Severe deterioration of living conditions in Scandinavia in the years’ AD 536 - 50 was caused by two volcanic explosions following each other
Author: Medieval Histories
What Impact Did Climate Have Upon Medieval History?
What impact did climate have on Medieval History? A new crop of studies help to explore the details of the linkage between migrations, wars and much more. Get the overview here
Environmental Disasters in the Medieval Levant
BOOK REVIEW: Sarah Kate Raphael explores the interplay between the climate in Medieval Levant and the politics of crusading and warring in the region
Setting the Stage for the Black Death
Comparisons of mean survival rates show that when the Black Death hit in 1348, people's general health had for some time been deteriorating
Help Needed to excavate the Castle of Couzan
The Castle of Couzan is a ruined castle near Lyon. This summer you have the chance to help excavate the site and learn some new skills as an archaeologist
The Medieval Warm Period
The medieval warm period (AD 725 - 1025) was characterised by little solar activity and few volcanic eruptions. This resulted in climate stability and economic and demographic growth
Climate History Network
Climate History Network is an organization of scholars, who work to reconstruct past climate changes and identify how these changes affected human history
Climate History
Historical Climatology is a website dedicated to share interdisciplinary research into historical climate studies with journalists, policymakers, scholars and the general public
Medieval Climate Shifts and Settlements in North Eastern Europe
Recent studies explore the connection between medieval climate changes and historical migrations in North Eastern Europe bordering the White See
Medieval Summer Temperatures in Europe
Medieval summer temperatures shifted dramatically inside the last 2000 years, shows new studies. Next step is to map the shifts regionally.
Medieval Basilica in Wired Mesh
With thousands of yards of wire mesh artist Edoardo Tresoldi has "rebuilt" the early Christian basilica that once stood in Siponto in Southern Italy.
Companion to the Medieval Papacy
New companion from Brill promises to be an important introduction to the institutions and political ideologies of the Medieval Papacy
Medieval Political Satire and Sexual Innuendo
1516 Ferdinand II of Aragon died after imbibing an ugly stew of bull’s testicles and Spanish fly. Political satires, also Böhmernann's is rooted here
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Islamic Arms and Armour were early on prestigious symbols of status, wealth, and power. New book beautifully presents the collection in the Met .
Mongol Horrors in Hungary 1241
In 1241 - 42 the Mongol invasions of Hungary caused widespread destruction Recently, a house filled with the charred remains of murdered victims plus a forgotten treasure reminds us of these horrors.
Medieval News April 2016 No. 2
Forty pages packed with Medieval News about textiles from Late Antiquity, new Viking settlement in Newfoundland, a Danish expedition into the North Atlantic, which some believe reached the same shores in 1473 and how to churn your butter with the devil… plus as usual a list of new books