Volume 29 (2014) of This Year's Work in Medievalism focus on Shakespeare.
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
Medieval Feminist Forum 2015 Vol 50 No 2
Medieval Feminist Forum is an online, peer-reviewed journal of interdisciplinary scholarship on women and gender in medieval studies. New issue is out
500-year Anniversary of El Conde de Tendilla 1440 -1515
This year Granada commemorates the death of El Conde de Tendilla 1515 and the Centro de Estudios Históricos de Granada has organized an international conference
Harold Bluetooth’s Alleged Talisman Was Cast
The peculiar gold-plaque allegedly found in Poland near Wolin with an inscription about Harold Bluetooth has undergone metallurgical studies
New Royal Mound from the 7th Century Discovered in Uppsala
A long-forgotten royal mound in Uppsala from the 7th century has been found by chance. Archaeologists are excited.
Medieval Feminist Forum 2015 Vol. 50, No. 2
Medieval Feminist Forum is an online, peer-reviewed journal of interdisciplinary scholarship on women and gender in medieval studies.
The Battle of Morgarten 1315
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.
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?