Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages
Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time: John of Rupecissa in the Late Middle Ages By Leah DeVun Columbia University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-231-14538-1 In…
The Jagiellonians and the Stars
The largest centre for astronomical and astrological study in the fifteenth century was the University of Cracow, which always was under special care of Jagiellonians.
Anglo-Saxon whale exploitation : some evidence from Dengemarsh, Lydd, Kent
Anglo-Saxon whale exploitation : some evidence from Dengemarsh, Lydd, Kent By Mark Gardiner, John Stewart and Greg Priestley-Ball Medieval Archaeology, Vol.42 (1998) Introduction: There…
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.
The Arabic Origin of Liber de compositione alchimiae
The Arabic Origin of Liber de compositione alchimiae By Ahmad Y. al-Hassan Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, Vol. 14 (2004) Introduction: Liber de compositione alchimiae or…
The Arabic Origin of the Summa and Geber Latin Works: A Refuation of Berthelot, Ruska and Newman on the Basis of Arabic Sources
The Arabic Origin of the Summa and Geber Latin Works: A Refuation of Berthelot, Ruska and Newman on the Basis of Arabic Sources…
Charles Homer Haskins and Medieval Science
Charles Homer Haskins and Medieval Science By Edward Grant Lecture delivered in 1984 at a session entitled “Medieval History in America: Charles Homer…
Scientia Sermocinalis: Grammar in Medieval Classifications of the Sciences
Scientia Sermocinalis: Grammar in Medieval Classifications of the Sciences By Michael A. Covington Flores Grammaticæ: Essays in Memory of Vivien Law, eds. Nicola…
The Windmill: A Medieval ‘Steam Engine’?
Examines the invention and development of the Windmill in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, including how these machines worked. Further discussion is given on the use of windmills in England during the early fourteenth century.
Wu Zhao’s Remarkable Aviary
Despite these fertile pre-conditions, the biological fact that Wu Zhao was a woman presented serious problems in her effort to assume the dragon throne. Even in these open times, the Confucian bureaucracy held great political sway just as patriarchal values, which held to the principle that “the male is venerated and the female is denigrated” (nan zun nu bei 男尊女卑), still exerted tremendous social influence.
Queries on Astrology Sent from Southern France to Maimonides: Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text, Translation, and Commentary
Queries on Astrology Sent from Southern France to Maimonides: Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text, Translation, and Commentary By Shlomo Sela Aleph: Historical…
Saadia’s Introduction to Daniel: Prophetic Calculation of the End of Days vs. Astrological and Magical Speculation
Saadia’s Introduction to Daniel: Prophetic Calculation of the End of Days vs. Astrological and Magical Speculation By Haggai Ben-Shammai Aleph: Historical Studies in Science…
Enamel Defects, Well-being and Mortality in a Medieval Danish Village
Biological anthropologists are in the unique position of being able to analyze human skeletal remains in order to reconstruct health, nutrition, environmental stress, disease and mortality experiences, in past populations. Skeletal assemblages have the potential to tell us about many types of individuals – rich, poor, male, female, young, old, healthy and sick.
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.