A few days ago, a 13-year old girl discovered an extraordinary Viking silver hoard with the largest number of so-called cross coins from the reign of Harold Bluetooth.
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
The Time of the Sueves in Iberia AD 409–585
The exhibition, In Tempore Sueborum, invites us to explore the life and times of the Sueves and how they lived together with the Gallo-Romans in Late Antiquity.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a roleplaying video-game set in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia in 1403. It offers great realism in both story and gameplay.
The Medieval Calendar in Books of Hours
For people in the Middle Ages keeping track of time was all important. Early on, the Church set up itself as the timekeeper par excellence. But how did clerics keep the time? New book introduces the student to the intricacies of medieval timekeeping.
Siberian Cold and Pastoralism in the Early Medieval Alps
When winter came to Italy in the 6th century, people took to the hills and had to find new ways of surviving. This changed their subsistence and diet.
Social Structure among the Longobards in Northern Italy in the 6th and 7th centuries
Studies of ancient DNA on skeletons from two migration period cemeteries in Hungary and Italy tells us in detail about the social structure in the 6th and 7th centuries.
Newly Discovered Requiem Mass by Antonio Gallego c. 1530
Until recently a requiem by the Spanish Composer, Antonio Gallego, was totally unknown. Currently, a project is crowdsourcing funds to get it performed.
New Research into the Black Death
Was the plague brought to people by rats or human lice? How severely did the pestilence strike? What may we learn from modern epidemics? New research shed light on some old conundrums.
A Medieval Love Story – Abelard and Heloise
Abelard and Heloise loved each other. Their love affair, though, was so much more than just an act of carnal lust. It was also a relationship filled with charity and friendship. By delving into their love story, we may learn of a faraway world
Material Culture, Art and the Elites at Hildesheim 1130 – 1250
The Cathedral and the Church of the Abbey in Hildesheim are rightly famous. Not only the architecture, but also the interior design create the idea of "total works of art". The question is how this came about? And what role the elites played between 1130 -1250
Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity
Even though clothes in Late Antiquity might be mended and remade until they were threadbare, they might still be embellished with cut out appliques of recycled tapestries.
The Royal Drinking Horns of Norway
The National Museum in Denmark exhibit a fine collection of medieval drinking horns. Two of those are the so-called Royal Horns from Norway. Currently, Norwegians are trying to lobby for a return of at least one of the horns
Network Analysis of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014
Network analysis of the Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh reveals the cultural difference between Vikings and the Irish
Book of Deer Monastery Rediscovered
The Book of Deer is a 10th century manuscript currently preserved at Cambridge University. Recently, the Monastery of Deer was found by archaeologists.
The Art of Medieval Time
This spring, the Morgan Library and Museum exhibitis some of its more treasured medieval manuscripts exploring the ways in which people told and experienced medieval time
The Kings at Gudenaaen in the 7th century
Archaeologists recently discovered a huge shipsetting from c. AD 600 near the largest river in Northern Denmark near Vejerslev.