From Shards to Sea Routes: Glass Evidence for Venice’s Mediterranean Networks in the 7th and 8th Centuries
Category: Medieval Italy
Marian Ughi visits St. Thomas of Becket in 1444
A newly discovered travel account of a Florentine merchant visiting Canterbury and the shrine of Thomas Becket sheds light on late medieval devotion
Campi Bisenzio in the Middle Ages
Between Prato and Florence lies a marshy and heavily industrialised landscape, crisscrossed by highways and heavily channelled waterways. In the Middle Ages, at Campi Bisenzio, it was the scene for a famous brawl.
Medieval Poggibonsi and Surroundings
Heavily bombarded during WW2Poggibonsi’s charm resides in the suburbs and its hidden gems: an open-air museum, a medieval inn and a nearby castle
The Making of Assisi
'The making of Assisi' explores the history behind and meaning of the famous cycle of frescoes from the upper Church in the Basilica in Assisi
Angela of Foligno
Recently Pope Francis canonized Blessed Angela of Foligno, a Franciscan mystic from the 13th century – but why?...
Giotto in Assisi
Signature of Giotto believed to have been found in Assisi...