In the Middle Ages the Pope gradually became the highest judicial authority in the church. Exhibition at Yale traces the impact of the Pope on both Canon law and Civil law.
Category: Medieval Histories
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The Secret and the Hidden in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages secrets were difficult to have and to hold. How, why and by whom are questions raised at the International symposium organized by the German Medieval Society 2017 with the title: The Secret and the Hidden
The Heavy Plough and the Foundation of New Medieval Towns AD 1000.
The heavy plough did foster an agricultural revolution in Medieval Europe, which led to population increase and the foundation of new towns
Women’s Education in Medieval Italian Cities – Then and Now.
Tradition for educating Italian girls above and beyond the customary in Medieval Italian commercial centres continued to set its mark 500 years later.
Political Conflict in Medieval Cities
This book offers a new approach to the study of urban political conflict and revolt in six cities in Italy and the Southern Low Countries
The Origins of Corporations – The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages
The first business corporations were French and from the Middle Ages. This a was already documented in 1954. Now the book has been translated
Celts – Art and Identity
Celts, art and identity is a major exhibition at the British Museum 2015. Trying very hard to deconstruct the Celtic myth, it is nevertheless a fest for the eyes.
Tenure and Property in Medieval England
This article by Susan Reynolds argues that the use of the word ‘tenure’ instead of ‘property’ in discussions of medieval English property law impedes the understanding of that law and makes it harder to compare it either with modern law or with the law of other parts of medieval Europe.
Early Medieval Europeans were Migrants
Europe is inhabited by descendants of migrants, who moved around in the first millennium AC. Later people stopped mingling so much.
Conference on Food History and Cultures
Second International Conference on Food History and Cultures will take place in May in Tours (France)
Historical Fiction of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Bagwyn Books publishes well-researched historical fiction by academics. Symposium opens if for debate of whether it has its merits.
Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance
The 22 ACMRS Conference in Arizona 2016 focus on Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance
Slavery in Early Medieval Hungary
In Hungary - c. 850 - 1301 - slavery was a significant feature of the way in which agricultural production was organized. New book compares slavery in Árpád-era Hungary and Carolingian France.
Hides and the Tribal Hidage
The Tribal Hidage is an enigmatic list of thirty-four Anglo-Saxon tribes and the size of the land controlled by each as measured in ‘hides’ or ‘households’.
The Guitar in Tudor England
In Tudor and Elizabethan history the lute usually gets all the attention. But the guitar was played everywhere from the court to the tavern. New book tells the story of the social and musical world of this beloved instrument.
Medieval Hair Colours
Richard III has changed his look three times in the last three years. In the latest version he is sporting unkempt mouse-coloured hair. Is that plausible?