Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
“The Anglo-Saxon Death Lists: Crisis and Categorization” David Lennington (Princeton University) The Exeter Book details the various ways of dying. In The Fates…
Medieval Dress
Medieval Dress and Clothing are an area of interest for many medievalists, but finding information can often be difficult. Research can be done…
Footnotes on Life : Marginalia in Three Medieval Icelandic Manuscripts
This project investigates what paratextual material—specifically marginalia— can tell us about the way medieval Icelandic readers felt about their books, and how they participated in the creation of the reading experience for future readers through the marks they left on the page.
THE LOCALISATION AND DATING OF MEDIEVAL ICELANDIC MANUSCRIPTS
THE LOCALISATION AND DATING OF MEDIEVAL ICELANDIC MANUSCRIPTS Karlsson, Stefan SAGA-BOOK, VOL. XXV, VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, (1998–2001) Abstract As is…
‘THE HANGINGS ABOUT THE HALL’: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505
‘THE HANGINGS ABOUT THE HALL’: An Overview of Textile Wall Hangings in Late Medieval York, 1394-1505 Kightly, Charles Medieval Textiles, Issue 28, June (2001) Abstract…
The Garb of Medieval Satire
The Garb of Medieval Satire By Borçin Erol Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol.5:2 (1988) Introduction: Medieval satire was directed mainly at the…
Negotiating Marriage: Artisan Women in Fifteenth-Century Florentine Society
Negotiating Marriage: Artisan Women in Fifteenth-Century Florentine Society Bender, Tovah Leigh PhD Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (2009) Abstract: Social ties determined status, community membership, and even…
“Lesbian-Like” and the Social History of Lesbianisms
“Lesbian-Like” and the Social History of Lesbianisms Bennett, Judith M.(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol.…
Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules as a Valentine Fable The Subversive Poetics of Feminine Desire
Chaucer’s Parlement of Foules as a Valentine Fable The Subversive Poetics of Feminine Desire Jost, Jean A. In parentheses: Papers in Medieval Studies Vol.1 (1999)…
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…