From Saxo Grammaticus to Peter Friedrich Suhm: Danish views on medieval Estonian history
From Saxo Grammaticus to Peter Friedrich Suhm: Danish views on medieval Estonian history By Tyge Andersen and Priit Raudkivi Acta Historica Tallinnensia, Vol.11…
The Arabs and the Perception of Ancient Europe
The Arabs and the Perception of Ancient Europe By Daniela Amaldi Nations and Nationalities in Historical Perspective, edited by Gudmunður Hálfdanarson and Ann Katherine Isaacs (University of Pisa,…
“A Thousand Years of Deceit”: The New Debate Surrounding the Authenticity of Asser’s Life of King Alfred
A great deal of modern scholarship pertaining to the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899) rests upon the Life of King Alfred, a biography purported to have been written by Asser, a Welshman from St. David’s, in or shortly after AD 893.
World History Sacred and Profane: The Case of Medieval Christian and Islamic World Chronicles
World History Sacred and Profane: The Case of Medieval Christian and Islamic World Chronicles By Ernst Breisach Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 20:3…
Bastards or Kings or Both? Louis III and Carloman in Late-Medieval French Historiography
Bastards or Kings or Both? Louis III and Carloman in Late-Medieval French Historiography Zale, Sanford Comitatus Vol.29 (1998) Introduction Consider the anxiety that…
The Power, the Body, the Holy: A Journey Through Late Antiquity with Peter Brown
In many respects an enigmatic historian, Peter Brown and his work defy traditional classification. Indeed, few have endeavored to place him in a particular “school” of thought or interpretation, and those who have tried, have met with limited success
Charles Homer Haskins and Medieval Science
Charles Homer Haskins and Medieval Science By Edward Grant Lecture delivered in 1984 at a session entitled “Medieval History in America: Charles Homer…
The Battle of the Books: An Attack on Nationalism
The Battle of the Books: An Attack on Nationalism Roche, Francine Medieval Forum Vol. 6 (2007) Near the end of his reign, Henry…
Ethnicity and the Writing of Medieval Scottish History
Ethnicity and the Writing of Medieval Scottish History By Matthew H. Hammond The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 85:1 (2006) Abstract: Historians have long tended…
Representations of Anglo-Saxon England in Children’s Literature
The way in which children’s authors have translated medieval history into their own “historicity” has changed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as popular and scholarly attitudes toward the Middle Ages have changed. Looking at these changes, my purpose in this thesis will be to answer two questions: why would children’s authors draw upon Anglo-Saxon England for their subject matter? And, what relevance does children’s literature have for an audience of medievalists?
Interview with János Bak, Central European Medieval Texts Series
János Bak is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University (CEU), in Budapest. He is also one of the…
Sources on the First Crusade: Insights from Three Editors
In the last few months we have seen three important accounts of the First Crusade. Each text offers new perspectives on the pilgrimage/campaign/movement…
Church and nation: The discourse on authority in Ericus Olai’s Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1471)
The Chronica regni Gothorum or Chronicle of the realm of the Goths is the first Swedish national history in Latin prose. It was completed after 1471 by a member of the Uppsala cathedral chapter, Ericus Olai, who, arguably, intended his work primarily for the readership of his own arch see. Ericus professed to compile a history of the Swedish realm from the birth of Christ until his own time and according to the succession of kings and bishops governing from Uppsala.