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.
Mutilation as Cultural Commerce and Criticism: the Transmission, Practice, and Meaning of Castration and Blinding in Medieval Wales By Lizabeth Johnson Istoria: An…
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Gävle:…
Procopius on Roman, Persian and Gothic Strategy near Dara and Rome By Christopher Lillington-Martin Lampeter Working Papers in Classics (2008) Abstract: This paper…
The Lyric as Key to Salvation: An Example of Old English Poetry as Instrument of Meditation By Carolin Esser Paper given at the…
The comital military retinue in the reign of Edward I By Andrew Spencer Historical Research, Vol.83:219 (2010) Abstract: This article offers a detailed…
From virtue to apocalypse: The understanding of sainthood in a medieval Sufi order By Richard J. A. McGregor Studies in Religion / Sciences…
One of most interesting medieval books to come out in 2006 was Becoming Charlemagne by Jeff Sypeck. His account of how a Germanic…
Internal Strife and Unrest in Later Byzantium, XIth-XIIIth Centuries (A.D. 1025-1261). The Case of Urban and Provincial Insurrections (Causes and Effects) By Alexis…
The Miracle of Water: Prolegomena to the Early Renaissance Aqueduct of Dubrovnik By Relja Seferović and Mara Stojan Dubrovnik Annals, No.11 (2007) Abstract: Inadequate water supply…
This dissertation introduces St. Clare of Montefalco, a medieval mystic of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, to the English-speaking world.
The Augustinian canons of Plympton Priory and their place in English church and society, 1121-c. 1400 By Allison Dawn Fizzard PhD Dissertation, University…
The Reel Joan of Arc: Reflections on the Theory and Practice of the Historical Film By Robert A. Rosenstone The Public Historian, Vol. 25,…
A Study on the Earliest Representation of Garment & Accessories in the Figure Illustrations of ‘Nushi zhen’ By Yue Hu Asian Culture and…
The Wycliffite Bible and ‘Central Midland Standard’: Assessing the Manuscript Evidence By Matti Peikola Nordic Journal of English Studies, Vol 2, No 1…
This thesis considers the patterns of settlement in Northern and Central Italy during the Byzantine and Longobard epochs, with close attention to the form of military occupation along the various provincial borders.
The Secret of Kells is an animated film released in 2010. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the film is…
Time Team is a British television series that has been airing since 1994.
An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in Lincolnshire First Broadcast in 2001 On the surface it looks just like any other large Lincolnshire field. But when…
This article examines whether it is possible to trace eighteenth and nineteenth-century revivalist thought to earlier ‘medieval’ examples.
Fifty years after its founding in A.D.762 as the ideal political center of the Abbasid caliphate, Baghdad underwent its first destructive siege during the civil war between the two sons of Haruin al-Rasid, al-Amin and al-Ma’mun.
Banditry and the Subversion of State Authority in China: The Capital Region during the Middle Ming Period (1450-1525) By David M. Robinson Journal…
Value and symbolic practices: objects, exchanges, and associations in the Italian courts (1450-1500) By Leah Ruth Clark PhD Dissertation, McGill University, 2009 Abstract: Arguing…
The Queen’s Council in the Middle Ages By Anne Crawford The English Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 469. (2001) Introduction: In February 1605, James…
Here is the complete archive of news items from our Medieval News Blog for January 2010: Palaeography programme at King’s College London faces elimination…
The Serpent’s Tale By Ariana Franklin Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, February 3, 2009 ISBN: 9780143052852 Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II,…
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.