Women could wield influence over their reputation, their position, and their wealth. Introduction Participating what Ivy Schweitzer...
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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....
The spatial sign in the middle ages is the product of the mythology of static, determinate structure....
Examining anti-immigrant rhetoric, legislation, violence, and hostility at the time. London has always been a city of...
Rumors about the Templars’ secret initiation ceremony created distrust. Introduction The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the...
Exploring the versatility of domestic imagery in medieval devotional texts. By Dr. Louise CampionMedieval Historian One of...
The discursive mode established between students and teacher was stringent and charming. A didactic poem by Hermann...
The inaccuracies function on a series of imbricated planes, with interwoven agendas. In 1952, Charles Singer published...
Examining radically altered intellectual landscape primarily through two manuscripts. Introduction Nestled in a mountain valley on the...
The Bardi bank had been one of the major players in the fourteenth century. By M.T.W. Payne...
Early Christians claimed that Jesus Christ and his followers were persecuted by Jews. Introduction Anti-Semitism is a...
Major towns and cities might have many moneyers’ houses and workshops. One of the most important themes...
The title tsar was initially used for the khans of the Golden Horde and the emperors of...
How two medieval artists illustrated the text’s protagonist a figure assigned female at birth who lived as...