Recent Research on Canons Regular in the German Empire of the 11th and 12th Centuries
For decades the reform movement of the canons of the 11th and 12th centuries remained to a great degree unnoticed by historians. The Premonstratensians, who in this report are treated only in passing, have to be regarded as a certain exception.
The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War
The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War Fa, ÁRPÁD (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary) AARMS Vol. 9, No.…
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Annette Bauer – recorders, voice, percussion, citole, bells Phoebe Jevtovic – voice,…
Maximilian and Astrology
Maximilian and Astrology By Darin Hayton Published Online – Draft chapter for the forthcoming book Nature, Knowledge, and Politics in the Holy Roman Empire…
“With them she had her playful game”: The Performance of Gender and Genre in Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Fraunendienst
“With them she had her playful game”: The Performance of Gender and Genre in Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Fraunendienst By Lisa Perfetti Chapter 4…
The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship
The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship By Andrew…
Drunken Brawls in Brothels: Cheap wine, court records, and other disreputable aspects of the economic history of Constance and its region
In 1456, the records of the City Council of Constance memorialized a fight in a brothel. A certain Burk Brüd had drawn a knife (in itself a punishable offense within city limits) and wounded one Heinrich Appenzeller, for which he was fined four silver marks and sentenced to two months in jail.
Empress Agnes of Poitou (1043-1077). Reflections on the Legal Basis of Her Regency
Empress Agnes of Poitou (1043-1077). Reflections on the Legal Basis of Her Regency By Eva-Maria Butz Less Favored – More Favored: Proceedings from…
Cooperation, Compromise and Conflict Avoidance: Family Relationships in the House of Andechs, ca. 1100-1204
Cooperation, Compromise and Conflict Avoidance: Family Relationships in the House of Andechs, ca. 1100-1204 By Jonathan Reed Lyon PhD Dissertation, University of Notre…
Geometers at Brou: Architecture and ornament in Spain, Brabant and Western Europe around 1500
Geometers at Brou: Architecture and ornament in Spain, Brabant and Western Europe around 1500 Kavaler, Ethan Matt (University of Toronto) Brou, a European Monument…
Needlework by Nuns: A Medieval Religious Embroidery
Although there were certainly nuns who had a true vocation for the religious life, the convent was a refuge for many girls of the higher classes for whom a suitable husband could not be found.
Emperor Charles IV (1346–1378) as the Architect of Local Religion in Prague
This essay takes a different path through the religious culture of fourteenth-century Bohemia and of Prague, in particular.
Carolingian Buildings at Aachen: Their Dating and Meaning
Throughout the twentieth-century, a thorough critical analysis of Aachen’s fundamental Carolingian buildings that would take account of a wide range of pertinent viewpoints has remained a siren-like challenge for architectural historians and archaeologists of Medieval Europe’s beginnings.
THE PROCESS OF TRANCE, HEAVENLY AND DIABOLIC APPARITIONS IN JOHANNES NIDER’S FORMICARIUS
THE PROCESS OF TRANCE, HEAVENLY AND DIABOLIC APPARITIONS IN JOHANNES NIDER’S FORMICARIUS Klaniczay, Gábor Procession, Performance, Liturgy, and Ritual, ed. Nancy van Deusen, Ottawa:…
Urban networks and emerging states in the North Sea and Baltic Areas: a maritime culture?
If we pretend to have reached a higher level of sophistication in our thinking, by what methods can we avoid causalities as those which nowadays would generally be refuted äs simplistic?
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AUTHORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MANESSE CODEX
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AUTHORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MANESSE CODEX DECHANT, DENNIS LYLE MA Thesis, University of Oregon, June (2010) Abstract Author portraits appear frequently in the…
The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade
Just over nine hundred years ago, Pope Urban II closed a provincial church council at Clermont Ferrand with a rousing call to arms that launched the First Crusade.
The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches…The people have left, their buildings remain
The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches…The people have left, their buildings remain Szaktilla, Sebastian Paper give at the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium:…
New Information about Cogs and Medieval Naval Logistics from an Eyewitness Crusade Chronicle, De intinere navali
New Information about Cogs and Medieval Naval Logistics from an Eyewitness Crusade Chronicle, De intinere navali By Dana Cushing Avista Forum Journal, Vol.20…
Colonizing the Landscape: A Case Study of Medieval Livonia
Colonizing the Landscape: A Case Study of Medieval Livonia By Jüri Kivimäe Paper given at Landscapes and Societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe…
A Knightly Sword with Presentation Inscriptions
A Knightly Sword with Presentation Inscriptions NICKEL, HELMUT (Curator of Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 2 (1969)…
Patterns of Hospitality: Aspects of Institutionalisation in 15th and 16th Centuries Nuremberg Healthcare
Patterns of Hospitality: Aspects of Institutionalisation in 15th and 16th Centuries Nuremberg Healthcare By Fritz Dross Hygiea Internationalis, Vol.9:1 (2010) Introduction: Beginning in…
What was the Best for an Infant from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times in Europe? The Discussion Concerning Wet Nurses
What was the Best for an Infant from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times in Europe? The Discussion Concerning Wet Nurses By…
Envisioning Salvation: An Ecumenical Ekphrasis in Wirnt von Gravenberg’s Wigalois
Envisioning Salvation: An Ecumenical Ekphrasis in Wirnt von Gravenberg’s Wigalois Brown, James H. Arthuriana 20.3 (2010) Abstract In his only known romance, Wigalois, Wirnt…
Chartrian Influence and German Reception: Dating the Works of Chrétien de Troyes
Chartrian Influence and German Reception: Dating the Works of Chrétien de Troyes Carey, Stephen M. Arthuriana 20.3 (2010) Abstract By examining the triangular relationship…