Reichenau 1300
Reichenau is the oldest abbey in present-day Germany. Founded 1300 years ago, it celebrates the anniversary with a major exhibition in Konstanz…
New Research
Lichen was one Source for Medieval Dyes
04/05/2024Some of the dyes used in the Heroes Tapestry in the Metropolitan from around 1400 have been identified as stemming from lichen. Read more
The Avars were a Close-Knit Ethnic Group
01/05/2024The aDNA studies of the Avars, a Mongolian people who settled in the Carpathians in the 6th century, continue to yield new and fascinating insights into the formation of close-knit ethnic groups. Read more
Icebergs in the Black Sea in AD 763
22/04/2024In AD 763 volcanic eruptions in Iceland caused Icebergs in the Black Sea and a nearly frozen Bosphorus causing widespread fear Read more
The Natural History of Plague
06/04/2024Recent studies of aDNA have yielded new and important information concerning the natural and clinical history of plague. A new comprehensive review offers an up-to-date history The plague is caused by a zoonotic bacterium, Yersinia pestis. First isolated in 1894, it was identified as the cause of the Hong Kong… Read more
The Coronation of Konrad II in Mainz and a Year of Celebrations
24/04/2024This year, the city of Bamberg commemorates the death of Henry II, while the city of Mainz focuses on the coronation of their Emperor Conrad II Read more
Daily Life at the Court of Cunigunde and Henry II in Bamberg
24/04/2024Bamberg will host an important exhibition in the autumn 2024 focusing on the daily life at the imperial court of Henry II and Cunigunde Read more
New Books about the Imperial Clothes from c. 1020
24/04/2024Two new books explore in detail the precious and unique imperial garments preserved in Bamberg Cathedral’s treasury Read more
Imperial Clothes from the eleventh century in Bamberg
11/03/2024The 11th century Imperial Robes in Bamberg are some of the oldest preserved royal garments. They form a unique ensemble from the 11th century. New research project aims to get a better understanding of their original design and outlook. Read more
Medieval Landscapes
Overwhelming Support for Rewilding and Release of Large Animals in the Oder Delta
03/02/2024Germans and Poles living in the Oder Delta strongly support rewilding and the introduction of large animals – including wolves and lynx, returning its landscape to its former medieval glory. Read more
The Vosges in the Early Middle Ages, ca. 400 – 750
31/01/2024In the Early Middle Ages, the Vosges were regarded as a wilderness – by elites, poets and priests. However, the ideas about how to live in and utilise this wilderness were contested. Read more
Rewilding is the Best Future for Europe’s Abandoned Farmland
23/08/2023What is best when considering Europe’s abandoned farmland? Should it be returned to more extensive – traditional and even Medieval – ways of sylvo-pastoral forms of cultivation? Or should it be rewilded with large grazers? Or left to its own devices? Read more
What was the landscape like in Medieval Denmark?
10/08/2023New method overlaying old and modern maps reveals what the medieval landscape in Denmark might have looked like Read more
New Books about the Middle Ages
New Books about the Imperial Clothes from c. 1020
24/04/2024Two new books explore in detail the precious and unique imperial garments preserved in Bamberg Cathedral’s treasury Read more
Millstatt Abbey and its Library
03/04/2024Millstatt was founded c 800 by the Duke of Carinthia, who built the first church after he allegedly destroyed one thousand pagan statues by throwing them into the lake. A later Abbey housed a significant collection of texts in high medieval German literature Read more
Building Networks in Northern Europe
24/03/2024How did knowledge, ideas and building materials spread inside Medieval Europe in a world with both traditional geographies and shifting fashions? Read more
Is the Environment a Weapon?
24/03/2024War belongs to a handful of crises such as environmental disasters, extreme climatic events, epidemies, and hunger. New book tells the story of the interplay … the obstacles that made me fail did not come from men; they all came from the elements. In the south, the sea has been… Read more