The Iconography of the Felix Culpa
The Iconography of the Felix Culpa Haines, Victor Y. Florilegium, vol.1 (1979) Introduction It is still some hours before dawn. In the dark…
Varangians in Europe’s Eastern and Northern Periphery The Christianization of Northand Eastern Europe c. 950-1050 – A Plea for a Comparative Study
Varangians in Europe’s Eastern and Northern Periphery The Christianization of Northern and Eastern Europe c. 950-1050 – A Plea for a Comparative Study…
The idea of paradigm in church history: the notion of papal monarchy in the thirteenth century, from Innocent III to Boniface VIII
The idea of paradigm in church history: the notion of papal monarchy in the thirteenth century, from Innocent III to Boniface VIII By…
Theodore Balsamon’s Canonical Images of Women
Theodore Balsamon’s Canonical Images of Women Viscuso, Patrick Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, articles (2004 – 2008) Abstract The jurist Balsamon, in the…
The Marian Relics at Constantinople
The Marian Relics at Constantinople Wortley, John Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, articles (2004 – 2008) Abstract A reassessment of the literary evidence…
Millennialism and Jubilee Tradition in Early Rus’ History and Historiography
Millennialism and Jubilee Tradition in Early Rus’ History and Historiography By Aleksej Gippius Ruthenica, Vol.2 (2003) Synopsis: Shows that from the time of…
Liturgical Readings of the Cathedral Office for Saint Cuthbert
Liturgical Readings of the Cathedral Office for Saint Cuthbert Lenz, Karmen The Heroic Age, Issue 12 (May 2009) Abstract The tenth-century rhymed Office…
Two Recently-Discovered Passages of the Pseudo-Basil’s Admonition to a Spiritual Son (De admonitio ad filium spiritualem) in Smaragdus’ Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict (Expositio in regulam s. Benedicti) and the Letters (Epistolae) of Alcuin
Two Recently-Discovered Passages of the Pseudo-Basil’s Admonition to a Spiritual Son (De admonitio ad filium spiritualem) in Smaragdus’ Commentary on the Rule of…
St. Oswald’s Martyrdom: Drogo of Saint-Winnoc’s Sermo secundus de s. Oswaldo
St. Oswald’s Martyrdom: Drogo of Saint-Winnoc’s Sermo secundus de s. Oswaldo Defries, David The Heroic Age, Issue 9 (Oct 2006) Abstract The Sermo…
The King’s Fragmented Body: A Girardian Reading of the Origins of St Oswald’s Cult
The King’s Fragmented Body: A Girardian Reading of the Origins of St Oswald’s Cult Damon, John Edward The Heroic Age, Issue 9 (Oct…
Locating Maserfelth
Locating Maserfelth Clarkson, Tim The Heroic Age, Issue 9 (Oct 2006) Abstract Tradition identifies the site of Oswald’s last and fatal battle as…
Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs: Holy Kingship from Bede to Aelfric
Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs: Holy Kingship from Bede to Aelfric Hare, Kent G. The Heroic Age, Issue 9 (Oct 2006) Abstract Warfare played…
The conversion and destruction of the infidels’ in the works of Roger Bacon
The conversion and destruction of the infidels’ in the works of Roger Bacon By Aleksey Klemeshov Religion and power in Europe: conflict and convergence, edited by…
The Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln
The Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln Translated by F.A.C. Mantello and Joseph Goering University of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8020-9813-9 Robert…
An Irish Legacy: The Privatization of Penance
The Christian conversion of the Irish, unparalleled in its peacefulness and lack of martyrs, began with the return to Ireland of the once enslaved Patrick.
An Appeal to Rome: Anglo-Saxon Dispute Settlement, 800-810
In this paper, I argue that Anglo-Saxon dispute settlement in the early ninth century exploited Charlemagne’s title as Holy Roman Emperor. T
The Otherworld Yet Real-Time Exploits of Gregory the Great
This article examines the idea of the otherworldly in medieval experience from the perspective of Gregory the Great’s mission to the English. The paper reviews the history of travel literature in the medieval world, how Britain’s remoteness and no known history placed it into the realm of the otherworldly…
Kentigern and Gonothigernus A Scottish saint and a Gaulish bishop identified
Kentigern and Gonothigernus A Scottish saint and a Gaulish bishop identified Gough-Cooper, Henry The Heroic Age Issue 6 Spring 2003 Abstract Onomastic, documentary…
Adomnán, Iona, and the Life of St. Columba: Their Place Among Continental Saints
Adomnán, Iona, and the Life of St. Columba: Their Place Among Continental Saints Wetherill, Jeffrey The Heroic Age Issue 6 Spring 2003 Abstract…
Oswald and the Irish
Oswald and the Irish Ziegler, Michelle The Heroic Age Issue 4 Winter 2001 Abstract To understand King Oswald of Bernicia (r. 634/5-642), it…
Saxon Bishop and Celtic King: Interactions between Aldhelm of Wessex and Geraint of Dumnonia
Saxon Bishop and Celtic King: Interactions between Aldhelm of Wessex and Geraint of Dumnonia Grimmer, Martin The Heroic Age Issue 4 Winter 2001…
Post-Severan Cramond: A Late Roman and Early Historic British and Anglo-Saxon Religious Centre?
Post-Severan Cramond: A Late Roman and Early Historic British and Anglo-Saxon Religious Centre? Cessford, Craig The Heroic Age Issue 4 Winter 2001 Abstract…
St. Martin of Braga : sources for his tolerance toward the rustici in sixth century Galicia
St. Martin of Braga : sources for his tolerance toward the rustici in sixth century Galicia By Edward Kim Follis Master’s Thesis, University of…
Jovinian : a monastic heretic in late-fourth century Rome
In 393 the monk Jovinian was condemned by a Roman synod under Pope Siricius. The monk had argued from Scriptural evidence that married women were equal in merit with widows and virgins; that they who had been baptised in fullness of faith could not be overthrown by the devil
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England By John Godfrey Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521109048 It is likely that the gospel was brought to…