Knowledge about the Magyars (Hungarians) before the conquest of the conquest of the Carpathian Basin stems from Muslim sources. New book considers these sources from a philological and historiographical concerns, this raises
Author: Medieval Histories
Royal Communication in High Medieval Norway
NEW BOOK: From c. 1150 - c.1300 the kings of Norway deftly promoted royal ideology through a wide spectrum of didactic literature - sagas, charters, laws and not least the "Konungs skuggsjá" (the King's Mirror).
Medieval Histories Magazine 2015 October No 20
This issue brings you stories about how they remembered the dead in Medieval Poland and the sustainable fisheries in Lake Constance
Living with the Dead
In the Middle Ages Polish priests and theologians fought to eradicate old and traditional ways of cohabiting with the dead. It does not seem af if they have succeeded yet.
Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation
This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation
How to Plan a Crusade
New book is not about what every man should know before venturing to Syria these days, but rather a thorough and exemplary book on what it took to mount a crusade in the Middle Ages
Popular Romances of Medieval England
In the 21st century medieval romances are bestselling as never before. Now time has come to read the real thing, the Middle English romances from the 13th and 14th centuries.
Medieval Fisheries in Lake Constance
Lake Constance – Bodensee – was early on renowned for its medieval fisheries. Remarkably, the focus was on sustainability from at least 1350.
Manuscript with Roman de la Rose for Sale
Now is the time to get your very own medieval edition of the Roman de la Rose
Seals and Status 800–1700
Three-day international conference aims to foster a discussion about seals and status 800 -1700
Sigillvm
SIGILLVM is an international and interdisciplinary network in the first instance for all those interested in medieval European seals and sealing practices.
Abbey of Saint-Savin Near Poitiers
Malraux once called the medieval Abbey of Saint-Savin in Poitou-Charentes for the "Sistine Chapel of the Romanesque period", World Heritage since 1983
The Ecological Impact of Conquest and Colonization on a Medieval Frontier
The story goes that the Teutonic Order colonised and christianised a pagan wildernes. Studies of the ecological impact in this medieval frontier landscape shows that cultivation by the Slavs had been going on for centuries
Outsiders in Medieval Europe
Teaching minority students about the medieval persecution of Jews, Muslims, heretics, lepers, prostitutes and gay people opens up for a broader understanding of Medieval Europe and its outsiders, says Rosemary Lee.
Seed Cakes for St. Crispin’s Eve
It is pretty obvious that the food eaten at the battlefield of St. Crispin’s eve in 1415 were not the delicious seed-cakes, which were traditional fare at the end of October when sowing was finished. But dreamed they must have done...
Medieval Histories Magazine October 2015 No. 19
Special issue of Medieval Histories covers the events, the exhibitions and the books about Agincourt 1415 -2015