Vikings are bare-breasted colossal men of Nordic descent with long flaxen hair, plaited beards, filed teeth and wearing helmets with horns. We explore the reality behind the myth...
Category: Medieval Histories
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The Introduction of Sails to Viking Scandinavia
The textiles necessary to outfit a Viking boat carrying a 100 man required nearly 30 times more "girl-power" than "man-power". Further it created a whole new Scandinavian landscape characterized by heath grazed by sheep.
XIV Nordic TAG 2014
22.04.2014 – 26.04.2014 XIV Nordic TAG 2014 will be held in Stockholm
Gesta Vol 52 – No 2 – 2013
Gesta Vol 52 - No 2 - 2013 Gesta is a journal published by The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the International Center of Medieval Art
Byzantine Studies Conference
06.11.2014 -09.11.2014 Byzantine Studies Conference 2014. Deadline for CFP: 01.04.2014
Inventories of Textiles – Textiles in Inventories
27.03.2014-28.03.2014 Inventories of Textiles – Textiles in Inventories, a Workshop in Vienna
12 PhD’s – Forest Resources for Iberian Empires
04.04.2014 12 Phds focusing on Forest Resources for Iberian Empires are posted for application
The Carolingian Frontier and its Neighbours
04.07.2014 -06.07.2014 The Carolingian Frontier and its Neighbours is the title of a conference at the University of Cambridge. CFP: deadline 11.04.2014
Church Reforms and the Cult of Saints
17.09.2014 - 21.09.2014 Church Reforms and the Cult of Saints - Medieval Histories. CFP: Before 15.04.2014
Vikings – Life and Legend
A review of the reviews of the 2014 exhibition of the Vikings - Life and Legend at the British Museum
Late Roman Silver
BOOK: 1919 a hoard of Roman silver – wine jugs, goblets, coins and military buckles – much of it cut, as if ready for melting down was uncovered in Scotland. A new book places the hoard in its wider European context.
IMC 2015 – Reform and Renewal
06.07.2015 - 09.7.2014 The twenty-second International Medieval Congress will take place in Leeds, from 6-9 July 2015. Thematic strand will be Reform and Renewal
The Mediterranean: Regional and trans-regional Interactions in Times of fragmentation (300 – 800 CE)
11.12.2014 - 13.12.2014 Regional and trans-regional Interactions in Times of fragmentation (300 – 800 CE)
St. Ladislas in Medieval Continental Croatia
The Cult of St. Ladislas flourished in Medieval Croatia in the late Middle Ages
Lecturer in Medieval History c.900-c.1500
20.03.2014 Lecturer in Medieval History c.900-c.1500
Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia
BOOK: Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia