‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede
‘In the beginning was the Word’: books and faith in the age of Bede Brown, Michelle P. The Heroic Age, Issue 4, Winter…
The Physical Spell of Gregorian Chant
Gregorian chant was usually sung by the entire congregation and the melodies were always performed in unison
Monasticism in Anglo-Saxon England: An Analysis of Selected Hagiography from Northumbria Written in the Years after the Council of Whitby
Monasticism in Anglo-Saxon England: An Analysis of Selected Hagiography from Northumbria Written in the Years after the Council of Whitby By Carrie Couvillon…
An investigation into cranial trauma from the Anglo Saxon cemetery at Sedgeford, Norfolk, UK
An investigation into cranial trauma from the Anglo Saxon cemetery at Sedgeford, Norfolk, UK Stillwell, Ben (Bournemouth University) Published Online by the Sedgeford Historical…
Irish–Scottish connections in the first millennium AD: an evaluation of the links between souterrain ware and Hebridean ceramics
Irish–Scottish connections in the first millennium AD: an evaluation of the links between souterrain ware and Hebridean ceramics Armit, Ian (University of Bradford, United…
The Crux Gemmata and Shifting Significances of the Cross in Insular Art
The Crux Gemmata and Shifting Significances of the Cross in Insular Art Schweitzer, Ilse Marginalia, Vol.3 (2006) Abstract This image of the triumphant…
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.
Perché Brescia non è Divenuta la Capitale del Regno Longobardo?
Perché Brescia non è Divenuta la Capitale del Regno Longobardo? Długosz, Dominika (Kraków) Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, vol.10, Kraków (2007) Abstract Visitando…
The Anglo-Saxon Cross at St. Andrew, Auckland: ‘Living Stones’
The Anglo-Saxon Cross at St. Andrew, Auckland: ‘Living Stones’ Maleczek, Nina York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 2, (2003) Abstract The remains of the…
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…
Did the Scots visit Iceland? New research reveals island inhabited 70 years before Vikings thought to have arrived
By Owen Jarus It is now thirty years since clerics, who live on the island [Thule] from the first of February to the…
Muslims, Jews and Christians in medieval Muslim Seville: (711-1248 CE) : perceiving artistic expressions as signs of acculturation
I look at five art forms that were either created in Seville or had strong ties with this city: the illustrations, poetry, and music of the Cantigas, a treatise on chess commissioned by Alfonso, and the architecture of Seville.
What Can Medieval Spain Teach Us about Muslim-Jewish Relations?
Example and counterexample, quote and counterquote: thus history becomes the battleground on which we fight over the present.
Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children.
Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children Buckberry, Jo Assemblage, Issue 5 (2000) Abstract Sam Lucy (1994: 26) has…
The role of Frankish and Papal missi in diplomatic exchanges in the eighth century
The eighth century marked a change in the relationship between the papacy and the Frankish monarchs, allying the two foci of spiritual and temporal power.
The Court of Charlemagne: Lay Participants in the Aula Renovata
The Court of Charlemagne: Lay Participants in the Aula Renovata Session: Carolingian Studies: Secular Culture II – May 13th By Jennifer Davis, Catholic…
Hagiography and the cult of saints in the diocese of Liège, c. 700-980
Hagiography and the cult of saints in the diocese of Liège, c. 700-980 Zimmern, Matthew University of St Andrews, 2007 Abstract This thesis…
Wars and rumours of wars: England and the Byzantine world in the eighth and ninth centuries
The early mediaeval inhabitants of Britain felt remote from the centres of civilisation, and looked to Rome and also Byzantium as model Christian powers.
Book Review – Under Heaven
By Guy Gavriel Kay Publisher: Penguin Group Canada, March 30, 2010 ISBN: 9780670068098 Guy Gavriel Kay is one of the best known writers…
The Illusion of Royal Power in the Carolingian Annals
The Illusion of Royal Power in the Carolingian Annals By Rosamond McKitterick The English Historical Review, Vol. 115, No. 460. (2000) Synopsis: Medieval…
The Battle of Tours-Poitiers Revisited
What motivated the Muslims to move north of the Pyrenees? What do the Latin and Arabic sources reveal about what transpired in the course of the battle?
Elites in the reign of Charlemagne
Elites in the reign of Charlemagne By Jinty Nelson Conference Paper (2009) Introduction: Thanks above all to Régine Le Jan and her colleagues,…
The role of Frankish and Papal missi in diplomatic exchanges in the eighth century
This article now turns to this collection of letters in order to examine diplomacy between pope and king by looking at the frequently-mentioned missi, the men who carried their correspondence and in doing so represented them abroad.