The Medieval Book in Terms of Quantitative Methods, a summer school in Paris, teaches students to compare medieval books
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Authors, Narratives, and Audiences in Medieval Saints’ Lives
Medieval Saint's Lives represented a special literary genre, both exciting and innovative. New collection of papers aims to address this topic.
Ganger Rolf and Rollo – Norwegian or Dane?
This week a group of Norwegians succeeded in gaining access to the remains of the Dukes, Richard the I and II, at Fécamp in order to subtract DN from their remains
Ordinary Writing in the 13th Century
New book by Paul Bertrand about “Ordinary Writing” in Northern France and Flanders in the long 13th century follows in the footsteps of Michael T. Clanchy
Valley of Schnals – Val Senales – in South Tyrol in the Middle Ages
The Valley of Schnals lies in the upper part of the Alpines. Recent archaeological research documents the different human activities in the Middle Ages
Castle of Juval
The Castle of Juval lies on an outcrop at the entrance of the Valley of Schnals in South Tyrol.
Medieval Libraries
The Journal “French Studies” published in February 2016 a special issue focusing on “Medieval Libraries, history of the books, and literature".
Henry VIII and Traumatic Brain Injury
Contemporaries noted a dramatic shift in the personality of Henry VIII. Have Neurologists from Yale found the explanation?
Late Medieval Cog from Kampen
Late Medieval Cog raised from the river Ijssel near Kampen in Holland
IMC 2017 Focus on Medieval Otherness
The thematic strand chosen by IMC – for 2017 – is ‘Otherness’. This focus has been chosen for its wide application across all centuries and regions and its impact on all disciplines devoted to the Middle Ages
Food, Feast & Famine in Leeds 2016
More than 180 sessions within the special theme of “Food, feast and Famine” as well as 405 other sessions are sure to make Leeds in July buzzing with medievalists running to and fro to find the correct lecture hall.
For the apparel oft proclaims the man…
How come nudity played such an important role in the visualization of Renaissance man and woman? One reason was, it could be used to counterbalance the dressing up of people in the 16th century
Bede’s World visitor attraction in Jarrow closes
On Friday, Bede’s World Trust, which has run a visitor centre and museum at Jarrow on the Tyneside has been foreclosed due to lack of funding
Strange Fashion
Fashion in the 16th century was something entirely different from what it is in our time. Catalogue for a major exhibition in Nürnberg offers a good introduction to the cultural history of dressing in the Renaissance
Austrian Master Tailors from the 16th century
Manuscripts containing Tailors' patterns from the 16th century may not be that rare as they were used to help apprentices to pass their exams and become master tailors. However, they are often overlooked in libraries. Now three have been transcribed and fully edited.
Hessenhof in Schmalkalden
In Schmalkalden lies a treasure hidden in the cellar of a medieval house – a series of murals depicting the romantic epos of Iwein.