Medieval Women Poster

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words

Encounter the women of medieval Europe through their own words, visions and experiences, in an exhibition at the British Library this autumn

The Hours of Anne of Cleves 1440. © Morgan Library and Museum

The Nature of Medieval Women

Medieval women were considered weak, soft, sensual, and fickle if not frivolous. Even today, we hear an echo in the vicious disparagement of @KamalaHarris as a flip-flopper

New Research

Grote Beek. © Henkbiouwers/ Dreamstime 2257460882

The Dark Ages: Nature’s Comeback in the Netherlands

09/10/2024

In the period known as the Dark Ages (c. 300 – 700 AD), woodlands staged a remarkable comeback across Europe, including the Netherlands. Read more

Vikings at Avaldsness © Karmoy Kulturopplevelser

Historical Reenactment and the Viking Scene

24/05/2024

The value of experimental archaeology is well-known. But what about reenactment? What kind of insights may be collected? New studies of the Viking Scene offer a better understanding Read more

Detail from Heroes Tapestry Metropolitan Julius Caesar

Lichen was one Source for Medieval Dyes

04/05/2024

Some of the dyes used in the Heroes Tapestry in the Metropolitan from around 1400 have been identified as stemming from lichen.  Read more

Excavation works conducted by the Eötvös Loránd University at the Avar-period (6th-9th century AD) cemetery of Rákóczifalva, Hungary, in 2006. © Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary

The Avars were a Close-Knit Ethnic Group

01/05/2024

The 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

Henry II enthroned. From The Bamberger Apocalypse. Reichenau, circa 1010 Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek -- Msc.Bibl.140, Fol 59 v

The Royal Library at Bamberg

14/10/2024

When the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II died 1000 years ago, on July 13, 1024, he left behind a rich legacy of books. Read more

Medieval Women Poster

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words

15/09/2024

Encounter the women of medieval Europe through their own words, visions and experiences, in an exhibition like no other. From the courage of Joan of Arc at her trial for heresy, and the visionary experiences of Julian of Norwich, to the artistry of the London silkwoman Alice Claver, the work… Read more

Coronation of Konrad II © Kompetenzzentrum für Innovation in Studium und Lehre Mainz

The Coronation of Konrad II in Mainz and a Year of Celebrations

24/04/2024

This 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

Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and Cunigunde

Henry II enthroned. From The Bamberger Apocalypse. Reichenau, circa 1010 Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek -- Msc.Bibl.140, Fol 59 v

The Royal Library at Bamberg

14/10/2024

When the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II died 1000 years ago, on July 13, 1024, he left behind a rich legacy of books. Read more

Coronation of Konrad II © Kompetenzzentrum für Innovation in Studium und Lehre Mainz

The Coronation of Konrad II in Mainz and a Year of Celebrations

24/04/2024

This 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

Holy reliquary of the imperial couple of Henry II and Cunigunde © Ansgar Hoffmann/Erzbischoefliches Dioezesanmuseum Paderborn/53b5ba18df

Daily Life at the Court of Cunigunde and Henry II in Bamberg

24/04/2024

Bamberg 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

Detail from Star Mantel. Bamberg 1020 © Schousboe

New Books about the Imperial Clothes from c. 1020

24/04/2024

Two new books explore in detail the precious and unique imperial garments preserved in Bamberg Cathedral’s treasury Read more

Medieval Landscapes

Grote Beek. © Henkbiouwers/ Dreamstime 2257460882

The Dark Ages: Nature’s Comeback in the Netherlands

09/10/2024

In the period known as the Dark Ages (c. 300 – 700 AD), woodlands staged a remarkable comeback across Europe, including the Netherlands. Read more

White tailed eagle in The Oder Delta © Agdbeukhof/Dreamstime 167383594

Overwhelming Support for Rewilding and Release of Large Animals in the Oder Delta

03/02/2024

Germans 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

WEB Mystical forest in the Vosges ID 135207030 _ Alsace c Tanja Voigt _ Dreamstime

The Vosges in the Early Middle Ages, ca. 400 – 750

31/01/2024

In 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 near lake Pape in Latvia. © Valeters Peins/ Dremastime.com/213469090

Rewilding is the Best Future for Europe’s Abandoned Farmland

23/08/2023

What 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

New Books about the Middle Ages

Henry II enthroned. From The Bamberger Apocalypse. Reichenau, circa 1010 Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek -- Msc.Bibl.140, Fol 59 v

The Royal Library at Bamberg

14/10/2024

When the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II died 1000 years ago, on July 13, 1024, he left behind a rich legacy of books. Read more

Detail from Star Mantel. Bamberg 1020 © Schousboe

New Books about the Imperial Clothes from c. 1020

24/04/2024

Two new books explore in detail the precious and unique imperial garments preserved in Bamberg Cathedral’s treasury Read more

Head of a youngster or female from Manuscript in the Universitätsbibliothek Klagenfurt: Signatur PA 109

Millstatt Abbey and its Library

03/04/2024

Millstatt 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

Mosaic Floor from St Laurence in Roskilde, Denmark © ROMU

Building Networks in Northern Europe

24/03/2024

How did knowledge, ideas and building materials spread inside Medieval Europe in a world with both traditional geographies and shifting fashions? Read more

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