The Earthquakes of the XIV and XV Centuries in Catalonia
The Earthquakes of the XIV and XV Centuries in Catalonia By Carme Olivera, Esther Redondo, Jerome Lambert, Antoni Riera, and Antoni Roca First…
The People of the Orient as Seen by the Chroniclers of King Manuel I
The People of the Orient as Seen by the Chroniclers of King Manuel I By Anabela Miranda Soares Sights and insights: interactive images of…
Ptolemy’s East Africa in Early Medieval Arab Geography
Ptolemy’s East Africa in Early Medieval Arab Geography By M.A. Tolmacheva Journal for the History of Arabic Science, Vol.9 (1991) Introduction: The well recognized debt…
Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland
Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland By Oliver Creighton Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 73 (1999) Abstract:…
Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages
Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages By Oliver H. Creighton Boydell, 2009 ISBN: 9781843834465 The phrase `designed landscape’ is…
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland By Birgitta Wallace Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 19:1 (2003) Introduction: One thousand years…
Headless Men and Hungry Monsters: the Anglo-Saxons and their “Others”
Anglo-Saxons focused on a host of monsters believed to inhabit distant Africa and Asia: The dog-headed, fire-breathing cynocephali, one-footed sciopods, wonderful headless, mindless, possibly soulless blemmyes, and many others.
The development of an Early Historic tree-ring chronology for Scotland
The development of an Early Historic tree-ring chronology for Scotland Crone, Anne Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128 (1998), 485-493…
Tornadoes within the Czech Republic: from early medieval chronicles to the ‘‘internet society’’
The oldest records of tornado occurrence in the region can be found in chronicles from the first half of the 12th century – the two most interesting of these are presented here in translation from the original Latin texts.
Iceland in the Saga Period: Some Geographical Aspects
Iceland in the Saga Period: Some Geographical Aspects By Sigurdur Thorarinsson Thridji Vikingafundur [Third Viking Congress], edited by Kristján Eldjárn Ritsjóri (Reykjavik, 1958) Synopsis: Examines…
Afanasii Nikitin: An Orthodox Russian’s Spiritual Voyage in the Dar al-Islam, 1468–1475
Nikitin departed from Tver’, Russia, in 1468 in hopes of trading furs in the north Caspian region. He traveled as part of a group of private Tver’ merchants who regularly ventured along established trade routes.
Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic
Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic By Vicki Ellen Szabo Published by Brill (Series: The Northern World),…
What does landscape history contribute to our understanding of economic history?
What does landscape history contribute to our understanding of economic history? By Christopher Dyer XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: This paper focuses on…
The Use of History in Late Medieval Guidebooks to Rome
The Use of History in Late Medieval Guidebooks to Rome By Timo Saastamoinen XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: As people consider…
The Garden of St. Francis: Plants, Landscape, and Economy in Thirteenth-Century Italy
Popularly associated with the environmental movement, St. Francis (ca. 1182–1226) has long been figured as having an intense devotion to nature
Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe
This paper explores the possibility that the witchcraft trials are a large-scale example of violence and scapegoating prompted by a deterioration in economic conditions.
Marco Polo: Silk Road to China
Marco Polo: Silk Road to China Lecture by Larry Bergreen Given on October 24, 2007 at the Cambridge Forum Length: 1 hour Larry Bergreen traces…
Souvenir-Taking And Souvenir-Leaving: Pilgrim’s Remembrances in Late-Medieval And Early Modern Travel To The Holy Land
Souvenir-Taking And Souvenir-Leaving: Pilgrim’s Remembrances in Late-Medieval And Early Modern Travel To The Holy Land By Paris O’Donnell Trinity College Dublin Journal of Postgraduate…
Modern Medieval Map Myths: The Flat World, Ancient Sea-Kings, and Dragons
Modern Medieval Map Myths: The Flat World, Ancient Sea-Kings, and Dragons By Michael Livingston Published online at Strange Horizons Synopsis: Examines modern myths…
Western Africa To circa 1860 A.D.: A Provisional Historical Schema Based On Climate Period
Western Africa To circa 1860 A.D.: A Provisional Historical Schema Based On Climate Period By George E. Brooks African Studies Program, Indiana University:…
