The Ladies of Ely
The ‘sisters’ of Ely were among the most venerated saints of Anglo-Saxon England, regularly rivalling even the Canterbury cults in the number and value of donations received from supplicants
Eirene Doukaina, Byzantine empress, A.D. 1067-1133
Eirene Doukaina, Byzantine empress, A.D. 1067-1133 By Elizabeth C. Lundy Master’s Thesis, University of Ottawa, 1988 Abstract: Eirene Doukaina was born in Constantinople…
Bloodletting in Monastic Customaries
Matthews’ paper dealt with the practice of bloodletting, which she sees as one of the maligned and misunderstood aspects of medieval medicine.
Communicating Crusade: Livonian Mission and the Cistercian Network in the Thirteenth Century
Communicating Crusade: Livonian Mission and the Cistercian Network in the Thirteenth Century By Marek Tamm Ajalooline Ajakiri, no. 3/4 (2009) Introduction: In this…
Continental Women Mystics and English Readers
In 1406 Sir Henry later Lord Fitzhugh, trusted servant of King Henry IV, visited Vadstena, the Bridgettine monastery for men and women in Sweden. Vadstena was the mother-house of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour and had been founded by the controversial continental mystic St Bridget of Sweden, who had died in 1373 and had been canonized in Fitzhugh was so impressed by what he saw that he gave one of his manors near Cambridge as the future site for an English Bridgettine foundation.
The Astronomer
The Astronomer by Lawrence Goldstone Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, April 27, 2010 ISBN:9780802719867 Lawrence Goldstone’s The Astronomer is set against the political and religious…
Death and remembrance: the Durham Liber Vitæ
Death and remembrance: the Durham Liber Vitæ By William Aird Cardiff Historical Papers, Vol.6 (2007) Introduction: In a late sixteenth-century description of the…
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict Rudge, Lindsay University of St Andrews, 21-Jun-2007 Abstract The history of western…
Rewriting history in the cult of St Cuthbert from the ninth to the twelfth centuries
Rewriting history in the cult of St Cuthbert from the ninth to the twelfth centuries Crumplin, Sally University of St Andrews, 2005 Abstract…
The monastic patronage of King Henry II in England, 1154-1189
The monastic patronage of King Henry II in England, 1154-1189 Martinson, Amanda M. University of St Andrews, 26-Jun-2008 Abstract The subject of this…
Cultural Identity of Bulgaria: Rila Monastery
1000 metre-high mountains stretch across southwestern Bulgaria. Deep in the woods of these mountains is the Rila Monastery. It looks like a fortress.…
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lee Release date: (March 19, 2010) Medieval knight Behmen undertakes a mission pitting him…
Brethren Behaving Badly: A Deviant Approach to Medieval Antifraternalism
Brethren Behaving Badly: A Deviant Approach to Medieval Antifraternalism By Guy Geltner Speculum, Vol.85:1 (2010) Introduction: Clizia, the titular protagonist of Machiavelli’s play,…
The historic repair and reuse of Byzantine wooden bookboards in the manuscript collection of the monastery of St Catherine, Sinai
The historic repair and reuse of Byzantine wooden bookboards in the manuscript collection of the monastery of St Catherine, Sinai By Andrew Honey…
Bernard of Clairvaux and the Knights Templar: The New Knighthood as a Solution to Violence in Christianity
Using writings from Bernard of Clairvaux and other religious and secular writers of the time, this thesis will examine how the crusades were originally meant to redeem Europe from its violent nature, not to extend that violence.
The Military Orders Established in Portugal in the Middle Ages: A Historiographical Overview
The Military Orders Established in Portugal in the Middle Ages: A Historiographical Overview By Paula Pinto Costa E-Journal of Portuguese History, Volume 2:1…
THE CHANGING POSITION OF THE SERVING BROTHERS AND THEIR CARITATIVE FUNCTIONS IN THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN JERUSALEM AND ACRE, ca 1070-1291
THE CHANGING POSITION OF THE SERVING BROTHERS AND THEIR CARITATIVE FUNCTIONS IN THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN JERUSALEM AND ACRE, ca 1070-1291…
The Templar Knight: Book Two Of The Crusades Trilogy
The Templar Knight: Book Two Of The Crusades Trilogy By Jan Guillou Publisher: Harper Collins, May 4, 2010 ISBN:9780061688577 The Knight Templar (Swedish:…
The Rebel Princess
The Rebel Princess By Judith Koll Healey Publisher: Harper Collins, June 22, 2009 ISBN: 9780061673566 Alaïs, the spirited and indomitable princess of France,…
The Road To Jerusalem: Book One Of The Crusades Trilogy
The Road To Jerusalem: Book One Of The Crusades Trilogy By Jan Guillou Publisher: Harper Collins, April 14, 2009 ISBN: 9780061688539 For power.…
To Know Evil
To Know Evil By Stephen Gaspar Publisher: Pemberley Press, October 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780977191390 The source of evil and the conflict between faith…
The Augustinian canons of Plympton Priory and their place in English church and society, 1121-c. 1400
The Augustinian canons of Plympton Priory and their place in English church and society, 1121-c. 1400 By Allison Dawn Fizzard PhD Dissertation, University…
Nuns, Images, and the Ideals of Women’s Monasticism: Two Paintings from the Cistercian Convent of Flines
This study explores the dynamics between visual images and expectations for feminine monasticism in northern Europe via two paintings from the Cistercian convent of Flines.
Nonantola and the archaeology of early mediaeval monasteries in north Italy
Nonantola and the archaeology of early mediaeval monasteries in north Italy By Sauro Gelichi Published Online (2008) Introduction: The archaeology of monasteries in Italy…
The Art of Reform in a Bavarian Nunnery Around 1000
The Art of Reform in a Bavarian Nunnery Around 1000 By Adam S. Cohen Speculum, Vol. 74, No. 4. (1999) Introduction: That an efflorescence…