The Opposition of the Literati to the Game of Weiqi in Ancient China
The Opposition of the Literati to the Game of Weiqi in Ancient China By Paolo Zanon Published Online (2000) Introduction: With the development of Neo-Confucianism…
The chalice and the cup : the changing role of wine in the High Middle Ages
In an interdisciplinary approach, this study integrates the historiographies of viticulture as well as of the Christian liturgy to answer the question: why did wine disappear from the Eucharist in the high Middle Ages?
La structuration de l’espace théâtral des mystères et la performance
La structuration de l’espace théâtral des mystères et la performance Dragomirescu, Corneliu Studia Patzinaka, 5, 2007, pp. 83-89 Abstract Le spectacle théâtral, dans…
Nunneries as an Alternative to Marriage
Nunneries as an Alternative to Marriage Oudenaarden , Cornelis The Endnote, vol. 2 (2005) Abstract During the middle Ages women were required to…
Medieval Conduct Literature: An Anthology of Vernacular Guides to Behaviour for Youths, with English Translations
Medieval Conduct Literature: An Anthology of Vernacular Guides to Behaviour for Youths, with English Translations Edited by Mark D. Johnston University of Toronto…
Fast Food in Medieval Europe
Already in the late 12th century, there was a ‘fast food’ area on the Thames in London, a medieval version of a ‘drive-in’, where hungry travelers could fill up; these shops provided a range of pricing and foods and were open around the clock.
The Medieval Cook
The Medieval Cook By Bridget Ann Henisch Boydell and Brewer, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834380 This book takes us into the world of the medieval…
Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food By John Dickie Free Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-7432-7799-0 From the bustle of medieval…
Daily Life in the Middle Ages – Iconography of Medieval Art and the Use of EDP
Daily Life in the Middle Ages – Iconography of Medieval Art and the Use of EDP By Gerhard Jaritz Historical Social Research / Historische…
Dogs, cats and horses in the Scottish medieval town
This paper is concerned with three domesticated species — the dog, cat and horse — and reviews the nature of their relationships with town dwellers.
A New Deal: Bruges Burghers and Venetian Merchants Invent Mercantile Gambling
A New Deal: Bruges Burghers and Venetian Merchants Invent Mercantile Gambling By David G. Schwartz XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: Today,…
Ornamental structures in the medieval gardens of Scotland
Ornamental structures in the medieval gardens of Scotland Cooper, Scott Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 129 (1999), 817-839 ABSTRACT: This…
Child-centered law in medieval Ireland
Fortunately, the historian of early medieval Ireland does not face such predicaments in the search for the child as a detailed body of legal discourse survives. This is the largest collection of legal material written in a vernacular for pre-1200 Europe, with the published edition running to 2,343 pages.
Medieval Tendirs of Baku
Medieval Tendirs of Baku By Kamil Ferhadoglu Azerbaijan Archeology, Vol.4:1-2 (2002) Synopsis: Archeological excavations at various sites in Icheri Sheher have opened plenty of tendirs…
Clothing Bodies, Dressing Rooms: Fashioning Fecundity in The Lisle Letters
Clothing Bodies, Dressing Rooms: Fashioning Fecundity in The Lisle Letters By Catherine Mann Parergon Vol. 22:1 (2005) Abstract One of the preparations for…
Some observations on mid-to-late medieval domestic planning in England
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…
The Windmill: A Medieval ‘Steam Engine’?
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.
“Washing Off the Dust”: Baths and Bathing in Late Medieval Japan
“Washing Off the Dust”: Baths and Bathing in Late Medieval Japan By Lee A. Butler Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 60:1 (2005) Summary: This article analyzes…
The Agrarian Problem in the Early Fourteenth Century
Until recently it was widely believed that feudal tenurial relationships sanctioned and facilitated the extra-economic exploitation of tenants by their lords. Together, the heaviness of rent charges and the arbitrariness of lordship discouraged and depressed tenant investment in agriculture.
Female Dress and “Slavic” Bow Fibulae in Greece
Female Dress and “Slavic” Bow Fibulae in Greece BY Florin Curta Hesperia, Vol. 74:1 (2005) Abstract: Long considered an “index fossil” for the migration…
Sewerage in Ancient and Medieval Times
Sewerage in Ancient and Medieval Times By Harold Farnsworth Gray Sewage Works Journal, Vol. 12:5 (1940) Synopsis: Examines the sanitation efforts of various civilizations…
The Medieval Peasant House
The excavations have exposed a very interesting series of building techniques and revealed that the medieval peasant houses at Wharram Percy were rebuilt about every generation suggesting that they were very flimsy structures.
Between Herbals et alia: Intertextuality in Medieval English Herbals
The study points out the close relationship between medical recipes and recipe-like passages in herbals (recipe paraphrases). The examples of recipe paraphrases show that they may have been perceived as indirect instruction.