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.
This thesis examines some projects of moral regulation, implemented by the agents of the church and king in the late Anglo-Saxon period, which sought to modify and govern marital conduct.
It relates the story of a young woman, named Silence, raised by her parents and later guardians as a boy, in order to protect her from a new, unjust inheritance law, which forbade inheritance by women. Her training is quite successful, and she soon proves the equal, indeed the superior, of any male peers in riding, hunting, wrestling, skill at arms, and musical talent.
A study of pain in the twelfth century reveals pain to have been embedded in culture. Pain had sense as a natural, social, and spiritual experience.
Ceramic and cultural change in the Hebrides AD 500-1300 By Alan Lane Cardiff Studies in Archaeology, No.29 (2007) Introduction: The Hebrides have long…
Medieval historians in Britain are, on the whole, not as insular in their outlook as they once were, but even now the task of persuading them of the significance of crusading in the political life and social fabric of the time does sometimes seem an uphill struggle.
Anxieties of Attachment: The Dynamics of Courtship in Medieval India By Daud Ali Modern Asian Studies, Vol.36:1 (2002) Introduction: The copious literature on…
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day By Charles FitzRoy Thames & Hudson, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-500-25162-1 This fact-packed guide provides all the practical…
Rewriting history in the cult of St Cuthbert from the ninth to the twelfth centuries Crumplin, Sally University of St Andrews, 2005 Abstract…
My investigations hinge around three different themes: the status of prisoners of war, the ransoming process and the networks of assistance.
The myth of minority : cultural change in Valencia in the thirteenth century at the time of the conquests of James I of…
The monastic patronage of King Henry II in England, 1154-1189 Martinson, Amanda M. University of St Andrews, 26-Jun-2008 Abstract The subject of this…
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500] David,…
Hagiography and the cult of saints in the diocese of Liège, c. 700-980 Zimmern, Matthew University of St Andrews, 2007 Abstract This thesis…
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople By James Crow, Jonathan Bardill and Richard Bayliss Journal of Roman Studies Monographs, No.11 (2008) ISBN 978…
Stigand occupied a place in or near power for at least fifty years and yet has only been studied very peripherally and in reference to others.
Earl Rognvaldr Kali: crisis and development in twelfth-century Orkney By Joshua Prescott M.Phil Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2009 Abstract: In this thesis…
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam London, I.B.Tauris Publishers,…
Patrons and painters on Cyprus : the frescoes in the Royal Chapel at Pyrga By Jens T. Wollesen Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval…
‘Dyvers kyndes of religion in sondry partes of the Ilande’: the geography of pastoral care in thirteenth-century England By William Hopkins Campbell PhD…
Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147 By Jason T. Roche PhD Dissertation, University of St Andrews,…
An analysis of the correspondence and hagiographical works of Philip of Harvengt By Lynsey E. Robertson PhD Dissertation, University of St Andrews, 2007…
Soul and Mind. Ancient and Medieval Perspectives on the “De anima” By Marco Forlivesi Conference Paper given at The De Wulf-Mansion Centre (2007)…
Approaching the Debate on the Subject of Metaphysics from the Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Age: The Ancient and Medieval Antecedents…
These are our resources about medieval Ireland, including articles, books, news, videos and more. Articles about Medieval Ireland Racial Discrimination in Later Medieval…
A characterisation of the Historic Townscape of Central Hereford By Nigel Baker Herefordshire Archaeology report no.266 (2010) Introduction The background and purpose 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.