When an Albanian ‘King’ Marched through Medieval London
The tale of a labour dispute aboard a Venetian vessel provides insights into the inhabitants of medieval London.
Caucasia and the Second Byzantine Commonwealth: Byzantinization in the Context of Regional Coherence
The Romano-Byzantine landscape was forever changed in the seventh century with Heraclius’ defeat of Sasanian Iran, the Arabs’ wresting of the Near East from the Byzantines, the removal of the Monophysite problem from Byzantium proper, and the massive devastation
brought by this ferocious cycle of warfare.
Caucasia and the First Byzantine Commonwealth: Christianization in the Context of Regional Coherence
Since at least the Iron Age, and perhaps much earlier, Caucasia has been a cohesive yet diverse zone of cross-cultural encounter and shared historical experience. Despite their linkage by a web of interconnections which was as dense as it was durable, the peoples inhabiting the isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas have seldom exhibited a conscious regional identity in their oral, written, and visual monuments.
Stradioti: Balkan Mercenaries in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Italy
This paper will investigate the origins of the stradioti, their ethnic and regional composition, their role in the armies of the 15th and 16th centuries, and their participation in the founding of Greek Orthodox Communities in the Italy and elsewhere.
Scientists discover existence of brucellosis disease in the Middle Ages
The scientists are the first to confirm the existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, in medieval skeletal remains.
The Myth of the “Invincibility” of the Norman Cavalry Charge in the Eleventh Century: a Comparative Analysis of the Battles of Hastings (1066) and Dyrrachium (1081)
Did the Normans simply implement the same battle tactics they successfully used in Northwest Europe when they went to Italy?
Look to the East: The Cult of the Pagan Past in Hungarian Literature
While the survival of the young country under the reign of chief Géza and his son, King Stephen I, undoubtedly depended on the conversion of the Hungarians, in the sphere of unrealistic speculations, dreams and wishes – that is, a sphere that literature knows well – now and again we have to face the question: what if?
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat
The Battle of Kosovo: Early Reports of Victory and Defeat By Thomas A. Emmert Kosovo: Legacy of a Medieval Battle, eds. Wayne S.…
Regnum Albaniae, the Papal curia, and the Western visions of a borderline nobility
Regnum Albaniae, the Papal curia, and the Western visions of a borderline nobility By Etleva Lala PhD Dissertation, CEU, Budapest College, 2008 Abstract:…