Kentigern and Gonothigernus A Scottish saint and a Gaulish bishop identified
Kentigern and Gonothigernus A Scottish saint and a Gaulish bishop identified Gough-Cooper, Henry The Heroic Age Issue 6 Spring 2003 Abstract Onomastic, documentary…
Adomnán, Iona, and the Life of St. Columba: Their Place Among Continental Saints
Adomnán, Iona, and the Life of St. Columba: Their Place Among Continental Saints Wetherill, Jeffrey The Heroic Age Issue 6 Spring 2003 Abstract…
The chalice and the cup : the changing role of wine in the High Middle Ages
In an interdisciplinary approach, this study integrates the historiographies of viticulture as well as of the Christian liturgy to answer the question: why did wine disappear from the Eucharist in the high Middle Ages?
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England
The Church in Anglo-Saxon England By John Godfrey Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521109048 It is likely that the gospel was brought to…
The Rhetoric of Antiquity: Politico-Religious Propaganda in the Nestorian Stele of Chang’an
The Rhetoric of Antiquity: Politico-Religious Propaganda in the Nestorian Stele of Chang’an By Max Deeg The Journal of Late Antique Religion and Culture,…
Medieval vernicle finger rings in Finland
Medieval vernicle finger rings in Finland By Visa Immonen Fornvannen: Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, Vol. 99 (2004) Abstract: Five Finnish Medieval finger rings…
Nunneries as an Alternative to Marriage
Nunneries as an Alternative to Marriage Oudenaarden , Cornelis The Endnote, vol. 2 (2005) Abstract During the middle Ages women were required to…
Beyond convivencia: critical reflections on the historiography of interfaith relations in Christian Spain
While Americo Castro’s ‘convivencia’ remains an influential concept in medieval Iberian studies, its sway over the field has been lessening in recent years. Despite scholars’ best efforts to rethink and redefine the concept, it has resisted all attempts to transform it into a workable analytical tool.
The Lollards and social and religious reform
The Lollards and social and religious reform By Doris Haddock Access: History Vol. 1:2 (1998) Introduction: Lollardy, the indigenous Proto-Protestant movement that evolved…
From demon to deity: Kang Wang in Thirteenth-Century Jizhou and beyond
From demon to deity: Kang Wang in Thirteenth-Century Jizhou and beyond By Anne Gerritsen T’oung Pao, Vol. 90:1-3 (2004) Abstract: This essay discusses…
The Use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis
The Use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis By J. Huls Acta Theologica Supplementum, Vol. 8 (2006) Abstract: This…
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity By Johannes Reimer Acta Theologica Supplementumm, Vol. 11 (2008) Abstract: This article focuses on…
Monotheism between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity
Monotheism between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity By Stephen Mitchell and Peter Van Nuffelen Peeters, 2009 ISBN: 978-90-429-2242-6 The fourth century was…
William of Saint-Amour, De periculis novissimorum temporum
De periculis novissimorum temporum, by William of Saint-Amour Edited and translated by Guy Geltner Peeters Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 978-90-429-2010-1 Vowing to lead a…
Seeing the World with the Eyes of God: The Vision Implied by the Medieval Icon
Seeing the World with the Eyes of God: The Vision Implied by the Medieval Icon By Clemena Antonova Hortulus: The Online Community for Graduate…
Violent Imagery in Late Medieval Piety
Anyone who has done even the most cursory sight-seeing in European churches has encountered the apparent expressionism and morbidity of late medieval piety.
A Living Light
A Living Light By E. L. Risden Wipf and Stock, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60608-091-7 A Living Light explores some of the major events in the life…
Anchoress and Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony
Anchoress and Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony: The Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen and Hathumoda of Gandersheim By Frederick Paxton Catholic University of America Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8132-1569-3 Around…
The Use of Imagination, Emotion, and the Will in a Medieval Classic: The Meditaciones Vite Christi
The Use of Imagination, Emotion, and the Will in a Medieval Classic: The Meditaciones Vite Christi By Lawrence F. Hundersmarck Logos: A Journal of…
“The Arabs” in the ecclesiastical historians of the 4th/5th centuries : effects on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations
“The Arabs” in the ecclesiastical historians of the 4th/5th centuries : effects on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations By David D. Grafton HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies,…
In the Shadow of Man: Questioning the Absence of Muslim and Christian Women’s voices in Medieval Polemic Writings
In the Shadow of Man: Questioning the Absence of Muslim and Christian Women’s voices in Medieval Polemic Writings By Kim Wortmann Macalester Islam Journal:…
Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures
Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures By Miri Rubin Central European University Press, 2009 This penetrating explanation of medieval…
The Role of Arianism in the Vandal Kingdom
My study will focus on one point: what was the role of religion in the development of the above mentioned beliefs and in the preservation of the true identity of the Vandals?
Authorship and the Computer: An Anonymous Piece of Late Medieval Devotional Literature
Authorship and the Computer: An Anonymous Piece of Late Medieval Devotional Literature By Veronica Lawrence Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung(HSR), Vol. 14:4 (1989) Introduction: The…
Afanasii Nikitin: An Orthodox Russian’s Spiritual Voyage in the Dar al-Islam, 1468–1475
Nikitin departed from Tver’, Russia, in 1468 in hopes of trading furs in the north Caspian region. He traveled as part of a group of private Tver’ merchants who regularly ventured along established trade routes.