The coexistence of horizontal and vertical forms of teaching in high medieval monastic communities. This essay addresses...
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Mobility’s impact on the lives of medieval Londoners and on the sense of neighborhood beyond the walls...
Medieval writers and clerics condemned queer romance and gender-bending stories, but they survived. Introduction Americans have been...
Heloise’s place in scholarship is connected with the famous 12th-century Renaissance. Introduction This essay presents Heloise of...
Various performances that took place in and around churches served the basic tenet of Christianity. Introduction In...
Variations were immense over an entire continent and a time span of about 1,000 years. Introduction The medieval...
Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass. By Dr....
Examining the origins of inequality from the Neolithic period through the Iron Age. By Dr. Ada PalmerAssociate...
The communicative meaning these materials held in the eyes of the beholder. Introduction Medieval marriage gifts of...
The history of why witchcraft was seen as a woman’s work. Introduction Flying through the skies on...
Constantine’s grants to the Church of Rome constitute a reasonable starting point for a history of ecclesiastical...
The idea of territory in the papal administration, the largest bureaucracy at the time. Introduction Stuart Elden’s...
Women could wield influence over their reputation, their position, and their wealth. Introduction Participating what Ivy Schweitzer...
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism, or avoiding inauspicious days. By Dr....
His commentary on Wisdom made Holcot hugely famous. The Dominican Robert Holcot (d. 1349) was one of...
Why are so many scholars and scientists obsessed with deciphering a bizarre, illustrated 600-year-old manuscript? By Dr....
The individual required no regulation of his life through the channels of the official Church. The Decretum...
A small sample of the ways the planets and stars were portrayed in medieval manuscripts. After coming...
Examining evidence wherein manuscripts self-document their own utility. Introduction Liturgical manuscripts—such as Gospels and missals—both betokened and...
If you know one thing about the European Middle Ages, chances are, it’s the Plague. Usually, when...
Friendship had an integral place in the formation of social bonds and political groupings. By Dr. Julian...
The work is considered a fundamental source for the earliest history of the East Slavs. Introduction The Russian...
Yaroslav focused on foreign policy, forming alliances with Scandinavian countries and weakening Byzantine influence. Introduction Yaroslav I...
Ivan III was the first Russian ruler to be given the title ‘the Great’. Introduction Ivan III...
Books were so much more than material items accommodating devotion, liturgy, knowledge, and entertainment. Introduction I have...
Examining the versatility of domestic imagery in medieval devotional texts. One of the defining characteristics of the...
Medieval Women and the Politics of Friendship in Christine de Pizan’s ‘Book of the City of Ladies’ 
Medieval Women and the Politics of Friendship in Christine de Pizan’s ‘Book of the City of Ladies’
Christine de Pizan’s work performs a medieval version of feminist fabulation. Introduction Surprisingly, even in the dark...
The best record of the droughts come from the width of annual growth rings of long-lived trees....
Heraldry was extremely useful for the communication of claims to territory. Introduction In this essay1 we analyse...
Spiritual ideals that were at the heart of the foundations of new forms of twelfth-century religious life....