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.
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Confining the Daughter: Gower’s “Tale of Canace and Machaire” and the Politics of the Body Bullón-Fernández, María Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11…
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Classical elements in the Serbian painting of the fourteenth century By Mirjana Gligorijević-Maksimović Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007) Abstract: In the early 14th…
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More than decade and a half into the reign of Manuel Komnenos a mysterious conspiracy came to light, master-minded by a person from the emperor’s closest circle and one of the Empire’s most senior bureaucrats…
Prophets carrying texts by other authors in Byzantine painting: Mistakes or intentional substitutions? By Ljubica D. Popovich Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007)…
Orestes and Pylades in Byzantine historiography: Two examples By Korać Dušan and Radić Radivoj Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, Issue 44 (2007) Abstract: This article analyzes…
Productive Destruction: Torture, Text, and the Body in the Old English Andreas Fee, Christopher Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11 (1994) Abstract Writing…
Bodies, Buildings, and Boundaries: Metaphors of Liminality in Old English and Old Norse Literature Lionarons, Joyce Tally Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11…
A Response to Kathleen Biddick Aers, David Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11 (1994) Abstract Kathleen Biddick’s paper is characteristically inventive. Ranging across…
Becoming Ethnographic: Reading Inquisitorial Authority in The Hammer of Witches Biddick, Kathleen Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11 (1994) Abstract What kind of…
A Response to David Aers Biddick, Kathleen Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11 (1994) Abstract David Aers’ paper cogently reminds us that the…
Figuring Forth the Body of Christ: Devotion and Politics Aers, David Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11 (1994) Abstract In her important study,…
Harrowing Hell’s Halfacre: Langland’s Mediation of the “Descensus” from the Gospel of Nicodemus Taylor, Sean Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 10 (1993) Abstract…
Separating the Living from the Dead:Wessel Gansfort and the Death of Purgatory Koslofsky, Craig Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 10 (1993) Abstract This…
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O, why ne had y lerned for to die?:Lerne for to Dye and the Author’s Death in Thomas Hoccleve’s Series von Nolcken, Christina…
The End of Knowledge: The Argus Legend and Chaucer Yager, Susan Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 10 (1993) Abstract In the story of…
Famous Last Words: Ælfric’s Saints Facing Death Wilcox, Jonathon Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 10 (1993) Abstract Old English prose is underrated. Many…
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.