How frequently these disasters occurred and what conditions influenced their severity. Disastrous Times Before we embark on...
Medieval
Both weather and natural catastrophes have always been highly impactful on human history and culture. Introduction Originally...
Feudalism in Europe emerged based on Roman clientship and the Germanic social hierarchy of lords and retainers....
“Human knowing is powerless in the study of another world.” By Sh Fayzulloeva MAssistant ProfessorTajik State University...
Close woman–woman friendships that supported and made the work of the visionary possible. The medieval women whose...
Though the history of advertising spans back as far as Ancient Egypt, perhaps the most surprising discovery...
The medieval Church was wealthy and land-hungry. Although my argument begins chronologically in the fourth century, I...
Slave trading in Europe from Late Antiquity to the twelfth century. Introduction The image of the early...
There are a number of 9th-century cases of projected or actual withdrawal from the world of persons...
Old age began at 60 in the Middle Ages and a surprising number of people reached that...
Distinctive laces in the cityscape in geographic and economic terms. Introduction A walk through fifteenth-century London, from...
To whom did the princes’ and nobles’ ‘own entrusted lands’ truly belong? Abstract This article provides an...
From the ingestion of relic dust and blood-tinged water to the practices of purging and venesection. Medieval...
Were the circumstances of London life around 1500 more favourable to domestic stability and wellbeing? Introduction In...
A woman sought to make the then-unprecedented move of ascending to the English throne. Introduction In three...
Assessing a group of early Carolingian grammar miscellanies using methods of digital network analysis. Early medieval masters...
A medieval past and an imagined future can still find ways to ‘touch’. Abstract Sometime after 1188,...
Examining the medieval development of record-keeping by the London craft and merchant guilds. In 1484 the accounts...
Monastic practices and ideas often permeate texts dealing with the care for and instruction of children. By...
In the late Middle Ages, authors shared their texts freely. Introduction Hackers are the last thing most...
The display and gifting of artefacts were crucial when aiming to impact others. Introduction Medieval marriage gifts...
Trade has been a vital part of civilizations for thousands of years, and it was no different...
Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, royal succession was not fixed. In the rough-and-tumble setting of medieval...
Towns and cities grew, and with them new centers of learning emerged. Introduction Historians sometimes refer to...
There was a strong emphasis on the bishop as administrator and judge. The Church of the post-Roman...
The common image aside, it is not feasible for Wallace to have possessed a longsword during his...
Christianity displayed a remarkable power to convert even peoples who had previously proved militarily stronger. Introduction Once...
Local power struggles about the nature of civic authority helped to define ideas of citizenship and of...
Exploring the perennial issues sex presents and how medieval societies dealt with them. While total abstinence for...
Everything changed in the Arab world in the sixth century CE. Introduction The history of Islam is...