch
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New Medieval Books: The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law
New Medieval Books: The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ‘Abbasid Period
New Medieval Books: The Deorhord
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Örebro Castle: History, Secrets, and Romance
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.
The Vasa: Gustav II Adolf’s Glorious and Doomed Warship
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.
Uppsala Slott: 5 Things You Ought to Know About One of Sweden’s Greatest Castles
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.
Making Your Mark: Medieval Masons’ Marks at Tarascon
How do you operate a business when you can’t read and your knowledge of math is extremely limited? Making your mark on the…
The Weird, the Wonderful, and the Macabre in the Cathedral of Narbonne
Narbonne is one of those European cities with evidence of its past on every street.
Medieval English Embroidery on Display for the Last Time at the V&A’s Opus Anglicanum Exhibit
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.