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.
Parties and factions in the late middle ages: the case of the Hoeken and Kabeljauwen in The Hague (1483–1515) By Serge ter Braake…
Intentional ethics and hermeneutics in the Libellus de symoniacis: Bruno of Segni as a papal polemicist By Leidulf Melve Journal of Medieval History,…
Magnificent entrances and undignified exits: chronicling the symbolism of castle space in Normandy By Leonie V. Hicks Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 35:1…
Masculinity and medicine: Thomas Walsingham and the death of the Black Prince By David Green Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 35:1 (2009) Abstract:…
Constructing a diocese in a post-conquest landscape: a comparative approach to the lay possession of tithes By Thomas W. Barton Journal of Medieval…
The evolution of hospitals from antiquity to the Renaissance By François P. Retief and Louise Cilliers Acta Theologica Supplementum, Vol. 7 (2005) Abstract:…
The Use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis By J. Huls Acta Theologica Supplementum, Vol. 8 (2006) Abstract: This…
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity By Johannes Reimer Acta Theologica Supplementumm, Vol. 11 (2008) Abstract: This article focuses on…
From the ninth to the nineteenth century, more than two hundred well-recorded animal trials took place in Western Europe.
Examines various accounts of Mongol activity in eastern Europe during the 13th century.
The Mongol Invasion of Persia By Syed Abid Ali Abid Iqbal Synopsis: Examines the military conflict between the Mongols under Genghis Khan and…
Medieval Civilization from the World-Historical View By Thomas Goldstein Journal of World History, Vol. 4 (1958) Synopsis: Examines medieval civilization from the overall…
For the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the article covers mathematics, astronomy, medical sciences, pharmacology and agricultural techniques.
Transferring Technical Knowledge and Innovating in Europe, c.1200-c.1800 By Stephan Epstein Working Paper(2005) Abstract: The role of technology in the transition from premodern…
Exploitation is thus meaningful only in terms of the ways in which the state and society of Byzantium functioned—who exploited whom and how, in economic and political terms—and in respect of the cultural impact of Byzantine civilization on the outside world.
Eikonomachia: The Afterlife of the “Iconoclastic Controversy” in Byzantium By Charles Barber Iconoclasm: The War on Images: 6th Annual Platsis Symposium (2007) Introduction:…
Byzantine iconoclasm has been wrapped in an almost impenetrable membrane of attitudes and assumptions, many of them conflicting.
Examines the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and China and Korea, which began in the third century AD, and included the sending of envoys.
What those ideas were I shall endeavor to make clear by first translating and then commenting on the passage in question. After that I propose to draw the reader’s attention to certain broad but significant similarities between these ideas and the concept of Jihad as initially expressed and enunciated in the pages of the Qur’an.
Church and State in the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1198-1375 By Charles A. Frazee Byzantine Studies / Etudes Byzantines, Vol.3:2 (1976) Introduction: Cilcian…
Bannockburn: The Triumph of Robert the Bruce By David Cornell Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300145687 Few battles resonate through British history as strongly as…
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State By Alick M. McLean Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300137149 This handsome book recounts…
Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination By Paul Freedman Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300151350 The demand for spices in…
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 By Soyoung Lee Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300148916 This notable catalogue—the first English-language publication on the…
Scholars have all agreed that following Symeon’s death in 927 Bulgaria underwent a major decline under his son and successor, Peter, who is generally depicted as being weak and incapable.
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.