Beyond ‘Braveheart’? Recent work on the Scottish Wars of Independence
A survey of articles, monographs and primary sources relevant to the study of the Scottish Wars of Independence, c.1286-c.1357, published 2003-2010
Professor to research French Knight-Poet, Oton de Granson
Joan Grenier-Winther, a professor of French at the Washington State University Vancouver, has received a grant to translate the love poetry of a…
The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta
The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta: Uncommon Tales of a Medieval Adventurer By David Waines I.B. Tauris, 2010 ISBN: 978 184511 805 1 Summary:…
Broken cups, men’s wrath, and the neighbours’ revenge: the case of Thomas and Alice Dey of Alverthorpe (1383)
Broken cups, men’s wrath, and the neighbours’ revenge: the case of Thomas and Alice Dey of Alverthorpe (1383) By Sharon Wright Canadian Journal…
I Serve
I Serve By Rosanne E. Lortz Publisher: Anno Domini, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780979214547 This novel details the events of one knight, Sir…
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court
Written Culture and the Late Medieval Manor Court By Charlotte Harrison, University of Liverpool Session: Rural Experience in Late Medieval England: Manorial Records…
Reflections of Reality in the Manor Court: Sutton-in-the-Isle, 1308–1391
Reflections of Reality in the Manor Court: Sutton-in-the-Isle, 1308–1391 Session: Rural Experience in Late Medieval England: Manorial Records and Law By Erin McGibbon…
Maleficae et Maledictae Feminae: Fourteenth-Century Sources for Key Feature of the Learned Interpretation of Witchcraft in Italy at the End of the Middle Ages
Maleficae et Maledictae Feminae: Fourteenth-Century Sources for Key Feature of the Learned Interpretation of Witchcraft in Italy at the End of the Middle…
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon Session:Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the Fourteenth Century By Robert Ticknor, Tulane University This paper dealt…
The King’s Mistress
The King’s Mistress By Emma Campion Crown Publishing, 2010 ISBN: 978-0307589255 The King’s Mistress is a story based on the life of King…
Taking the war to Scotland and France: The supply and transportation of English armies by sea, 1320-60
The study will analyse the involvement of the English merchant marine in the wars of Edward II and Edward III.
Poison, Medicine, and the Medieval Apothecary
Poison, Medicine, and the Medieval Apothecary Session: Poison and Medicine in the Fourteenth Century By Marie A. Kelleher, California State Univ.–Long Beach This…
Poison and Medicine in the Western World before the Appearance of the Treatises about Poisons (End of the Thirteenth Century)
Poison and Medicine in the Western World before the Appearance of the Treatises about Poisons (End of the Thirteenth Century) Session:Defining Poison ca.…
Defining Poison ca. 1300–1600
This paper discussed the definition of poison and its growing medical interest throughout the 14th to 16th centuries.
Debating Lordly Landscapes: the Deer Park of Earlspark Loughrea, Co. Galway
This paper explored the Medieval Peer Park and its social meaning in medieval Ireland and England.
Future Research Directions for European Castle Studies
Future Research Directions for European Castle Studies Session: New Directions in Castle Research By Kieran D. O’Conor, National University of Ireland – Galway…
Art and Identity in an Amulet Roll from Fourteenth-Century Trebizond
Art and Identity in an Amulet Roll from Fourteenth-Century Trebizond By Glenn Peers Church History and Religious Culture, Vol.89:1-3 (2009) Abstract: This article…
The Black Death and Property Rights
The Black Death visited unprecedented mortality rates on Europe, realigning relative values of factors of production, and in consequence the costs and benefits of defining and enforcing property rights.
Seville : between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, 1248-1492 : pre-Columbus commercial routes from and to Seville
The following study attempts to show how the city of this river, Seville, became an important international port between the years 1248 and 1492, well before Spain’s Golden Age and the arrival of silver from the Americas.
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500]
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500] David,…
Serpent in the Thorns: A Medieval Noir
Serpent in the Thorns: A Medieval Noir By Jeri Westerson Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, September 29, 2009 ISBN: 9780312534981 A simple-minded tavern girl…
Consumption patterns and living conditions inside Het Steen, the late medieval prison of Malines (Mechelen, Belgium)
Consumption patterns and living conditions inside Het Steen, the late medieval prison of Malines (Mechelen, Belgium) By Liesbeth Troubleyn et al. Journal of…
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lee Release date: (March 19, 2010) Medieval knight Behmen undertakes a mission pitting him…
Romancing Islam: Reclaiming Christian Unity in the Middle English Romances of Otuel and Ferumbras
Romancing Islam: Reclaiming Christian Unity in the Middle English Romances of Otuel and Ferumbras By Andrew W. Klein Master’s Thesis, University of Saskatchewan,…
Techniques of seigneurial war in the fourteenth century
Techniques of seigneurial war in the fourteenth century By Justine Firnhaber-Baker Journal of Medieval History, Vol.36:1 (2010) Abstract: Despite the many studies devoted…