The composition and manufacture of early medieval coloured window glass from Sion (Valais, Switzerland) : A Roman glass-making tradition or innovative craftsmanship?
The composition and manufacture of early medieval coloured window glass from Sion (Valais, Switzerland) : A Roman glass-making tradition or innovative craftsmanship? By…
Roma as Character: The Role of Rome in Historia Regum Britanniae
Roma as Character: The Role of Rome in Historia Regum Britanniae By Stephen Brown Labyrinth: An online journal published by the Classical Studies…
Marriage in Early Ireland
The principal sources for the history of marriage in early Ireland are the law tracts in Irish and Latin, all the most important of which were probably written up within half a century of AD 700.
Land and power in Early Medieval Wales
Land and power in Early Medieval Wales Davies, Wendy Past and Present, Vol.78 (1981) Abstract Such was the impact of the conquest of Wales that…
Pharmacy in medieval Islam and the history of drug addiction
Drug addiction, especially through the use of poppy (Papaver somniferum Linn.) and hemp (Cannabis sativa Linn.), is the main concern of this paper. Although the use of these two plants in medieval Islam was extensive, yet little has been written on this timely subject by historians of medicine and pharmacology.
Continuity of Christian practices in Kent, c.410-597: a historical and archaeological review
Continuity of Christian practices in Kent, c.410-597: a historical and archaeological review Clay, John York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 2, (2003) Abstract With…
Measure and classify the usual time: the dogged work of medieval jurists
Measure and classify the usual time: the dogged work of medieval jurists Miceli, Paola Mirabilia 11,Tiempo y Eternidad en la Edad Media, Jun-Dez (2010) Abstract…
Time and Eternity in Saint Augustine
Time and Eternity in Saint Augustine Costa, Marcos Roberto Nunes Mirabilia 11, Tempo e Eternidade na Idade Média, Jun-Dez (2010) Abstract Every Augustinian disputation regarding…
In perfect future. The End of Time in Augustine, the apocalyptic and Gnostic
In perfect future. The End of Time in Augustine, the apocalyptic and Gnostic Jimenez, Jimenez Luis Felipe Mirabilia 11,Tiempo y Eternidad en la Edad Media, Jun-Dez…
The Militarisation of Roman Society, 400 – 700
The Militarisation of Roman Society, 400 – 700 By Edward James Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective AD 1 –…
The Original Godfather: Ricimer and the Fall of Rome
‘A cold, calculating, sinister man who hesitated at no crime, no murder, no treason or perfidy to maintain himself securely in power’?
The Shari’a: Roman Law Wearing an Islamic Veil?
The Shari’a: Roman Law Wearing an Islamic Veil? By Ayman Dahe Hirundo, the McGill Journal of Classical Studies, Vol.3 (2004) Introduction: Law, much like…
The End of the Roman Empire and the Start of the Middle Ages
Articles related to the end of the Roman Empire and the transformation of Europe during the early Middle Ages: Pots and boundaries: On…
Ammianus Marcellinus And The Anger Of Julian
Ammianus Marcellinus And The Anger Of Julian By Barbara Sidwell Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria, Vol.21 (2008) Introduction: The Res Gestae…
The Beauty of Reasoning: A Reexamination of Hypatia of Alexandra
The Beauty of Reasoning: A Reexamination of Hypatia of Alexandra By Bryan J. Whitfield The Mathematics Educator, Vol.6:1 (1995) No handiwork of Callimachus,…
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History By Michael McCormick Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.34:1 (2003) Introduction: Until recently, there were no…
The End of Roman Spain
The End of Roman Spain By Michael Kulikowski PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1997 Abstract: ‘The End of Roman Spain’ narrates the history…
Pots and boundaries: On cultural and economic areas between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Pots and boundaries: On cultural and economic areas between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages By Paul Arthur Late Roman Coarse Wares,…
Land, freedom and the making of the medieval West
In the course of the fifth and sixth centuries, barbarian warbands acquired property rights in the former provinces of the Roman west, in a process that established the broad structural characteristics of early medieval society in western Europe
Liberty and advocacy in Ennodius of Pavia: the significance of rhetorical education in late antique Italy
Liberty and advocacy in Ennodius of Pavia: the significance of rhetorical education in late antique Italy By S.J.B. Barnish Hommages a Carl Deroux,…
Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius of Caesarea: The Eastern Campaigns of Julian and Justinian, 4th and 6th centuries A.D
By using both of these historians it is hoped that the Persian campaigns of Julian and Justinian will be made clearer in the context of the emperors and their goals and flaws.
Emperors, Jurists and Kings: Law and Custom in the Late Roman and Early Medieval West
Emperors, Jurists and Kings: Law and Custom in the Late Roman and Early Medieval West By P. S. Barnwell Past and Present, No. 168…
The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe
In particular, the two main phases of population movement – c. 376-86 and 405-8 – were directly caused by the intrusion of Hunnic power into the fringes of Europe.
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT Adams, Geoff W. Studia Humaniora Tartuensia, vol. 7…
Philosophies of Imprisonment in Late Antiquity
Philosophies of Imprisonment in Late Antiquity By Mary Olson Constructing the Past, Vol.9:1 (2008) Abstract: One of the few things that prisons were not…