Break a Leg: Animal Health and Welfare in Medieval, Emden, Germany
The presented study investigates the pathologically changed animal bones from medieval Emden, Germany.
Catṡlechta and other medieval legal material relating to cats
The purpose of this article is to edit and translate the short passages in their entirety so as to make the primary material readily available.
Aspects of the development of public assembly in the Danelaw
Aspects of the development of public assembly in the Danelaw Turner, Sam Assemblage, Issue 5 (2000) Abstract The aim of this essay is…
What Was Cross Dressing in the Middle Ages?
In the medieval period many jousts or tournaments, including helmets, armors, chest protections, etc were held and we have some reports about the tournaments where participants dressed in female garments. And this cross dressing seems to have carried no penalties at all.
East and west: textiles and fashion in Eurasia in the early modern period
East and west: textiles and fashion in Eurasia in the early modern period By Beverly Lemire and Giorgio Riello Journal of Social History,…
The beautiful woman in medieval Iberia: rhetoric, cosmetics, and evolution
The beautiful woman in medieval Iberia: rhetoric, cosmetics, and evolution By Claudio Da Soller PhD Dissertation, University of Missouri, 2005 Abstract: Literary portraits…
Life in the Middle Ages
Life in the Middle Ages lists the articles about how medieval people lived from day to day. This includes what people ate, wore,…
Dietary Recommendations in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno
Dietary Recommendations in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno By Maurizio Bifulco, Magda Marasco and Simona Pisanti American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol.35:6…
Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis
Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis By Gundula Muldner and Michael P. Richards Journal of Archaeological…
Changes in Diet in the Late Middle Ages: the Case of Harvest Workers
Changes in Diet in the Late Middle Ages: the Case of Harvest Workers By Christopher Dyer Agricultural Historical Review, Vol.36:1 (1988) Abstract: The…
Who Ate All the Pigs in Medieval Denmark?
It’s fair to assume that Valdemar the Conqueror, while ruling over Denmark in the early 1200s, ate like a king. But, what was…
The history of the medieval vegetable garden of the common man and woman: the poorness of descriptions and pictures
In search of depictions of medieval vegetables, a study of medieval vegetable gardens of the common man and woman was made.
They dined on crane: bird consumption, wild fowling and status in medieval England
In this paper the evidence for the use and consumption of wild birds in medieval England is reviewed.
Some Basic Aspects of Medieval Cuisine
Some Basic Aspects of Medieval Cuisine By Paul Freedman Annales Universitatis Apulensis, Series Historica,Vol.11:1 (2007) Introduction: The subject of medieval cuisine possess intrinsic…
Accidents among medieval children as seen from the miracles of six English saints and martyrs
Accidents among medieval children as seen from the miracles of six English saints and martyrs By Eleanora C. Gordon Medical History, Vol.35:2 (1991)…
The Peasant Rusticus: Life near Paris in the Time of Clovis
‘History,’ wrote the late Eileen Power, ‘is largely made up of Bodos.’ With that final sentence of her essay on Bodo, a Carolingian-era peasant near Paris….
Ovens in the early Medieval settlements of South-Western Slovakia
Ovens in the early Medieval settlements of South-Western Slovakia By Matej Ruttkay Civilisations, Vol. 49 (2002) Abstract: Among the frequent findings in the…
The Early Modern Warrior: Three Explorations of Samurai Life
The Early Modern Warrior: Three Explorations of Samurai Life By Morgan Pitelka Early Modern Japan, Vol.16 (2008) Introduction: The following three essays focus…
The Medieval Household: Daily Life in Castles and Farmsteads: Scandinavian Examples in their European Context
The Medieval Household: Daily Life in Castles and Farmsteads: Scandinavian Examples in their European Context By Eva Svensson Brepols, 2008 ISBN: 978-2-503-52590-7 Recent…
Poverty and richly decorated garments : a re-evaluation of their significance in the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena
Isabel de Villena (1430-1490) was the illegitimate daughter of Enrique de Villena, a wealthy nobleman of the kingdom of Aragon, and granddaughter of Pedro of Aragon.
Standards of Living, Order, and Prestige: Public Facilities in Early Fifteenth-Century Lviv (Lemberg)
Standards of Living, Order, and Prestige: Public Facilities in Early Fifteenth-Century Lviv (Lemberg) By Rostyslav Paranko Medium Aevum Quotidianum n.42 (2000) Introduction: This contribution is…
Checkmate! Medieval People at Play – Manuscript Exhibition Examines Aspects of Play in Medieval Society
We are all familiar with praying monks, but playing monks? A Book of Hours from Flanders finds them deep in a game of “Blind…
Historian examines medieval grafitti at IMC
Scholars attending the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds heard today about the role of graffiti in the Middle Ages. In…
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court By Charlotte Harrison, University of Liverpool Session: Rural Experience in Late Medieval England: Manorial Records…
Reflections of Reality in the Manor Court: Sutton-in-the-Isle, 1308–1391
Reflections of Reality in the Manor Court: Sutton-in-the-Isle, 1308–1391 Session: Rural Experience in Late Medieval England: Manorial Records and Law By Erin McGibbon…


