Multiple Options: The World of the Fifteenth-Century Church
Multiple Options: The World of the Fifteenth-Century Church Van Engen, John Church History 77:2 (June 2008) Abstract Any historical period called “late” is…
Inquisition, Repression, and Ridicule
Inquisition, Repression, and Ridicule Hibbs, Albert R. Engineering and Science (December 1974-January 1975) Abstract In the spring of the year 1498,Moro, the Duke of Sforza,…
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566)
Clothing as a Political Tool in the Ottoman Empire: Two Miniature Paintings From a Sixteenth-Century Illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520 -1566) Scollay, Susan Journal…
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AUTHORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MANESSE CODEX
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AUTHORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MANESSE CODEX DECHANT, DENNIS LYLE MA Thesis, University of Oregon, June (2010) Abstract Author portraits appear frequently in the…
Humanism’s priorities and empire’s prerogatives: Polydore Vergil’s description of Ireland
Humanism’s priorities and empire’s prerogatives: Polydore Vergil’s description of Ireland Haywood, Eric (University College Dublin) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 109C, 195–237 (2009)…
A Knightly Sword with Presentation Inscriptions
A Knightly Sword with Presentation Inscriptions NICKEL, HELMUT (Curator of Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 2 (1969)…
Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk
Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk Murrin, Michael Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene follows the Arthurian tradition of travel…
The Mythical Method in Song and Saga, Prose and Verse: Part One
The Mythical Method in Song and Saga, Prose and Verse: Part One Nohrnberg, James C. Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract T.S. Eliot’s ‘mythical method’ is…
‘Arthurian Torsos’ and Professor Nohrnberg’s Unrepeatable Experiment
‘Arthurian Torsos’ and Professor Nohrnberg’s Unrepeatable Experiment Buckman, Ty Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract This essay identifies the ‘unrepeatable experiment’ that is at the…
Crocodiles and Crusades: Egypt in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso
Crocodiles and Crusades: Egypt in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso Cavallo, Jo Ann Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando…
Cambridge Illuminations
Cambridge Illuminations Panayotova, Stella Marginalia, Vol. 3 (2006) Abstract The Cambridge Illuminations (July-December 2005) has been judged to be not only the largest…
‘Privies and Other Filthiness…’ The Environment of Late Medieval Aberdeen c.1399-1650
This talk will look at aspects of public hygiene in medieval Aberdeen with specific focus on the streets.
Physical Sight and Spiritual Light in Three Sixteenth-Century Plays of the Low Countries
Physical Sight and Spiritual Light in Three Sixteenth-Century Plays of the Low Countries Steenbrugge, Charlotte Marginalia, Vol.3 (2006) Abstract I shall investigate the…
From Trial to Text
From Trial to Text de Hamel, Dr. Christopher Marginalia, Vol.5 (2007) Abstract MS 147 in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College was…
The Getty Manuscripts
The Getty Manuscripts Flannery, Mary Marginalia, Vol. 7, (2008) Abstract Thanks in part to the holdings of the Huntington Library in San Marino,…
Perfumes and perfume-making in the Celestina
In these pages I will endeavour to set Celestina’s skills in the context of making perfume and uses of it in the early 16th century.
Do Medieval and Renaissance Androids Presage the Posthuman?
Do Medieval and Renaissance Androids Presage the Posthuman? LaGrandeur, Kevin Comparative Literature and Culture, Volume 12, Issue 3, (September 2010) Article 3 Abstract In…
Folklore as a Unifying Factor in The Antwyrs off Arthure
Folklore as a Unifying Factor in The Antwyrs off Arthure Lowe, Virginia A.P. Folklore Forum 13 (2/3) (1980) Abstract Among the many minor…
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…
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…
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
Scandinavia After the Fall of the Kalmar Union: A Study in Scandinavian Relations, 1523-1536
The balance of power and control shifted in Scandinavia as the Kalmar Union, which had joined Denmark, Norway and Sweden together under one king since 1397, crumbled in 1523.
The Black Death and the origins of the ‘Great Divergence’ across Europe, 1300–1600
One important recent theme emerging from the literature on early modern Europe is that some of the key structural and institutional changes that are responsible for the increases in incomes may have taken place rather early, in the late medieval period or in the era of the Black Death.
The Hair of the Desert Magdalen: Its Use and Meaning in Donatello’s Mary Magdalen and Tuscan Art of the Late Fifteenth Century
The Hair of the Desert Magdalen: Its Use and Meaning in Donatello’s Mary Magdalen and Tuscan Art of the Late Fifteenth Century Bradfield,…
IVAN IV: A MACHIAVELLIAN TSAR
IVAN IV: A MACHIAVELLIAN TSAR Carswell, Robyn E. Historia, Vol.15 (2006) Abstract Dating back to Riurik, Russia has always had strong leaders who stopped at…