The autobiography of Abelard and medieval individualism
The autobiography of Abelard and medieval individualism By Sverre Bagge Journal of Medieval History, Vol.19:4 (1993) Abstract: This article discusses Abelard’s Historia Calamitatum in connection…
The Creighton Century: British Historians and Europe, 1907-2007
The Creighton Century: British Historians and Europe, 1907-2007, a lecture by Robert Evans. This lecture was given in November 2007 at the Institute…
Historical Legends of the Volga-Ural Muslims concerning Alexander the Great, the City of Yelabuga, and Bāchmān Khān
Historical Legends of the Volga-Ural Muslims concerning Alexander the Great, the City of Yelabuga, and Bāchmān Khān By Allen J. Frank Remmm: Revue des…
Crime, Justice and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Times : Thirty Years of Crime and Criminal Justice History
This article, prepared as a tribute to H.A. Diederiks, sketches a panorama of the research and writing of the history of crime in Europe since the 1960s. I
The Shifting Present and Written Images of the Mongols
The Shifting Present and Written Images of the Mongols By Donald Ostrowski Paper given at Uses of the Past Slavic Symposium, University of…
The Christian Companion: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch
“The Christian Companion”: A rhetorical trope in the narration of intra-Muslim conflict during the Almohad epoch By Linda G. Jones Anuario de Estudios Medievales,…
The Scourge of God: The (in)Visibility of Mongols in Russian History and Memory
Why is it that Russians continue to carry an eight-hundred year old grudge, rather than accept that the Mongol conquest directly contributed to the rise of the powerful Russian Empire?
Young Women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Young Women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography By P.J.P. Goldberg Paper given at the International Medieval Congress (2005) Introduction: I need hardly…
Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1260-1268): A Source of Early Croatian History
Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1260-1268): A Source of Early Croatian History By Mirjana Matjevic Sokol Review of Croatian History Vol.3:1 (2007) Introduction: Thomas, the archdeacon…
“Sweet Civility and Barbarous Rudeness”: a View from the Frontier. Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx and the Scots
Sweet Civility and Barbarous Rudeness: a View from the Frontier. Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx and the Scots By William M. Aird Imaging frontiers, contesting…
The Seljuks of Rum in Turkish Republican Nationalist Historiography
The Seljuks of Rum in Turkish Republican Nationalist Historiography By Dogan Gurpinar MA Thesis, Sabanci University, 2004 Abstract: This study investigates how Seljuks of Rum…
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla
Encountering ”Otherness” in the Heimskringla By Sirpa Aalto Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: The Kings’ Sagas (konungasögur) are a genre of Icelandic sagas,…
Young Church in God´s New Vineyard The Motifs of Growth and Fertility in Henry´s Chronicle of Livonia
Young Church in God´s New Vineyard The Motifs of Growth and Fertility in Henry´s Chronicle of Livonia By Linda Kaljundi Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4…
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis By Amanda Jane Hingst University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Castleford’s Lost Chronicle: The Historic Imagination in Yorkshire
The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an intersting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
The Chronicles of Spain: A Discussion of Some Trends in Spanish History Found in the Chronicles of Hydatius of Lemica, John of Biclaro, Isidore of Seville, and the Chronicle of Zaragoza
The Chronicles of Spain: A Discussion of Some Trends in Spanish History Found in the Chronicles of Hydatius of Lemica, John of Biclaro,…
Kritobulos of Imbros: Learned Historian, Ottoman Raya and Byzantine Patriot
Kritobulos of Imbros: Learned Historian, Ottoman Raya and Byzantine Patriot By Diether R. Reinsch Recueil des travaux de l’Institut d’etudes byzantines, Vol.40 (2003)…
The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History
The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History Edited by Pierre Bouet, Brian Levy and François Neveux Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004 ISBN: 2841332136…
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vitae of Edward the Confessor in Dialogue
One of the mysteries of The Bayeux Tapestry is its bias: was this depiction of the events of 1066 meant to be from the point of view of the conqueror or the conquered?
Contemporary Views of Edward III’s failure at the Siege of Tournai
All military historical logic indicates that Edward III should not have been defeated at the siege of Tournai in 1340. He had superior numbers, many local allies, good supplies, a relief army unwilling to come to battle with him, and a town on the verge of hopeless starvation.
God, leadership, Flemings and Archery: Contemporary Perspectives of Victory and Defeat at the Battle of Sluys 1340
However, one thing cannot be agreed on. What was the cause of the victory and defeat at the battle of Sluys?
C. Scott Littleton and Linda A. Malcor’s From Scythia to Camelot
C. Scott Littleton and Linda A. Malcor’s From Scythia to Camelot Mair, Victor H. The Heroic Age, Issue 2, Autumn/Winter 1999 Abstract Given…
Beyond convivencia: critical reflections on the historiography of interfaith relations in Christian Spain
While Americo Castro’s ‘convivencia’ remains an influential concept in medieval Iberian studies, its sway over the field has been lessening in recent years. Despite scholars’ best efforts to rethink and redefine the concept, it has resisted all attempts to transform it into a workable analytical tool.
Beyond ‘History and Memory’. Traces of Jewish Historiography in the Middle Ages
Beyond ‘History and Memory’. Traces of Jewish Historiography in the Middle Ages By Johannes Heil Medieval Jewish Studies, Vol. 1 (2007/8) Abstract: “Beyond…
Constantine VIII and Michael Psellos: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Decline of Byzantium, AD 1025-28
Constantine VIII and Michael Psellos: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Decline of Byzantium, AD 1025-28 By Gary J. Johnson Byzantine Studies / Etudes Byzanines,…