The First Venetian Love Letter? The Testament of Zorzi Cernovich
This paper explores the more personal side of the Cernovich drama, but it was a drama played our against their personal background of constant political haggling, private messages, deals and betrayals, within a larger context of more important rulers and a major war.
“On Account of Scandal …”: Priests, Their Children, and the Ecclesiastical Demand for Celibacy
By the late Middle Ages canon law demanded that the higher orders of clerics lead a celibate life. In reality, however, throughout the medieval period and into the early modern era a significant minority fell far from this ideal.
The Purification of Women after Childbirth: A Window onto Medieval Perceptions of Women
In the second quarter of the thirteenth century Bishop Roger Niger found it necessary to issue a statute in the archdeaconry of London regarding the rite known as the Purification of Women after Childbirth, more commonly spoken of today as churching.
Romans, Barbarians and Provincials: Social Boundaries and Class Conflict in Late Roman Gaul
Romans, Barbarians and Provincials: Social Boundaries and Class Conflict in Late Roman Gaul By Leslie Dodd ESharp, Issue 3 (2004) Introduction The Romans traditionally…
Clustering a medieval social network by SOM using a kernel based distance measure
Clustering a medieval social network by SOM using a kernel based distance measure By Nathalie Villa and Romain Boulet Proceedings of ESANN 2007 (Bruges,…
The Muhtasib as Guardian of Public Morality in the Medieval Islamic City
The Muhtasib as Guardian of Public Morality in the Medieval Islamic City By Abbas Hamdani Digest of Middle East Studies, Vol.17:1 (2008) Introduction: the ancient…
Domestic violence in late-medieval Bologna
The aim of this paper is to suggest that married life in Renaissance Italy was much more violent than the current historiography allows.
The Exogamous Marriages of Oswiu of Northumbria
The Exogamous Marriages of Oswiu of Northumbria Grimmer, Martin The Heroic Age, Issue 9 (Oct 2006) Abstract This paper explores the exogamous Celtic…
What’s in a name? Britons, Angles, ethnicity and material culture from the fourth to seventh centuries
The emergence of various ‘ethnically’ based polities in early medieval Britain has long been a source of debate and confusion. I explore how ethnic self-identity is constructed and how the identities of the former Roman citizens of Britain changed.
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.
The ‘Convivencia’ of Jews and Muslims in the High Middle Ages
The ‘Convivencia’ of Jews and Muslims in the High Middle Ages By Mark R. Cohen Paper given at Children of Abraham: Trialogue of Civilizations (2007)…
The Church Sex Scandal: Medieval Blueprint for Disaster
Christian doctrine has always been divided between intolerance for the hidden sin and apprehension over scandalizing the faithful through its publication.
Bawds, Pimps and Procurers: Images of the prostitute in medieval England
Bawds, Pimps and Procurers: Images of the prostitute in medieval England By Tom Clegg Medieval History Magazine, Issue 5 (2004) Introduction: The history…
Kin and the Courts: Testimony of Kinship in Lawsuits of Angevin England
Kin and the Courts: Testimony of Kinship in Lawsuits of Angevin England By Nathaniel L. Taylor Haskins Society Journal, Vol. 15 (2005) Synopsis: In…
Women and Wills in Catalonia: Sterility and Testacy in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Women and Wills in Catalonia: Sterility and Testacy in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries By Nathaniel L. Taylor Mediaeval Encounters, Vol. 12:1 (2006)…
Runaway Wives: Husband Desertion in Medieval England
Scholars of the medieval family would agree that the lot of the medieval wife was not an easy one.
Friendship through fourteenth-century fissures: Dai Liang, Wu Sidao and Ding Henian
Friendship through fourteenth-century fissures: Dai Liang, Wu Sidao and Ding Henian By Anne Gerritsen Nan Nu, Vol. 9:1 (2007) Abstract: This essay analyzes…
The Medieval Marriage Market
In the medieval world, as in most human societies, the terms of marriage normally included conveyances of property between the bride and groom, or their respective families.
An English chronicle entry on Robin Hood
An English chronicle entry on Robin Hood By Julian M. Luxford Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 35:1 (2009) Abstract: This short article introduces…
Before the Welfare State: the City and Welfare in the Veneto, 13th to 15th Centuries
From the 12th century on parts of northern and central Italy developed welfare systems that would characterize social life during the age of the Communes and throughout the following centuries.
Towards a Social History of Byzantium
Towards a Social History of Byzantium By John Haldon A Social History of Byzantium, edited by John Haldon (Wiley, 2009) Introduction: To a greater…
Medieval Welsh Noblewomen: The Case of Margaret of Bromfield
Medieval Welsh Noblewomen: The Case of Margaret of Bromfield By Gwenyth Richards Eras, Vol. 3 (2002) Abstract: This paper presents the case of Margaret of…
Medieval Conduct Literature: An Anthology of Vernacular Guides to Behaviour for Youths, with English Translations
Medieval Conduct Literature: An Anthology of Vernacular Guides to Behaviour for Youths, with English Translations Edited by Mark D. Johnston University of Toronto…