The Gypsies and Their Impact on Fifteenth-Century Western European Iconography
Since Gypsies had no chroniclers of their own, their history is difficult to reconstruct. The origin of the Gypsies was a complete mystery until late in the eighteenth century, when their derivation from India was proved by means of early linguistic com- parison.
From Dubrovnik to Florence: Recruitment of Servants in the Fifteenth Century
From Dubrovnik to Florence: Recruitment of Servants in the Fifteenth Century Paola, Pinelli Anali Dubrovnik 46 (2008) Abstract The documentation of some Florentine…
Co-operation and friendship among Byzantine scholars in the circle of Manuel II Palaeologus, as reflected in their autograph manuscripts
Co-operation and friendship among Byzantine scholars in the circle of Manuel II Palaeologus, as reflected in their autograph manuscripts By Charalambos Dendrinos Paper…
Warfare and Firearms in Fifteenth Century Morocco, 1400-1492
Warfare and Firearms in Fifteenth Century Morocco, 1400-1492 By Weston F. Cook Jr. War and Society, Vol.11 (1993) Introduction: Warfare in history is back…
Unchaste Female Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages: Literary Representations as Reflections of Urban Cultural Reality
Unchaste Female Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages: Literary Representations as Reflections of Urban Cultural Reality Peake, Rose-Marie MIRATOR 1 (2007) Abstract Despite…
Reading Devotion. Asceticism and Affectivity in Love’s Mirror
In this article, I will examine the affective elements of Love’s Mirror in an effort to re-evaluate its connections to late-medieval devotional culture.
Margery Kempe: Madwoman or Mystic – A Narrative Approach to the Representation of Madness and Mysticism in Medieval England
In this paper, I want to examine this contested boundary by discussing my analysis of a medieval woman’s experience of both madness and mysticism.
The One-Eyed Monk Who Got an Eyeful: A Reading of the Second Tale of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles
This article explores various layers of meaning in a tale from the Cent nouvelles nouvelles, a collection of stories from the fifteenth century loosely modeled on Boccaccio’s Decameron
Networks, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and the Use of History in the Medieval Monastic Sites in Finland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Networks, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and the Use of History in the Medieval Monastic Sites in Finland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Ahl-Waris,…
The Men of Bristol and the Atlantic Discovery Voyages of the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries
The Men of Bristol and the Atlantic Discovery Voyages of the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries By Annabel Peacock MA Thesis, University of…
The Wine Trade in Bristol in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The Wine Trade in Bristol in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries By Catherine R. Pitt MA Thesis, University of Bristol, 2006 Abstract: Bristol…
Analysis of Crowland’s Section on the Usurpation of Richard III
Analysis of Crowland’s Section on the Usurpation of Richard III By Edgar de Blieck Published Online (2003) Introduction:Â Lord Hastings, who seemed to serve…
THE BIRTH OF SACRIFICE: ICONOGRAPHIC METAPHORS FOR SPIRITUAL REBIRTH IN MASTER MATTHIAS’ ISENHEIM ALTARPIECE
THE BIRTH OF SACRIFICE: ICONOGRAPHIC METAPHORS FOR SPIRITUAL REBIRTH IN MASTER MATTHIAS’ ISENHEIM ALTARPIECE Anderson Tuft, Katherine Master of Arts Thesis, Brigham Young University (December…
Chaucer and Old Norse Mythology
Chaucer, I am arguing, made use in The House of Fame of a version of the story falling somewhere between the Norse and the Irish versions, the latter of which, as I hope I haveproduced sufficient evidence to show, had become combined with traditions relating to (St) Brigid well before the time of Giraldus (d.1223), who in turn was writing well before the time of Chaucer (d.1400).
Luca Pacioli: the Father of Accounting Education
Luca Pacioli: the Father of Accounting Education Sangster, Alan (Middlesex University Business School, London, UK) Scataglini Belghitar, Giovanna (Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK)…
Le Menagier de Paris: A Parisian Bourgeoisie Household in 1400
Le Menagier de Paris: A Parisian Bourgeoisie Household in 1400 Luckhardt, Courtney Quaestio: UCLA Undergraduate History Journal (2002) Abstract In about the year 1400,…
Truth, Translation, and the Troy Book Women
Truth, Translation, and the Troy Book Women Shutters, Lynn Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract When one thinks…
National Library of Wales creates website for 15th century manuscript
A colourful medieval manuscript that depicts the story of Alexander the Great is now available online from the National Library of Wales’s website.…
Heartstone
Heartstone By C. J. Sansom Publisher:Random House of Canada, September 28, 2010 ISBN:9780307356192 Summary Shardlake goes to war… Summer, 1545. England is at war.…
Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the North
Richard, Duke of Gloucester and the North By Michael Hicks Richard III and the North, edited by Rosemary Horrox (University of Hull: Studies…
Daughter of York: A Novel
Daughter of York: A Novel By Ann Easter Smith Publisher: Simon & Schuster, February 12, 2008 ISBN:9780743277310 Summary History tells us that the…
Highlands and Lowlands in Late Medieval Tuscany
Highlands and Lowlands in Late Medieval Tuscany Cohn, Samuel K. Mìorun Mòr nan Gall, ‘The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander’? Lowland Perceptions of…
King Richard’s Grave in Leicester
King Richard’s Grave in Leicester By David Baldwin Transactions of Leicester Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 60 (1986) Introduction: Unlike his brother and…
“Alasse, Whatte Truste ys in this Worlde?” Lancastrian and Yorkist History Writing in an English Chronicle
“Alasse, Whatte Truste ys in this Worlde?” Lancastrian and Yorkist History Writing in an English Chronicle By Ilknur Güzel Master’s Thesis, Bilkent University,…
Social Networks in a Castilian Jewish Aljama and the Court Jews in the Fifteenth Century: A Preliminary Survey (Madrid 1440-1475)
Social Networks in a Castilian Jewish Aljama and the Court Jews in the Fifteenth Century: A Preliminary Survey (Madrid 1440-1475) Castaño, Javier En…