In the Middle Ages goldsmiths and craftsmen possessed a number of recipes for changing the color and the hue of gold and gilded objects.
Author: Medieval Histories
Gold and Ivory from Paris, Pisa, Firenze and Siena 1250-1320
The summer exhibition at Louvre-Lens - Gold and Ivory - highlights the wealth of artistic exchanges between Paris and what is now Tuscany 1250 -1320
The Medieval City in France
This year the International Medieval Society focuses on the medieval city in France at their annual symposium
The Anglo-Saxon Hanney Brooch
The Hanney Brooch belongs to a small group of composite Anglo-Saxon brooches from mid-seventh century.New research presents the find
Staffordshire Hoard reveals yet another helmet and rare pommel
Helmet and pommel pieced together from hundreds of fragments present new insights into the Staffordshire Hoard
Sacrality at the Medieval Court
The sacred nature of the medieval ruler has been studied extensively. However, the physical performance of this sacredness has been relatively neglected. Major conference in Göttingen aims to focus on the materiality of the sacrality of medieval rulers.
Medieval Histories Magazine May 2015 No.15 – Read about the Cistercians
Medieval Histories Magazine May 2015, No. 15 focus on the Cistercians
New Cistercian Studies – A Handlist of Good Books
Cistercian Studies is a fruitful field inside Medieval Studies in general. Here is a list of books, which can be used as introduction.
Medieval Studies 2015 – New Catalogue from Boydell & Brewer
Medieval Studies 2015 - New Catalogue from Boydell & Brewer is published in issue
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2015
Brepols Publishers: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2015
This catalogue presents the 2015 programme of English titles published by Brepols inside Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Some highlights this year are:
THE MEDIEVAL COUNTRYSIDE
Peasants and Lords in the Medieval English Economy. Essays in Honour of Bruce M. S. Campbell
Crisis in the Later Middle Ages. Beyond the Postan–Duby Paradigm
Land Assessment and Lordship in Medieval Northern Scotland
Power and Rural Communities in Al-Andalus. Ideological and Material Representations
MEDIEVAL CHURCH STUDIES
Devotional Culture in Late Medieval England and Europe. Diverse Imaginations of Christ’s Life
The Secular Liturgical Office in Late Medieval England
Women in the Medieval Monastic World
Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe
A Mendicant Sermon Collection from Composition to Reception
ART AND VISUAL CULTURE
Visual Constructs of Jerusalem
Catalogue of Paintings in the Collection of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Dressing the Part: Textiles as Propaganda in the Middle Ages
This is of course only a tiny selection. Do Download this catalogue with Brepols’ new and forthcoming English-language titles in Medieval & Renaissance Studies for 2015.
Clairvaux 1115 – 2015
Aube en Champagne celebrates the 900th anniversary of the Cistercian foundation, the Abbey of Clairvaux in 2015
Mural paintings in the Middle Ages
Interdisciplinary Conference: new research on mural paintings in the Middle Ages
Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland
This project, running from February 2015 to April 2016, is a strategic effort inspire all those with an interest in carved stones in Scotland
Long Lost Gothic Ivories
Gothic Ivories were early on an important collectors’ item. The Gothic Ivories Project has been busy publishing some very old catalogues of photos of pieces with unknown whereabouts.
Cistercian Studies Conference – Past and Future
Brian Patrick McGuire tells about his life-long immersion in Cistercian Studies and the Cistercian Studies Conference in Kalamazoo
Cistercians at Kalamazoo 2015
1115 Clairvaux was founded in France. Commemorating the events 900 years later, the 2015 Cistercian Studies Conference will be held at Kalamazoo.