A new interdisciplinary research project - The impact of food culture in Medieval towns (FOODIMPACT) will analyse more than 30.000 items in the Cultural Museum in Oslo
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 Gjellestad Excavation of a Viking ship Live Streamed
Last week, the Gjellestad excavation was live streamed by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
Boiled Sturgeon
The sturgeon was a royal fish. According to ancient law, any sturgeon found on the beaches or caught in the Atlantic or the Baltic, belonged to the king.
An Ancient Atlantic Sturgeon and a Sea-Monster
Recently, archaeologists from Lund University succeeded in identifying a massive specimen of an Atlantic sturgeon in the womb of a capsized royal ship off the Baltic coast
Ethnogenesis and Indigeneity
In the latter half of the 20th-century historians of Late Antiquity have been ferociously engaged in debates concerning the “identity of the Goths”. Were they a people? In what sense? And what does Ethnogenesis and Indigeneity mean?
Ascension of Christ
Luke tells us that Christ ascended into Heaven after Easter. From the 4th century, a feast came to be celebrated, and artists began to depict the Ascension
Deserted Churches in Denmark 1050 -1536
Denmark boasts of more than 1550 medieval churches in continuous use since the 11th and 12th centuries. Less known is that a number of other churches were deserted already in the Middle Ages.
Thomas Becket’s Shirt Returns to Canterbury Cathedral 2022
The Tunic raditionally thought to have been worn by Saint Thomas Becket at the time of his brutal murder in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 is to return to the UK in 2022 as part of 850th anniversary
Summer School – The Medieval Book and Quantitative Codicology
How do you characterise medieval manuscripts in such a way that quantitative and statistical analyses become possible?
Involved in Medieval Heritage Promotion?
Engaged in Medieval Heritage Promotion? Working at a medieval living history center? Involved in experimental archaeology? New EU programme invites practitioners in the heritage industry to upgrade professionalism.
Portrait of a Victorious Lamb
The Mystic Lamb is at the centre of the famous Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck. Recently restored it challenges us to a moral combat
Ploughing at Lauresham
How did the Carolingians work their land? At an Open-Air Museum at Lorsch in Germany, a group of people have got together to construct an ancient plough and to experiment with early medieval farming practices
Tools & Tillage Now Available
Ground-Breaking Journal on the history of the implements of cultivation and other agricultural processes, Tools & Tillage, made Open Access
Art Crosses Early Medieval Borders in Schwitzerland
Art crosses borders. This is the case for the finished artworks as well as the artists, their techniques and know-how. As such artists and their works represent international or even globalised networks. New issue of Swiss Journal focus on the Early MIddle Ages
ICMA NEWS Winter 2019
Three times a year, ICMA publishes a well-edited newsletter
English Edition of the Flateyjarbok from 1387 on its Way
A translation and edition of the Flateyjarbok from 1387 was recently completed. An English translation is hopefully on the way.