‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
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
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 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 Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh reveals the cultural difference between Vikings and the Irish
The Book of Deer is a 10th century manuscript currently preserved at Cambridge University. Recently, the Monastery of Deer was found by archaeologists.
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
Archaeologists recently discovered a huge shipsetting from c. AD 600 near the largest river in Northern Denmark near Vejerslev.
An archaeologist takes us into the ancient world of traditional crafts to uncover their deep, original histories. Filled with a slow living it speaks to out innermost and deep yearning af a simple life
In 2014 two students discovered an undisturbed grave with a trove of early Anglo-Saxon jewellery. Declared a Norwich Castle Museum is scrambling to find the funds to keep it in public hands.
Mid- September, a large treasure consisting of coins and jewellery was found at the Abbey of Cluny. The find points to the role of abbeys as “early banks”.
In 2001 the medieval Södra Råda Church in Sweden burned to the ground. The reconstruction offers an invaluable peak into medieval building techniques
Exhibition at the British Library to open in October 2018 tells the story behind the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and their art and literature
One of the major medieval exhibitions this autumn focuses upon the Longobards. To be seen in Pavia this autumn, it moves to Naples and the Hermitage
Once again thieves went for precious Viking Jewels at a major exhibition centre. This time in Denmark
New studies of the levels of atmospheric lead as evidenced by icecores drilled from an Alpine Glacier lets scientists gauge the devastating effects of the Black Death on Economy and Society. It appears all ground to a halt.
Manuscripta Medievalia is a classic example of a digitisation project overrun by technological advances. A group of German medievalists will remedy this.