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.
Set in an unnamed city in Asia, the narrative centres around a particuar pious seven-year old school boy who desires more than anything to praise Mary by learning the ‘Alma Redemptoris Mater’ by heart.
Sheep Struck by the Shepherd: Secular Clergy on the Battlefield in History and Literature By André Schmidt Chronica: The Journal of the Medieval Association…
The epic tradition of Charlemagne in Italy By Jane E. Everson Cahiers de recherches médiévales, Vol.12 (2005) Introduction: From the late thirteenth century to the…
King John’s expedition to Ireland, 1210: the evidence reconsidered By Seán Duffy Irish Historical Studies, Vol.30 (1996) Introduction: The valiant efforts of certain…
Ransom My Heart By Meg Cabot HarperCollins Publishers, 2009 ISBN: 9780061700071 The gimmick to accompany the conclusion of the Princess Diaries is this…
We are profiling a brand new blog – The Heptarchy Herald – which offers just a few posts so far, but it looks…
Discriminant function sexing of fragmentary and complete femora from medieval sites in continental Croatia Šlaus, M. Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of…
Demography and pathology of the medieval population from Stenjevec Šlaus, M. Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology, Vol.26 No.1 October 2002.…
Pluteus from the island of Rab from the later 6th or 7th century Jarak, M. Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology,…
Archaeological research at the parish church of Mary Magdalene in Čazma T. Pleše, A. Azinović-Bebek Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology,…
Main directions in the development of Medieval Archaeology in Croatia Jarak, Mirja Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology, Vol.30 No.1 April…
Order in Chaos The third volume of the Templars Trilogy By Jack Whyte Penguin, 2009 ISBN: 9780670045150 Released in August 2009, this novel…
“The Christian Companion”: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch By Linda G. Jones Anuario de Estudios Medievales,…
Why is it that Russians continue to carry an eight-hundred year old grudge, rather than accept that the Mongol conquest directly contributed to the rise of the powerful Russian Empire?
Perspectives of Power: Byzantine Imperial Women By Carina Nilsson Preteritus, Vol 1 (2009) Abstract: This paper offers a brief overview of my preliminary M.A.…
The Defense Has Become the Prosecution: Ezrat HaNashim, a Thirteenth-century Response to Misogyny By Jill Jacobs Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Vol 3,…
An Analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Understanding of Medicine and its Influence on His Work By Krish Vigneswaran Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 3 (2007)…
Ian Mortimer is a well-known historian who focuses on English political history. An Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Dr. Mortimer is well known for challenging conservative views about history and the writing of history.
The Book of the Maidservant By Rebecca Barnhouse Random House, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-375-89291-2 Juvenile Fiction Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe,…
When Jesus met Mohammed in the Holy Land: Attitudes toward the “Other” in the Crusader Kingdom By Sophia Menache Medieval Encounters, Vol. 15:…
‘Nothing in Our Histories’: A Postcolonial Perspective on Twelfth-Century Christian Hebraism By Deborah L. Goodwin Medieval Encounters, Vol.15:1 (2009 ) Abstract: This essay examines how twelfth-century…
Here is the list of articles and theses posted to Medievalists.net in August 2009: Killing Cats in the Medieval Period: An Unusual episode…
An Intercultural Dialogue between the Muslim Taifa of Denia and the Christian County of Barcelona in the Eleventh Century By Travis Bruce Medieval…
The first part of the podcast provides an overview of how a typical medieval economy worked, including the role of guilds, knights and peasants.
The Genesis of the Crusades: The Springs of Western Ideas of Holy War By H.E.j. Cowdrey The Holy War, edited by Thomas Patrick Murphy…
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.