New book explores the Franciscans and their relationship with manuscript production networks operating in Umbrian the 13th and 14th centuries
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Royal Communication in High Medieval Norway
NEW BOOK: From c. 1150 - c.1300 the kings of Norway deftly promoted royal ideology through a wide spectrum of didactic literature - sagas, charters, laws and not least the "Konungs skuggsjá" (the King's Mirror).
Medieval Histories Magazine 2015 October No 20
This issue brings you stories about how they remembered the dead in Medieval Poland and the sustainable fisheries in Lake Constance
How to Plan a Crusade
New book is not about what every man should know before venturing to Syria these days, but rather a thorough and exemplary book on what it took to mount a crusade in the Middle Ages
Popular Romances of Medieval England
In the 21st century medieval romances are bestselling as never before. Now time has come to read the real thing, the Middle English romances from the 13th and 14th centuries.
Medieval Fisheries in Lake Constance
Lake Constance – Bodensee – was early on renowned for its medieval fisheries. Remarkably, the focus was on sustainability from at least 1350.
Manuscript with Roman de la Rose for Sale
Now is the time to get your very own medieval edition of the Roman de la Rose
Seals and Status 800–1700
Three-day international conference aims to foster a discussion about seals and status 800 -1700
The Ecological Impact of Conquest and Colonization on a Medieval Frontier
The story goes that the Teutonic Order colonised and christianised a pagan wildernes. Studies of the ecological impact in this medieval frontier landscape shows that cultivation by the Slavs had been going on for centuries
Outsiders in Medieval Europe
Teaching minority students about the medieval persecution of Jews, Muslims, heretics, lepers, prostitutes and gay people opens up for a broader understanding of Medieval Europe and its outsiders, says Rosemary Lee.
Medieval Histories Magazine October 2015 No. 19
Special issue of Medieval Histories covers the events, the exhibitions and the books about Agincourt 1415 -2015
Arms and Armour from the Age of Agincourt
The Wallace Collection in London holds a very important number of late medieval weapons. As part of the commemoration of Agincourt 1415 an exhibition reveals its treasures.
Gesta – Fall 2015
Gesta 2015 (2) presents original research on developments in the study of art and life of the Middle Ages.
Speculum October 2015
Dominated by articles on medieval manuscripts, liturgy and literature, the new issue of Speculum is out on the street.
Early Medieval Church at Seydisfjordur in Iceland
RESEARCH: The early Christian church site at Þórarinsstaðir in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland, reflects both ecclesiastical and worldly contacts in early medieval Europe.
A Shakespearean Botanical
When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white; And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, do paint the meadows with delight...