BL MS Harley 7333: The “Publication” of Chaucer in the Rural Areas
BL MS Harley 7333: The “Publication” of Chaucer in the Rural Areas Shonk, Timothy A. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider
The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider Goodman, Barbara A. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
A Fifteenth-Century Florentine Community of Readers and the Romances of Chivalry
A Fifteenth-Century Florentine Community of Readers and the Romances of Chivalry Allaire, Gloria Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract A persistent…
Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval ‘Bullion Famines’, 1384 – 1482
Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval ‘Bullion Famines’, 1384 – 1482 By John Munro Published Online (2009) Abstract: This paper…
The Word Made Flesh: The Perception of Holiness in the Texts of Late Medieval and Early Modern Women in England
The Word Made Flesh: The Perception of Holiness in the Texts of Late Medieval and Early Modern Women in England By Amy Kathleen Howard…
Marking Time? A fifteenth-century liturgical calendar in the wall paintings of Pickering parish church, North Yorkshire
Marking Time? A fifteenth-century liturgical calendar in the wall paintings of Pickering parish church, North Yorkshire By Kate Giles Church Archaeology, Vol.4 (2000) Introduction: This…
Constructing a Vantage Point from which to regard Women and History: Christine de Pizan and the Querelle de Femmes
Constructing a Vantage Point from which to regard Women and History: Christine de Pizan and the Querelle de Femmes By Reghina Dascal Didactica,…
Feeding the Brethren: Grain Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1280-1370
Feeding the Brethren: Grain Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1280-1370 By Philip Slavin PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2008 Abstract: The present dissertation…
The Byzantine historiography on the state of Serbian despots
The Fifteenth Century Byzantine sources narrating, among the other things, of the Serbian history of the first half of the century, also testify that the contemporaries regarded Serbia as a state.
Mehmed II, ‘The Conqueror’, in Byzantine short chronicles and old Serbian annals, inscriptions, and genealogies
This article analyzes how Byzantine Short Chronicles and Old Serbian Annals , Inscriptions, and Genealogies depicted sultan Mehmed II, ‘The Conqueror’.
Around a theme. The female community of the Order of St. James in Portugal: a journey from the late 15th century to the 16th century
Around a theme. The female community of the Order of St. James in Portugal: a journey from the late 15th century to the…
Towards a Text of the “Medulla Grammatice”: Procedures and Prospects in Editing a 15th-century Glossary
Towards a Text of the “Medulla Grammatice”: Procedures and Prospects in Editing a 15th-century Glossary By Vincent P McCarren CCH Working Papers, Vol. 4…
Editing and Concording the “Dictionarius” of Firmin Le Ver (1440)
Editing and Concording the “Dictionarius” of Firmin Le Ver (1440) By Brian Merrilees, William Edwards, David Megginson CCH Working Papers Vol.2 (1992) Abstract: The Dictionarius of…
Inventing the Lollard Past : The Afterlife of a Medieval Sermon in Early Modern England
This essay explores the evolving significance of a famous fourteenth-century Paul’s Cross sermon by Thomas Wimbledon in late medieval and early modern England and its transmission from manuscript to print.
The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript
Looking at a book written by a 15th century Venetian mariner
The First Venetian Love Letter? The Testament of Zorzi Cernovich
This paper explores the more personal side of the Cernovich drama, but it was a drama played our against their personal background of constant political haggling, private messages, deals and betrayals, within a larger context of more important rulers and a major war.
MEDIEVAL RIDING GEAR AND WEAPONS FROM THE BILOGORA AREA
MEDIEVAL RIDING GEAR AND WEAPONS FROM THE BILOGORA AREA Jakovljević, Goran Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology, Vol.32 No.1 May 2009.…
MEDIEVAL MONOLITHIC TOMBSTONES/STEĆCI AT THE GREBINE SITE NEXT TO ČEVELJUŠA (PLINA) NEAR PLOČ
MEDIEVAL MONOLITHIC TOMBSTONES/STEĆCI AT THE GREBINE SITE NEXT TO ČEVELJUŠA (PLINA) NEAR PLOČ Sunjic, Maja Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology,…
Transition to the Renaissance: Republican Values and Ideals in Florence and Siena, 1300-1500
By the close of the fourteenth century, Siena, once an expanding medieval Italian commune, was declining almost as quickly as she had risen.
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.
From Bogeyman to Noble King: Sigismund and Hungary in French Medieval Literature
The main topic of our research lays primarily with the Roman de messire Charles de Hongrie, a romance written towards the end of the XVth century
The Schizophrenia of Joan of Arc
A great many of the tragedies of the past must have been caused by mental disease which was undetected and misunderstood. Such a case may well have been that of Joan of Arc.
The First Siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans (1394-1402) and its Repercussions on the Civilian Population of the City
A detailed study of the events between 1394 and 1402 shows that the Ottomans used in their assault upon Constantinople their proven method of blockading the enemy city for a long period of time, thus causing its surrender.
The Idea of the Renaissance, Revisited
The idea of the Renaissance as a historical period was first formulated by Jacob
Burckhardt in his book Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (1860). In this lecture I want to review some of the many directions taken by Renaissance studies since then, and to make some suggestions for future work.
The Little Grey Horse: Henry V’s Speech at Agincourt and the Battle Exhortation in Ancient Historiography
Speeches by generals to their army are of different kinds. One type is the speech—deliberative or exhortative—delivered at what is often called a syllogos, i.e. a meeting of the army held in some convenient place resembling an assembly place where, for example, the men can stand or sit in a horseshoe facing the speaker.