Distinctive laces in the cityscape in geographic and economic terms. Introduction A walk through fifteenth-century London, from...
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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...
Ancient Greek engineers who could construct automata established themselves in Alexandria. Introduction The history of robots has its origins...
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...
Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, royal succession was not fixed. In the rough-and-tumble setting of medieval...
Banquets and receptions served multiple purposes among the elite in medieval Europe. Introduction It is not often...
The basic design of the collar has not changed since the time of ancient Mesopotamia. Introduction The...
There was a strong emphasis on the bishop as administrator and judge. The Church of the post-Roman...
Starting in the Middle Ages, a large part of Munich’s economy depended on the rafting trade along...
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...
Rising rigidity of sexual morality in the post-Reformation period stimulated forms of resistance from below. Introduction In...
The meaning of these two concepts, religion and gender, has changed in time, space and culture. Introduction...
An 11th-century poem of love, lust, and possibly gruesome death still resonates today. We’ve been using poetry...
The process and tools for writing are depicted in works of writing themselves. By Ivan Matfeevich Rezansky...
Animals were inherently part of the urban fabric and cohabited with people in post-medieval cities. Abstract In...
The art and architecture produced by independent states between the 14th and 16th centuries. Introduction Mosques, tombstones,...
Pit-houses were built in many parts of northern Europe between the 5th and 12th centuries CE. Introduction...
As central authority collapsed, powerful warrior families fought each other for land and power. Introduction Fortifications of...
The beautiful medieval world of flowers, their uses, and in some cases their symbolism. Introduction How and...
Medieval food was quite diverse, and depending on the location, your diet would have differed greatly. It...