During Christmas 1205 a group of brave Norwegians set out on a perilous journey in order to bring the heir to the Norwegian throne to safety in Trondheim. Fifty years later the story was told by the king's chronicler, forever turning the feat of the Birkebeiners into a national myth
A few years ago archaeologists made a breath-taking find: a 1300-year old ski with the binding intact. Last year the skis were reconstructed. Now they have been tested and the ancient way of skiing has been reconstructed
Mittens, gloves and gauntlets represent a number of different types of protective gear for the hands. Their history has recently been told in a new Dutch book.
Estonia is known for its very old tradition for using knitted mittens for prestigious gifts. The oldest fragment is from the 13 th century.
In Nürnberg they have an amazing collection of costumes, which is usually hidden away. Now for the first time in decades they are put on show.
Tanner’s Day – also known as St. Andrew’s Day – falls on the 30. November. It used to be a holiday celebrated by the lace makers in Bedfordshire. The tradition might go back to Catherine of Aragon.
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.
Three-day international conference aims to foster a discussion about seals and status 800 -1700
SIGILLVM is an international and interdisciplinary network in the first instance for all those interested in medieval European seals and sealing practices.
The Tribal Hidage is an enigmatic list of thirty-four Anglo-Saxon tribes and the size of the land controlled by each as measured in ‘hides’ or ‘households’.
Richard III has changed his look three times in the last three years. In the latest version he is sporting unkempt mouse-coloured hair. Is that plausible?
A small notebook of obvious Franciscan origin was recently shown to contain a hitherto unknown Vita of St. Francis, written by Thomas di Celano. It has now been edited
St. Francis is known for his devotion to nature and generally recognised at the patron saint for the environment. But was he also a gardener?
Medieval ‘Sacred Sites’ were primarily located in the natural wilderness. With the Reformation this changed. Perhaps time has come to return to practices of medieval nature conservation
The Voynich Manuscript is perhaps the largest medieval enigma of them all. New digitized edition might help scholars along
These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages