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’

November 20, 2024

Christine de Pizan’s work performs a medieval version of feminist fabulation. Introduction Surprisingly, even in the dark...

Characteristics and Likely Causes of Medieval Megadroughts in North America

July 2, 2025

The best record of the droughts come from the width of annual growth rings of long-lived trees....

Heraldry and Territory: Construction of Authority in Medieval European Space

July 14, 2024

Heraldry was extremely useful for the communication of claims to territory. Introduction In this essay1 we analyse...

Medieval Religious Symbols and Practices: Spirituality, Pilgrimage, and Crusade

February 16, 2024

Spiritual ideals that were at the heart of the foundations of new forms of twelfth-century religious life....

The Language of Mythology: On Medieval Grammar and Hermeneutics

December 18, 2025

The spatial sign in the middle ages is the product of the mythology of static, determinate structure....

Immigration, Crafts, and Guilds in Late Medieval London

December 21, 2025

Examining anti-immigrant rhetoric, legislation, violence, and hostility at the time. London has always been a city of...

Secrecy unto Death: A History of the Medieval Knights Templar

September 14, 2025

Rumors about the Templars’ secret initiation ceremony created distrust. Introduction The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the...

Shopping or Scrimping?: The Household in Medieval Devotional Literature

March 21, 2024

Exploring the versatility of domestic imagery in medieval devotional texts. By Dr. Louise CampionMedieval Historian One of...

The Classroom of Hermann of Reichenau: Men and Women in the Life of Medieval Schools

September 4, 2024

The discursive mode established between students and teacher was stringent and charming. A didactic poem by Hermann...

Misdiagnosing Medieval Medicine: Correcting Some Modern Narratives about the Middle Ages

May 19, 2025

The inaccuracies function on a series of imbricated planes, with interwoven agendas. In 1952, Charles Singer published...

Restoring Institutional Memories and Libraries in the Twilight of the Early Middle Ages

January 16, 2024

Examining radically altered intellectual landscape primarily through two manuscripts. Introduction Nestled in a mountain valley on the...

Bankers and Booksellers: Evidence of the Book Trade in Late 15th-Century England

June 6, 2024

The Bardi bank had been one of the major players in the fourteenth century. By M.T.W. Payne...

Christian Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages and during the Reformation

February 8, 2026

Early Christians claimed that Jesus Christ and his followers were persecuted by Jews. Introduction Anti-Semitism is a...

Medieval Merchants and English Mints and Exchanges, 973-1489

December 19, 2023

Major towns and cities might have many moneyers’ houses and workshops. One of the most important themes...

Tsar: The Origin and History of a Title for Russian Rulers since the Middle Ages

July 22, 2024

The title tsar was initially used for the khans of the Golden Horde and the emperors of...

Illuminating Queer Gender Identity in the Medieval ‘Vie de sainte Eufrosine’ Manuscript

May 18, 2025

How two medieval artists illustrated the text’s protagonist a figure assigned female at birth who lived as...

Honor and “Face”: Living with Facial Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe

April 5, 2024

There was both a hierarchy of facial features and of their associated senses. What Is a Face?...

Medicine, Religion, and Revelations of Blindness in the Middle Ages

April 5, 2024

Medieval texts reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. Introduction have been researching blindness in the...

‘Gunki Monogatari’: The Medieval Japanese Literary Tradition of War Tales

May 5, 2024

They can best be described as ‘literary histories’ that combined some factual information with much fiction. Introduction...

Human Trafficking in the High Medieval Period of the 13th and 14th Centuries

November 12, 2025

Urban renewal incubated a growing commercial sex industry, which in turn fueled a new demand for human...

Vulture Brains: The Scientific Roots of Modern Medicine in the Medieval World

July 29, 2024

Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages. Introduction Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre...

Demons and Mental Disorder in Late Medieval Health and Medicine

August 14, 2025

Demons appear regularly as causes of mental disorder in saints’ lives and miracle stories. Introduction Among the...

Social Control and Marginalization: Controlling Inclusion and Exclusion in Late Medieval London

November 22, 2023

There was a constant negotiation of status and authority in the community. Introduction Finding your place in...

Defacing Women: The Gendering of Disfigurement in Medieval Europe

April 9, 2024

The ideological structures shaping the medieval record become highly visible with women. Introduction The discussion of disfigurement...

An Analysis of Medieval Civil and Military Technological Inventions and Innovations

September 17, 2025

Many medieval advancements from the 12th to 14th centuries were either built on long-established techniques. Introduction Medieval...

Social Status: Reputation, Marginalization, and Space in Late Medieval London

November 15, 2023

The workings of marginalization had a direct impact on the uses of London’s spatial periphery. Introduction Underlying...

Fighting Money: Merchants and the Military in Medieval Europe

March 22, 2026

Investigating medieval merchants and their individual connections to the military. The interplay between mercantile and military activity...

‘Better to Let Scandal Arise Than to Relinquish the Truth’: Medieval Cases of Conscience

February 3, 2026

Scholastic masters found themselves both constrained and enabled by institutions. Introduction This volume addresses the ways in...

Cats to Turtledoves: People and Their Pets in the Middle Ages

August 3, 2025

Looking at companions in medieval times. Pet lovers, gather round. Let’s talk all about pets in the...

Melancholia: Loneliness and Depression in the Medieval Humours

September 23, 2025

Melancholy was regarded as one of the four temperaments matching the four humours. Introduction Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: melaina chole,[1] meaning black bile)[2] is...