Your Medieval ABCs
We all remember reading ABC books when we were children. In medieval England, there was something similar, with a poem known as the ABC of Aristotle. Here are two of these texts in translation.
Where the Middle Ages Begin
We all remember reading ABC books when we were children. In medieval England, there was something similar, with a poem known as the ABC of Aristotle. Here are two of these texts in translation.
Fans of LEGO and the Middle Ages will be happy with their latest release. The Danish toy company has unveiled two new sets: LEGO Art Mona Lisa and LEGO Architecture Notre-Dame de Paris.
For the next few weeks, you can listen to the story of France’s notably beautiful and infamously cruel King, Philip the Fair.
A forgotten poem by Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis reveals details of friendships between fantasy writers and medievalists at the University of Leeds.
Some observations on mid-to-late medieval domestic planning in England By Maija R. Bismanis Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians…
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“Necessity the Mother of Invention” in early medieval enamel By David Buckton Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of…
Were the Roman catacombs abandoned in the ninth century AD? By John Osborne Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University…
Figural representation in early Islamic Art By Mahmoud Sadek Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of Western Ontario, 1985)…
Architectural representation in late medieval manuscript illumination By Sarah McKinnon Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of Western…
The Traitor’s Tale (Dame Frevisse Series) By Margaret Frazer Berkley Prime Crime ISBN: 0425213706 Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide’s nunnery is in…
The Three Kings of Cologne By Kate Sedley Severn House ISBN: 0727864815 Alderman John Foster wishes to give his home city of…
Storyteller By G.R. Grove Lulu.com ISBN: 143030524X “Blood and fire, gold and steel and poetry, a river’s voice in the silence of…
Stolen Away By Christopher Dinsdale Napoleon Publishing ISBN: 1894917200 For young adults. Keira, kidnapped from her home in Ireland by the Viking…
The Silver Cup Constance Leeds Viking ISBN: 0670061573 For young adults: It’s the year 1095, and fifteen-year-old Anna longs for a different…
The Religion: A Novel By Tim Willocks Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0-374-24865-6 The Religion is the first book of the Tannhauser Trilogy. …
A Mortal Glamour By Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Juno Books ISBN: 0-8095-5794-0 A dark tale of obsession, possession, and passion set in the tumultuous…
Mistress of the Art of Death: A Novel By Ariana Franklin Putnam ISBN: 0399154140 In medieval Cambridge, four children have been murdered.…
Midnight Eyes Sarah Brophy Zebra Books ISBN: 0821780948 A medieval historical romance set in England during the reign of William…
1212: Year of the Journey By Kathleen McDonnell Second Story Press ISBN: 1-897187-11-4 For young adults: In a world where thousands are dying over…
Ysabel By Guy Gavriel Kay In this exhilarating, moving new work, Guy Gavriel Kay casts brilliant light on the ways in which…
Examines the invention and development of the Windmill in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, including how these machines worked. Further discussion is given on the use of windmills in England during the early fourteenth century.
Crusades: Destruction is the fourth part of the Crusades with Terry Jones series. Terry Jones reports on how Richard the Lionheart set out…
Crusades: Jihad is the third part of Crusades with Terry Jones. He describes how the crusaders lost Jerusalem in 1144 to Zengi, the…
Crusades: Jerusalem is the second part of the Crusades with Terry Jones. In this episode, the narrator sets out on the 1000-mile walk…
For more than 1,000 years, the Byzantine Empire was the eye of the entire world – the origin of great literature, fine art…
Wu Zhao: China’s Only Woman Emperor By N. Harry Rothschild Longman, ISBN: 978-0-321-39426-2 Wu Zhao, Woman Emperor of China is the account of the…
This book examines how Venice and Genoa dealt with environmental issues, including waste management, water supply and street congestion. It also reveals the mindset of the medieval Genoese and Venetians when it came to having a clean and healthy city.
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.