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.
A Medieval Worldview and its relation to Literary Authorities in a Late Medieval Pilgrimage Account By Andreas Sylvest Wille Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004)…
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On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375 By Juha Heinänen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: German nobility in 14th…
New light on the colonisation of Nyland/Uusimaa By Georg Haggrén & Henrik Jansson Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: Especially the late Iron Age but…
The Electronic Medieval Age By Bo Franzén Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Abstract: This conference paper has been inspired by the fact that in recent…
Varangians in Europe’s Eastern and Northern Periphery The Christianization of Northern and Eastern Europe c. 950-1050 – A Plea for a Comparative Study…
Understanding peace in 13th century German culture. Were the Rhenish league and town leagues “coniurationes”? By Ossi Kokkonen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: In…
Eighth-Century Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Attitudes to Dreams and Visions By Jesse Keskiaho Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: In Anglo-Saxon England, Christianised from the late 6th…
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla By Sirpa Aalto Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: The Kings’ Sagas (konungasögur) are a genre of Icelandic sagas,…
Young Church in God´s New Vineyard The Motifs of Growth and Fertility in Henry´s Chronicle of Livonia By Linda Kaljundi Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4…
The earliest evidence for falconry in ancient Korea is found on a 5th-6th century AD tomb wall at Jilin Sheng.
Marin Sanudo (1466-1536) is considered to be one of the most important historians of Venice. His most important work is his Diary, which…
A plague of poison: a Templar Knight mystery By Maureen Ash Berkley Prime Crime, 2009 ISBN: 9780425226773 With the approach of May Day…
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks By John Ashdown-Hill Breedon Books, 2009 ISBN: 978 1 85983 686 6 Colchester is proud of being the ‘Britain’s…
Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diary of Marin Sanudo Edited by Patricia H. Labalme and Laura Sanguineti White; Translated by Linda L.…
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis By Amanda Jane Hingst University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 ISBN:…
The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an intersting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim By Paul Strohm Chapter 4 of Hochon’s Arrow: The Social Imagination…
This paper describes the evolution of merchant banks – merchants who specialized in remittance and credit.
GRETTISFÆRSLA: THE HANDING ON OF GRETTIR By Kate Heslop VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book Vol. XXX (2006) Abstract The old Icelandic poem Grettisfærsla (‘The…
GOLDEN AGES AND FISHING GROUNDS: THE EMERGENT PAST IN THE ÍSLENDINGASÖGUR Rankovic´, Slavica VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book p.39, Vol. XXX (2006) Abstract…
AT SMYRJA KONUNG TIL VELDIS: ROYAL LEGITIMATION IN SNORRI STURLUSON’S MAGNÚSS SAGA ERLINGSSONAR WANNER, KEVIN J. VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book p.…
The Medieval Islamic World Through the Eyes of Two Travelers By Melanie A. Clouser Agora, Vol.3:1 (2002) Introduction: Islamic regions, long ignored and misunderstood by…
Young and Old in Homer and in Heike Monogatari By Naoko Yamagato Greece & Rome, Vol.40: 1 (1993) Introduction: Homer’s epics have been compared…
Zvart’nots and the Origins of Christian Architecture in Armenia By W. Eugene Kleinbauer The Art Bulletin, Vol. 54, No. 3, (1972) Introduction: Occupying a…
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.