The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi’l-Ta’rikh
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi’l-Ta’rikh Translated by D.S. Richards Ashgate Publishing, 2006-8 The Chronicle of Ibn…
Sport and Social Hierarchy in Medieval England
This paper will analyze military sports, hunting sports, and ball play within one society, England, from 1100-1500.
The Medieval Tournament: A Functional Sport of the Upper Class
Sport has often both mirrored and conditioned many aspects of particular social classes; change in one has often effected change in the other. The tournament and the medieval upper class appear to have been related in this way.
Observations upon a Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Military System of the Late Anglo-Saxon State
Observations upon a Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Military System of the Late Anglo-Saxon State By M.K.…
The Windmill: A Medieval ‘Steam Engine’?
Examines the invention and development of the Windmill in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, including how these machines worked. Further discussion is given on the use of windmills in England during the early fourteenth century.
The Background to Mantzikert
The Background to Mantzikert By Cyril Toumanoff The Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Congress of Byzantine Studies (London, 1967)  Click here to read/download…
The military orders and the conversion of Muslims in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
Although the relevance to conversion of charters which allude to the propagationor expansion of Christianity may be questioned, a very few twelfth- and early thirteenth-century sources do explicitly seek to link military orders with the convertingof Muslims.
Eysteinn Haraldsson in the West, c.1151
Eysteinn Haraldsson in the West, c.1151: Oral Traditions and Written Record By A.B. Taylor The Fourth Viking Congress, ed. Alan Small (Edinburgh, 1961)…
The Revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn, 1294-5
In many quarters, no doubt, a smouldering resentment and a sense of shame helped to spread the leaven of unrest and dissatisfaction among the native population.