Earliest medieval map of Britain put online
A fifteen-month research project of the earliest surviving geographically recognizable map of Great Britain, known as the Gough Map, provides some revealing insights…
The Kingdom of Castile (1157–1212): Towards a Geography of the Southern Frontier
Here we shall try to understand the geography of the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Castile between 1157 and 1212, specifically that territory bordered by the Almohad Empire.
Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I
Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I Quigley, Maureen (Saint Louis University) Peregrinations, Vol.2:3 (2009) Abstract It is not…
Representations of Jerusalem in Christian-European Maps from the 6th to the 16th Centuries: A Comparative Tool for Reading the Message of a Map in its Cultural Context
Representations of Jerusalem in Christian-European Maps from the 6th to the 16th Centuries:A Comparative Tool for Reading the Message of a Map in its Cultural Context…
Forms of rural settlements in Poland and their transformation in the course of history
Forms of rural settlements in Poland and their transformation in the course of history By Marek Koter and Mariusz Kulesza Dela, Vol.25 (2006)…
Analysing the Vinland Map: A Critical Review of a Critical Review
Analysing the Vinland Map: A Critical Review of a Critical Review By Kenneth M. Towe, R.J.H Clark and K.A. Seaver Archaeometry, Vol.50:5 (2008)…
Streets in Medieval Wrocław
Streets in Medieval Wrocław/Ulice średniowiecznego Wrocławia Piekalski, Jerzy (Zakład Archeologii Średniowiecza – Universitetu Wrocławkiego) Instytut Archeologii Universitetu Wrocławkiego (2010) Abstract During the Middle…
Man and nature in the Middle Ages
Man and nature in the Middle Ages By Christian Rohr Lecture given at Novosibirsk State University (2002) Introduction: If we try to define…
John Cabot and Christopher Columbus Revisited
John Cabot and Christopher Columbus Revisited By Francesc Albardaner i Llorens The Northern Mariner, Vol.10, No. 2 (2000) Introduction: The Iberian peninsula is…
Looking Beyond: Globalization in the Catalan Atlas of the Fourteenth Century
The Catalan Atlas is a large scale map, dated 1375, that is made up of six leaves of vellum originally folded in half but later cut and mounted on wooden boards measuring approximately 65 by 50 centimeters each
Medieval ‘Cultural Landscapes’: Construction, Perception, and Evaluation – in the Middle Ages and Today
Medieval ‘Cultural Landscapes’: Construction, Perception, and Evaluation – in the Middle Ages and Today By Gerhard Jaritz Paper given at the Yeongwol Yonsei…
Rituals on the Road: Two highways at Rome and Ravenna AD 400- 750
This study will analyse rituals on the Via Tiburtina, and their impact on the bid for power in late antique Rome.
Taking measures across the medieval landscape: aspects of urban design before the Renaissance
Taking measures across the medieval landscape: aspects of urban design before the Renaissance By Keith D. Lilley Urban Morphology, Vol.2:2 (1998) Abstract: This…
Early Medieval Dwellings and Settlements in Ireland, AD 400-1100
Early Medieval Dwellings and Settlements in Ireland, AD 400-1100 By Aidan O’Sullivan, Finbar McCormick, Lorcan Harney, Jonathan Kinsella and Thomas Kerr Early Medieval…
The Language of Maps
The Language of Maps: Communicating through cartography during the middle ages and renaissance: A colloquium and exhibition at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Thursday June…
New Mappa Mundi Exhibition at Hereford Cathedral
After three years of planning a new Mappa Mundi exhibition will open at Hereford Cathedral on Monday 4 April. Working in co-operation with…
Kingship In Early Ireland
Kingship In Early Ireland Doherty, Charles The Kingship and Landscape of Tara, ed. Edel Bhreathnach, Four Courts Press, Dublin, (2005) Abstract The earliest reference to…
The Western Sea: Atlantic History before Columbus
The New World was a sudden and startling discovery for Christopher Columbus and his immediate successors, but its portal was not unfamiliar to the mariners of late medieval Europe.
A Thirteenth-Century Meditational Tool: Matthew Paris’s Itinerary Maps
A Thirteenth-Century Meditational Tool: Matthew Paris’s Itinerary Maps By Dana Vasiliu British and American Studies, Vol.15 (2009) Abstract: This paper looks into the…
Disturbing the Morning Calm: Korean contacts with Europe prior to 1600 CE
Disturbing the Morning Calm: Korean contacts with Europe prior to 1600 CE By Ásfríðr Ulfvíðardóttir and Rebecca Lucas Published Online (2009) Introduction: By…
Bibliography Japan and the Japanese in printed works in Europe in the sixteenth century
Bibliography Japan and the Japanese in printed works in Europe in the sixteenth century By João Paulo Oliveira e Costa Bulletin of Portuguese-Japanese…
Landscape organisation, identity and change; territoriality and hagiography in medieval west Cornwall
Landscape organisation, identity and change; territoriality and hagiography in medieval west Cornwall By David Harvey Landscape Research, Vol.25:2 (2000) Abstract: From a starting…
Old-Slavonic Sanctuaries in Czechia and Slovakia
Old-Slavonic Sanctuaries in Czechia and Slovakia Turčan, Vladimír Studia Mythologica Slavica 4 (2001) Abstract Presented are: the catalogue of ancient sanctuaries of the Czechian…
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem Kenaan-Kedar, Nurith (Tel Aviv University) Assaph Studies in Art History, 3 (1998) Abstract The art and architecture of…
The Tercentenary of the Four Masters of Ireland
The Tercentenary of the Four Masters of Ireland KENNEY, JAMES F. Canadian Catholic Historical Association Report, Vol.12 (1944-45) Abstract Ireland is the end…