New book by Bruce M. S. Campbell on the Great Transition from 13th to the 16th century promises to be the new bible in environmental history
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Syrian Drought Worst in 900 Years
The newly published Old World Drought Atlas was recently used to gauge the seriousness of the Syrian Draught, the like of which has not been seen for 900 years.
Chartered Landscapes and Networks
Medieval charters are valuable resources for writing local histories of landscapes and lives. But they are also useful when studying networks through time
The Oratory of St. John the Baptist in Urbino
Don’t miss the small Oratory of St John the Baptist in Urbino painted with a famous cycle of murals by the brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni
Occupying Medieval and Early Modern Space
New book analyses the different forms of space, which people lived, moved around, and inhabited in the Medieval and Early Modern England and Ireland
Tristan and Yseult at Tintagel
Links to the legends of Tristan and Yseult and not Arthur may have been the reason Richard I chose to built a castle there in 1225
Tintagel – New Visitor Experience
Since 2010 curators at English Heritage have worked hard to make Tintagel both more informative and welcoming. The question is: have they succeeded?
Luxury at Tintagel in the Early Medieval Period
This summer archaeologists have been excavating in Cornwall at Tintagel, the famous site for Arthurian Legend. The results are exhilarating.
Minor Medieval News – August 2016
Each month we stumble over news which might interest - upcoming exhibitions, new blogs, new resources. Don't miss the updated list of minor medieval news...
Colour – The Art and Science of Medieval Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam
Cutting-edge research carried out on the collections of Medieval Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam’s in Cambridge is currently exhibited.
The Sound of the Maior Ecclesia of Cluny
In 2010 a group of digital wizards recreated the Maior Ecclesia of Cluny. Now, another team has worked to reconstruct the soundscape.
Medieval Soundscape in Santiago de Compostela
Can you recreate the medieval soundscape of cathedrals? An ingenious reconstruction of the acoustics in the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela shows the way
Huge Merovingian Cemetery Discovered Near Somme
Recently a very large Merovingian cemetery was discovered. With more than 600 graves the medieval archaeologists from INRAP are excited.
Microtones and Neumes
The use of microtones was obviously common in diverse traditions of Gregorian Chant in the Middle Ages. But what was their function? Leo Lousberg tells us
Bean’s Bread, Pease Loaf and Lammastide
Lammastide means the time has come for ‘loaf-mass’, the ancient offering to God of the first bread of the season. Before came the season of pease-loaf
Mapping the Medieval Countryside
Mapping the Medieval Countryside works to digitize the medieval English inquisitions post mortem (IPMs). New book offers first glimpse of this source