Books were so much more than material items accommodating devotion, liturgy, knowledge, and entertainment. Introduction I have...
Medieval
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...
There was both a hierarchy of facial features and of their associated senses. What Is a Face?...
Medieval texts reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. Introduction have been researching blindness in the...
They can best be described as ‘literary histories’ that combined some factual information with much fiction. Introduction...
Urban renewal incubated a growing commercial sex industry, which in turn fueled a new demand for human...
Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages. Introduction Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre...
Demons appear regularly as causes of mental disorder in saints’ lives and miracle stories. Introduction Among the...
There was a constant negotiation of status and authority in the community. Introduction Finding your place in...
The ideological structures shaping the medieval record become highly visible with women. Introduction The discussion of disfigurement...
Many medieval advancements from the 12th to 14th centuries were either built on long-established techniques. Introduction Medieval...
The workings of marginalization had a direct impact on the uses of London’s spatial periphery. Introduction Underlying...
Investigating medieval merchants and their individual connections to the military. The interplay between mercantile and military activity...
Scholastic masters found themselves both constrained and enabled by institutions. Introduction This volume addresses the ways in...