Sex, the State and the Church in the Middle Ages: An Overview
Sex, the State and the Church in the Middle Ages: An Overview Hopkins, Amanda Published Online (2005) Introduction: An individual’s sexual behaviour in the…
Transgressing the Boundaries of Holiness: Sexual Deviance in the Early Medieval Penitential Handbooks of Ireland, England and France 500-1000
This study will take the form of a closer examination of smaller specific categories of deviance: the nocturnal emissions of clerics, sexual relations during menstruation and pregnancy, homosexuality, bestiality, incest, and adultery.
The Prussian-Lithuanian Frontier of 1242
The Prussian-Lithuanian Frontier of 1242 Urban, William LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Volume 21, No.4 – Winter (1975) Abstract Although the Teutonic…
Industrial Energy from Water-Mills in the European Economy, Fifth to Eighteenth Centuries: the Limitations of Power
Industrial Energy from Water-Mills in the European Economy, Fifth to Eighteenth Centuries: the Limitations of Power Munro, John (University of Toronto) Department of Economics University…
Implements and Utensils in Gerefa and the Organization of Seigneurial Farmsteads in the High Middle Ages
Implements and Utensils in Gerefa and the Organization of Seigneurial Farmsteads in the High Middle Ages Gardiner, Mark Medieval Archaeology, Vol.50 (2006) Abstract The text known…
Beggars, Vagrants and Romanies : Repression and Persecution in Portuguese Society (14th–18th Centuries)
Beggars, Vagrants and Romanies : Repression and Persecution in Portuguese Society (14th–18th Centuries) Abreu, Laurinda Hygiea Internationalis : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the History…
Marriage in Early Ireland
The principal sources for the history of marriage in early Ireland are the law tracts in Irish and Latin, all the most important of which were probably written up within half a century of AD 700.
Perceptions versus reality: changing attitudes towards pets in medieval and post-medieval England
In 1994 a survey of pet ownership within the European Union revealed that there were a startling 36 million pet dogs, 35 million pet cats and 173 other pet species
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT: CHILDREN’S EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE CAIRO GENIZA
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT: CHILDREN’S EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE CAIRO GENIZA By Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol.…
Late medieval sub-division of space within a parish church: Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York
Late medieval sub-division of space within a parish church: Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York Huntington, Joanna York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract…
Why did Norse Greenland fail as a colony?
Why did Norse Greenland fail as a colony? Slack, Alexandra York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract Since the discovery in 1721…
‘Meu en devocion, et pensant au prouffit et salut de l’ame de lui et de tous ses parens…’ Les bourgeois de Caen, la mémoire et l’au-delà (1396-1500)
‘Meu en devocion, et pensant au prouffit et salut de l’ame de lui et de tous ses parens…’ Les bourgeois de Caen, la…
Cartulary of the Abbey Saint-Étienne of Caen (12th century) : Essay for Documentary Archaeology
Cartulary of the Abbey Saint-Étienne of Caen (12th century) : Essay for Documentary Archaeology Fujimoto, Tamiko (Université de Caen Basse-Normandie) Tabularia « Études…
The Culture of Children in Medieval England
The Culture of Children in Medieval England By Nicholas Orme Past and Present, Vol.148:1 (1995) Introduction: Anyone wishing to study the history of…
Documents and interpretation: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL ECONOMY: THE EXAMPLE OF CAROLINGIAN FOOD RATIONS
Documents and interpretation: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL ECONOMY: THE EXAMPLE OF CAROLINGIAN FOOD RATIONS DEVROEY, JEAN-PIERRE History, Vol.1 (1987) Abstract It…
Dietary Decadence and Dynastic Decline in the Mongol Empire
Dietary Decadence and Dynastic Decline in the Mongol Empire Smith, Jr., John Masson Journal of Asian History, vol. 34, no. 1, (2000) Abstract Most…
Norse Drinking Traditions
Unfortunately, while there are many passing references in Old Norse literature and occasional bits of evidence in the archaeological record, there is far from a complete picture of Viking Age brewing, vintning, and drinking customs.
Dietetics in Medieval Islamic Culture
Dietetics in Medieval Islamic Culture Waines, David Medical History, 43 (1999) Abstract The origins of dietetics understood as”the systematic control of food and…
Pots on the hearth: domestic pottery in historic Ireland
Pots on the hearth: domestic pottery in historic Ireland By Clare McCutcheon and Rosanne Meenan Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 111C…
Early medieval settlement enclosures in Ireland: dwellings, daily life and social identity
Early medieval settlement enclosures in Ireland: dwellings, daily life and social identity By Aidan O’Sullivan and Tríona Nicholl Proceedings of the Royal Irish…
Medieval Nine-Men’s Morris with Dice
Nine-men’s morris played with dice is a nearly forgotten medieval variant of the merels games.
An Arab Game in the North Pole?
An Arab Game in the North Pole? By Thierry Depaulis Board Games Studies, Vol.4 (2001) Introduction: The impressive so far unpublished or very little…
Almeria Silk and the French Feudal Imaginary: Toward a “Material” History of the Medieval Mediterranean
Almeria Silk and the French Feudal Imaginary: Toward a “Material” History of the Medieval Mediterranean By Sharon Kinoshita Medieval Fabrications: Dress, Textiles, Clothwork, and…
The Use of Domestic Space in Early Medieval Roundhouses: An Experimental Archaeological Approach
The Use of Domestic Space in Early Medieval Roundhouses: An Experimental Archaeological Approach By Tríona Nicholl Trowel, Vol.10 (2005) Introduction: Houses and the…
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery By Richard Avent and David Leigh Medieval Archaeology, Vol.21 (1977) Introduction: In the last…