‘Reform and Renewal’ are the key-words chosen for this year’s International Medieval Congress at Leeds. it is all about the “Material Turn”!
Category: Medieval Histories
‘Medieval Histories’ offers medievalists all the news about exhibitions, books, research, archaeology, travel-tips and much more from the Medieval World
The Formation of the English Kingdom in the Tenth Century
One of the myths looming large in English history is the idea that the English kingdom was founded by Alfred the great. No such thing, explains a new book by George Molyneaux, which build on his doctoral thesis
Medieval and Modern Toleration
How should we wield toleration in the 21st century? May we perhaps learn from the Middle Ages? This question will be debated at Kalamazoo in May
Sagas and Space
The 16th International saga Conference will be hosted by the Universities of Zürich and Basel. Theme this year is Sagas and Space
Rogier van der Weyden at Prado
Rogier van der Weyden’s Crucifixion from Escorial was recently restored. This spring it is exhibited at Prado together with some of his other masterpieces
Viewing Inscriptions in the Late Antique and Medieval World
This book consider the visual qualities of inscriptions, ranging across the Mediterranean and the Near East from Spain to Iran and beyond
The Bayeux Tapestry – 950 anniversary
2016 is the 950th anniversary of 1066, which climaxed with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. Conference in February commemorates the Bayeux Tapestry
The Story of Christ on a Donkeyand the Medieval Palmesel
The use of a statue of a donkey - a Palmesel - in connection with Palm Sunday is mentioned for the first time in the 10th century
The Entry into Jerusalem
Gothic Ivories Project has become a very important resource. We celebrate the intiative by presenting a recently recorded Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Christ from Sarnen in Switzerland
Local Saints in Scandinavia
There is a clear link between the celebration of local saints and the ecclesiastical administration, which emerged in Scandinavia in the 12th century
The Reinterment of Richard III
Early on Leicester Cathedral appointed a Liturgy Committee to come up with a plan for the reinterment of Richard III. The result has now been revealed.
Magna Carta Website
A lovely and inspiring website invites us all to discover the history and legacy of one of the world’s most celebrated documents, the Magna Carta
Vestment From the Time of Richard III
A priceless vestment believed to be from the royal wardrobe of Richard III will be worn by Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrating Requiem Mass for the king
Richard III unwilling participant in undignified pantomime
Pageant, feast, show? Judging from the media’s comments on the on-going reburial of Richard III, it seems appropriate the Queen of England has kept her distance to what has obviously turned into a gaudy event filled with disrespect
Visigoths in Barcelona
The City Museum in Barcelona has remodeled its exhibition devoted to the period from Late Antiquity and into the 8th century: the Visigothic period
Jewish Heirs to Guelph Treasure Sue Germany in USA
The heirs of Nazi-era Jewish art dealers have filed a lawsuit in the USA suing Germany for the return of the medieval Guelph Treasure worth an estimated $226 – 250m.