Account of the Viking Siege of Paris offers new insights into the early Middle Ages
By Peter Konieczny and Sandra Sadowski The chance to work on an amazing and unique story was the reason behind Nirmal Dass producing…
Linguistic patterns in the place-names of Norway and the Northern Isles
Linguistic patterns in the place-names of Norway and the Northern Isles By Berit Sandnes Northern Lights, Northern Words. Selected Papers from the FRLSU…
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES Gliwa, Bernd Onomasiology Online 4 (2003) Abstract The following article discusses names for witches in Lithuanian and Latvian…
The Gypsies and Their Impact on Fifteenth-Century Western European Iconography
Since Gypsies had no chroniclers of their own, their history is difficult to reconstruct. The origin of the Gypsies was a complete mystery until late in the eighteenth century, when their derivation from India was proved by means of early linguistic com- parison.
How should we define vernacular literature?
How should we define vernacular literature? By Martin Hinterberger Paper given at the conference Unlocking the Potential of Texts: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Medieval Greek…
The Transition from Coptic to Arabic
The Transition from Coptic to Arabic By Samuel Rubenson Égypte/Monde arabe, Première série, No.27-28 (1996) Introduction: The process in which the last stage…
The Alfredian Project and its Aftermath: Rethinking the Literary History of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
The Alfredian Project and its Aftermath: Rethinking the Literary History of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries By Malcolm Godden Proceedings of the British…
FROM ADDRESS TO DEBATE: GENERIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY
FROM ADDRESS TO DEBATE: GENERIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY Brent, J. Justin Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance…
The Gaelic World and the Early Stewart Court
The Gaelic World and the Early Stewart Court Boardman, Stephen Mìorun Mòr nan Gall, ‘The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander’? Lowland Perceptions of…
Attitudes of Gall to Gaedhel in Scotland before John of Fordun
Attitudes of Gall to Gaedhel in Scotland before John of Fordun Broun, Dauvit Mìorun Mòr nan Gall, ‘The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander’?…
Gaelic Barbarity and Scottish Identity in the Later Middle Ages
Gaelic Barbarity and Scottish Identity in the Later Middle Ages MacGregor, Martin Mìorun Mòr nan Gall, ‘The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander’? Lowland…
Anglo-Latin Bilingualism before 1066: Prospects and Limitations
Anglo-Latin Bilingualism before 1066: Prospects and Limitations By Olga Timofeeva Interfaces between Language and Culture in Medieval England: A Festschrift for Matti Kilpiö, edited…
Diglossia in Anglo-Saxon England, or what was spoken Old English like?
This paper argues that the texts surviving from the Old English period do not reflect the spoken language of the bulk of the population under Anglo-Saxon elite domination.
Google Translate goes Latin
In news that will be welcomed by many medieval and ancient history scholars, Google Translate has added Latin to its list of languages…
Ockham and Ambiguity
Ockham and Ambiguity Sinkler, Georgette Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 4 (1994) Abstract In the Sophistichi eknchi, Aristotle identifies thirteen types of fallacies…
The Competition of Authoritative Languages and Aquinas’s Theological Rhetoric
The Competition of Authoritative Languages and Aquinas’s Theological Rhetoric Jordan, Mark D. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 4 (1994) Abstract One cliche in…
Runes (The Viking World)
Runes By Henrik Williams The Viking World, edited by Stefan Brink in collaboration with Neil Price (Routledge, 2008) Introduction: The correct reading of…
Cases and Clauses: The Language of Exclusion in Byzantium
Cases and Clauses: The Language of Exclusion in Byzantium By Rosemary Morris Toleration and Repression in the Middle Ages (2002) Introduction: The cultural…
Multi-verbal expressions of ‘giving’ in Old English and Old Irish
Multi-verbal expressions of ‘giving’ in Old English and Old Irish By Patricia Ronan and Gerold Schneider Paper given at Corpus Linguistics Conference, Liverpool,…
Preachers’ Choice, or the Historical and Stylistic Development of the Uses of the Relatives in Medieval English Homilies
Preachers’ Choice, or the Historical and Stylistic Development of the Uses of the Relatives in Medieval English Homilies By Akiko Ono PhD Dissertation,…
Trusting the text as far as we can throw the scribe: further notes on reading a bilingual jaridat al-hudud from the royal diwan of Norman Sicily
Trusting the text as far as we can throw the scribe: further notes on reading a bilingual jaridat al-hudud from the royal diwan…
The Anglo-Norman Language and its Contexts
The Anglo-Norman Language and its Contexts Edited by Richard Ingham Boydell, 2010 ISBN: 9781903153307 The question of the development of Anglo-Norman (the variety…
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference
Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Gävle:…
The Wycliffite Bible and ‘Central Midland Standard’: Assessing the Manuscript Evidence
The Wycliffite Bible and ‘Central Midland Standard’: Assessing the Manuscript Evidence By Matti Peikola Nordic Journal of English Studies, Vol 2, No 1…
Mental Images, Memory Storage, and Composition in the High Middle Ages
Mental Images, Memory Storage, and Composition in the High Middle Ages By Mary J. Carruthers Das Mittelalter Vol.13 (2008) Introduction: This essay could…