Scholastic masters found themselves both constrained and enabled by institutions. Introduction This volume addresses the ways in...
Middle Ages
Looking at companions in medieval times. Pet lovers, gather round. Let’s talk all about pets in the...
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...
The emphasis on founding explanations for different disasters was always laid on two major issues. Introduction When...
Through the priests, God’s power to watch and judge had a human embodiment. Humanity, according to the...
The Banu Musa brothers described a number of early automatic controls. Introduction The Book of Ingenious Devices (literally: “The...
Individual penance was simply not enough, some collective and common forms were called on. Introduction Despite all...
The new grande industrie affected fashion, which in turn contributed to the growth of commerce. Introduction Technology...
The early Merovingian kings and queens were not particularly interested in cultivating cultural activity. Sometime between 664...
Distinctive individuals used by scholastic thinkers as models for thinking about their own particular identities. Individual Thinkers...
The Medici, a wealthy and powerful Florentine family, had fortune was built on their banking industry. Introduction...
The remarkable wealth of the London vintners in the fourteenth century created a distinctive locus. Introduction On...
Coins and seals held differing functions in medieval society. Introduction Over the past two decades, medieval women...
The three types of manorial court were distinguished by the importance of those who made use of...
Our understanding of horizontal learning within medieval communities largely depends upon semantics. Abstract This contribution sketches a...
Unpacking the role of lying and truth-telling in monastic culture. Abstract This paper investigates the links between...
The social lives of medieval Londoners reveal how far they were drawn into the centralizing forces of...
Courson’s life intersected with some of the major religious movements and contemporary concerns of his day. Introduction...
How frequently these disasters occurred and what conditions influenced their severity. Disastrous Times Before we embark on...
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...
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...