Christianity and burial in late Iron Age Scotland, AD 400-650
In the period after the fall of Rome and before the Vikings, Scotland became a Christian society, but there are few historical documents to help understand how this happened.
The Archaeology of Play Things: Theorising a Toy Stage in the Biography of Objects
The cemeteries contained the remains of not less than 867 people, some of whom died in childhood, but all of whom, if they had survived the first few years of life…
Alienated from the womb: abortion in the early medieval West, c.500-900
Early medieval churchmen, rulers, and jurists saw multiple things in abortion and there were multiple perspectives upon abortion.
Episcopal Liberty and the Council of Paris (556/73)
Halfond takes a look at the reign of Charibert I, the Merovigian ruler of the Kingdom of Paris from 561-567, and his early relations with the church.
St Benedict of Nursia: the Birth of Western Monasticism
St Benedict of Nursia: the Birth of Western Monasticism Steele, Helen Published Online, Guernicus.com (2006) Abstract St Benedict of Nursia was the founder of…
Theoderic, the Goths, and the Restoration of the Roman Empire
This dissertation places ‘Ostrogothic Italy,’ conventionally seen as a ‘barbarian’ successor state in the West, firmly within the continuum of Roman history.
Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade
Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade Middleton, Neil Early Medieval Europe, Vol.13:4 (2005) Abstract The objective of this paper is…
The role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD
The role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD Wood, Catrin Mair Lewis PhD…
Byzantine Dress Accessories in North Africa: Koiné and Regionality
In North Africa, as in other regions of the Byzantine Empire, supra-regional types and fashions sometimes co-existed with local traditions.
The Unknown Empress: Theodora As a Victim of Distorted Images
We have had a long tradition of attempts to replace her historical image with an idealized, uncritical glossy picture or to denigrate her utterly.
Alfred’s Historia Ecclesiastica
Alfred’s Historia Ecclesiastica Uijttewaal, B.T. B.A. Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht (2011) Abstract The “English” had been punished by God through the arrival of the…
A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art
A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art Martyn, John R.C. University of Melbourne Collections, Issue 6, June (2010) Abstract In about…
HISPANISMS IN THE LANGUAGE OF ISIDORE OF SEVILLE
HISPANISMS IN THE LANGUAGE OF ISIDORE OF SEVILLE Maltby, Robert Hispania terris omnibus felicior: Premesse ed esiti di un processo di integrazione, Pisa…
The Ostrogoths in Italy
The Ostrogoths in Italy By Biagio Saitta Polis: Revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad Clásica, Vol. 11 (1999) Introduction: The…
Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall
Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall Harvey, Dr. David C. (Department of Geography, University of Exeter) Environment and…
The Journey of Saint Catherine of Mount Sinai
The Journey of Saint Catherine of Mount Sinai Duelt, Daniel Duran Mediterraneum: The Splendor of the Medieval Mediterranean (13th-15th centuries), ed. Xavier Barral i Altet…
A Merovingian Commentary on the Four Gospels
A Merovingian Commentary on the Four Gospels Hen, Yitzhak Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes, 49 (2003) Abstract The Bible was a vital force in…
Fragments of Boethius: the reconstruction of the Cotton manuscript of the Alfredian text
Fragments of Boethius: the reconstruction of the Cotton manuscript of the Alfredian text Irvine, Susan Anglo-Saxon England, 34 (2005) Abstract ‘These fragments I have…
The Edictum Theoderici: A Study of a Roman Legal Document from Ostrogothic Italy
The Edictum Theoderici: A Study of a Roman Legal Document from Ostrogothic Italy By Sean D.W. Lafferty PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2010…
Contextualizing Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People with Bioarchaeological Data – Reassessing Anglo-Saxon Culture, Health, and Disease
Contextualizing Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People with Bioarchaeological Data – Reassessing Anglo-Saxon Culture, Health, and Disease By Joseph Z. Boyer The School…
Arthur of Dalriada Revisited
Arthur of Dalriada Revisited Lathe, Richard (Edinburgh) The Heroic Age, Issue 7, Spring (2004) Abstract The case that the historical King Arthur might…
The End of the Lower Danubian Limes: A Violent or a Peaceful Process?
The End of the Lower Danubian Limes: A Violent or a Peaceful Process? By Alexandru Madgearu Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, Vol.12 (2006) Abstract:…
Excavation of an early medieval settlement and other sites at Dromthacker, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Excavation of an early medieval settlement and other sites at Dromthacker, Tralee, Co. Kerry Cleary, Rose M. (University College Cork) Proceedings of the Royal…
The Origins of Muslim Prayer: Sixth and Seventh century religious influences on the Salat ritual
The Origins of Muslim Prayer: Sixth and Seventh century religious influences on the Salat ritual By Justin Paul Heinz Master’s Thesis, University of…
The Policies of Agilulf and the Iconography of the Val Di Nievole Visor
The Policies of Agilulf and the Iconography of the Val Di Nievole Visor By Julia Bolotina The Future of History: An Undergraduate Journal,…