Milking and churning butter was a competence belonging to the medieval female sphere. This led to a special misogynic motif: the devil’s milkmaid.
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Designing identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity
Book Review: The catalogue accompanying the exhibition on the Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity is both beautiful and informative
Atlas of Garments from Late Antiquity
Pictorial Atlas presents a lexicographic overview of all sorts of garments from Late Antiquity through art, archaeological pieces and drawings
Expedition to Newfoundland 1472
In 1472 an expedition was mounted by the Danish king in order to o explore the riches of Iceland and Greenland. Some believe they reached Newfoundland
Smelting Iron the Viking Way
Smelting Iron the Viking way is a remarkable simple process. It only takes some charcoal, some bog iron ore, roasted and crushed, plus a simple clay oven.
Seafaring – an Early Medieval Conference on the Islands of the North Atlantic
Seafaring in the Early Medieval Archipelagos of the North Atlantic is a three-day international conference bringing scholars together in order to create a platform for future collaboration and interdisciplinary projects and research programmes.
Viking Treasures Seen for the First Time
More than ten centuries after being buried in a field conservators are reporting on the contents of a pot of Viking treasure for the first time.
Powerful Textiles from Late Antiquity
This spring, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at the University of New York has mounted an exhibition on the Power of Textiles: how people in Late Antiquity used sumptuous textiles to design their identity.
Charade Surrounding Return of Joan of Arc Ring
A contingent of French soldiers formed a guard of honour when the purported ring of Joan of Arc illegally returned to France
Manuscript Illumination after the Carolingians
Session at next MAA conference in Toronto will shed light on the period "After the Carolingians: Manuscript Illumination in the Tenth–Eleventh Centuries
The Bishop and the Territory from the 5th to the 13th century
New book by Florian Mazel explores how the church invented this idea of regional sovereignty, which came to inspire the later princely or monarchical states
King Harold Bluetooth’s Cross Coinage
Cross coins dominated the local coinage in Denmark during the late reign of Harold Bluetooth from c. 975 – 90 . Recently, a detailed analysis and catalogue was published.
St. Eric of Sweden – A study of the Bones in his Reliquary
Eric the I of Sweden (c. 1125 - 1160) was a stout man, used to fighting and a great fan of a diet of diet of fresh-water fish. It appears, also, the legend of his death speaks the truth
Christ from Aunslev – Denmark’s Oldest Crucifix
Around 900 - 920 a Danish Viking woman lost a crucifix. The pendant - Christ from Aunslev - may witness to an early presence of Christianity in Denmark
The Great Household, 1000-1500
The 2016 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium focus on The Great Household in and the politics, religion and daily life, 1000 - 1500. It takes place in July
Matrera Castle in Spain and the Vilharigues Tower in Portugal
When parts of the Matrera Castle - Castillo de Matrera - slided into the ground in 2013 it prompted a red alert from Hispania Nostra. Officially designated as important cultural heritage, locals set about restoring it. Now the result has caused horror among conservationists.