Baghdad, Commerce and the Round City
An 11 minute video on medieval Baghdad. Today, Baghdad is a battered city. But we need to remember that before the ruins, from the…
Prices in the Medieval Near East and Europe
This phase of growth came to a stop with the Black Death beginning in 1347. Population declined, as well as agricultural and industrial production. The Near East suffered from impoverishment during the second half of the fifteenth century, according to Ashtor. Grain prices fell because of declining demand. Compared to the previous century, standards of living were reduced for the great majority.
Town Chronicles in the Holy Roman Empire: Legitimacy and Historical Construction
Examines the historiography of the town chronicles in Germany from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, to examine their relationship with the Holy Roman Empire.
The Identification of Persons in the Middle Ages: Results From the First “Freiburger Bürgerbuch” (1341-1416)
This source contains 2200 inscriptions with 7000 names. Each inscription includes the name of the “Bürger” his occupation, social position, place of origin and kinship relations.
Dogs, cats and horses in the Scottish medieval town
This paper is concerned with three domesticated species — the dog, cat and horse — and reviews the nature of their relationships with town dwellers.
Pisa in the Middle Ages: The Dream and the Reality of Empire
Pisa in the Middle Ages: The Dream and the Reality of Empire By Enrica Salvatori Empires and States in European Perspective, edited by Steven Ellis (University of…
The Rise and Decline of Italian city-states
Communes, as they became known by the thirteenth century, developed into municipal bodies engaged in local government, which depended on external seigneurial or monarchial authority for fiscal, military and trade relations and matters of high justice…
Popes and Pornocrats: Rome in the Early Middle Ages
Popes and Pornocrats: Rome in the Early Middle Ages By Lindsay Brook Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Vol. 1:1…
Animals in an Urban Context. A Zooarchaeological study of the Medieval and Post-Medieval town of Turku
This study aims to reveal what the role and importance of the different animal species in Turku was. This question is studied through the osteological data and documentary evidence, from the medieval to the post‐medieval period and from an urban‐rural perspective.