Chrétien de Troyes was initiator of the medieval Romance genre. By focusing on the legends of Arthur, he placed them in the centre of medieval courtly culture.
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Castle in Siedlęcin
The ducal tower in Siedlęcin near Jelenia Góra (Lower Silesia, Poland) is one of the most impressive and important medieval monuments in Poland.
Last Stand on Vellum
For a thousand years Britain’s laws have been recorded on vellum. Earlier this week the plan was revealed to abolish the practice. However, James Grey, a conservative MP is planning to call for a back-bench debate creating a stand-off between the Commons and the House of Lords.
Late Antique Little Ice Age AD 536 – 660
New research demonstrates the widespread impact of the climatic shocks in the 6th century creating a Late Antique Littel Ice Age reaching across most of the northern hemisphere
Life of St. Winifred
Known in Welsh as Gwenfrewy, st. Winifred is the best known of the Welsh female saints. She lived and died in the seventh century. At the site of her martydom, a well sprang out. To this day this is the centre of a renowned pilgrimage.
Making Early Medieval Societies
What held small- and large-scale communities of the late Roman and early medieval West together, at a time when the world seemed to be falling apart? New book explores this question from an interdisciplinary perspective
Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe
In a new book on "Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe" Sharon Farmer and a number of medievalists explores different aspects of poverty before and after the late medieval crisis
Kremlin under Siege – or the Medieval Campaign of Putin
UNESCO considers removing World Heritage Status from the Kremlin due to the erection of a massive statue of Vladimir the Great
Aashenayi – Musical Encounter with Ottoman Music
Aaashenayi is a spellbinding musical Encounter with Ottoman Music during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 - 1566
Legacy from the Land of Basque
Basque music has a special tone and differs markedly from Castillian or Andalusian soundscapes. New record captures a kind of medieval and early modern music very seldom heard.
Manuscript as Medium
The conference on Manuscript and Medium will explore manifold aspects of medieval manuscripts in all their physicality and in an interdisciplinary context
Swiss Coins from 1300
More than 200 coins from the early 1300s have been discovered by chance in a forest near Zürich. They provide clues as to how money networks around Switzerland worked during the Middle Ages.
Medieval History Books 2016
Totally unfair, we have highlighted a handful of books on Medieval History, which we are looking forward to in 2016
Medieval Exhibitions 2016
This year opens with a number of exhibitions on medieval matters of the more select kind. Autumn will bring a major exhibition in Paris on the Merovingians.
Medieval Anniversaries 2016
WATCH OUT FOR: Medieval Anniversaries 2016
The Dominican Order’s influence in the Middle Ages
A conference entitled "The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages" will be held at the University of Oxford in September 2016