November 1315, a small contingent of men from the Swiss Confederacy ambushed a group of Austrian Soldiers near the Morgarten Pass. The Swiss victory furthered the confederacy between Unterwalden, Uri and Schwyz, the core of modern Switzerland.
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Franciscan Art in Florence
Franciscan art flourished in the Late Middle Ages as the religious movement spread all over Europe as well as Asia. This summer the Accademia in Florence shows a spectacular selection
Newly found life of St. Francis published
A small notebook of obvious Franciscan origin was recently shown to contain a hitherto unknown Vita of St. Francis, written by Thomas di Celano. It has now been edited
Romita di Cesi – Experience the true Franciscan Spirituality
The Romita de Cesi is a hermitage located on Mount Torre Maggiore near the Town of Cesi in Terni. Difficult to find, it offers a spiritual tranquillity reminiscent of the early Franciscans
The Garden of St. Francis
St. Francis is known for his devotion to nature and generally recognised at the patron saint for the environment. But was he also a gardener?
Catholicism and Medieval Nature Conservation
Medieval ‘Sacred Sites’ were primarily located in the natural wilderness. With the Reformation this changed. Perhaps time has come to return to practices of medieval nature conservation
The Emperor and the Electors in Late Medieval Germany
The King of Germany alias the Holy-Roman Emperor was since the end of the 12th century elected by a select college of German princes – the Electors or in German, “Kurfürsten”. To understand the political events behind the Reformation it is necessary to know about this institution
Torgau in Sachsen-Anhalt
Known as home to the German princes, who furthered the Reformation in the 16th century, Torgau boasts an impressive castle with a splendid Reformational Chapel and the house, where Luther’s wife, Katarina von Bora died.
Martin Luther and the German Princes
Major exhibition summer 2015 in Torgau in Germany tells the story about the collaboration between Martin Luther and his protectors, the Saxon dukes
Medieval World Heritage 2015
End of June the World Heritage Committee will decide the future for a handful of "medieval" candidates vying for the valuable designation. Who will be the winners?
The Crisis of the 14th Century
People in the 14th century experienced a series of overwhelming climatic, societal, economic and cultural changes. But what were the exact interconnections between these events? A conference next winter aims to focus on this question.
Late Medieval Swabian Sculpture in Paris at Musée de Cluny
Sweet, delicate, gentle and just some of the epithets clinging to the current exhibition of late medieval Swabian sculpture at Musée de Cluny in Paris this summer
Women in the Medieval Monastic World
The great contributions made by women to the religious life of the Middle Ages are attracting increasing attention. New book focuses on female monasticism
Early Medieval Practices of Reading and Writing
'Early Medieval Practices of Reading and Writing' is a conference on the subject of books, practices of writing, reading, copying and studying in the early middle ages.
Models in Medieval Book Painting
Medieval illuminators used a variety of models and prototypes when designing new books. New book presents new research into this form of artistic borrowing
Artistic Patterns in Late Medieval Manuscripts
Medieval Artists worked with artistic patterns, which were continuously collected and transmitted. In 2012 a major conference focused on the phenomena. The transactions were recently published