High Middle Ages
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In 2009-2010 an emergency excavation was carried out on a future golf course of „Golf ter Hille‟, Oostduinkerke. Zone 2 yielded traces of a transformation of a simple farmstead into a moated site with a typical motte-and-bailey structure.... more
A period in history which the Renaissance scholars pejoratively called the «Middle Ages» was marked by the emergence of Europe— the rise and development of the Western civilisation. The centuries from the fourth to the fifteenth proved... more
Verbete do Dicionário "Cem Fragmentos biográficos: a Idade Média em trajetórias", organizado por Guilherme Queiroz de Souza e Renata Cristina de Sousa Nascimento (Editora Tempestiva, 2020).
The paper discusses the potential of Historical Network Research (HNR) in Medieval Studies with a special focus on the problem of the availability of sources. In particular, it identifies three research fields in which HNR will be a most... more
An ambitious project with a beautiful outcome. At first glance the fields of women and gender during the medieval millennium seem vast and insuperable. This volume is a must for students of Gender and Women’s Studies. It also offers... more
Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle Ages were divided in many ways. But one thing they shared in common was the fear that God was offended by wrong belief. Medieval Heresies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is the first... more
Il s'agit de deux panneaux réalisés suite à l'étude préliminaire de trois carrières (les seules connues en 2011) du centre carrier de la vallée de la Manse, ainsi que de la fouille d'une partie de la carrière 1. Ces panneaux servent à la... more
When early medieval sources record the appointment of a new bishop, the authors occasionally provide extra information on the social, geographical, educational or ecclesiastical background of the appointee. These details were not randomly... more
The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages Taylor Institute, Lincoln College, and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University September 10-12, 2015 This interdisciplinary conference will explore the influences of the... more
The paper presents a short review of historiography examining the Ottoman conquest of the Bosnian Kingdom in 1463, with an emphasis on opinions and evaluations of historians from the Ragusan writers and chroniclers of the sixteenth and... more
The phenomenon we call chivalry becomes visible in the sources from the mid-twelfth century onwards, when the elites in Western Europe found themselves faced with a variety of changes—political, social, intellectual, and economical—that... more
„Bertholds Kandidatur hat bei der Genese des Thronstreits möglicherweise eine nicht geringe Rolle gespielt. Natürlich ist eine solche ´Was wäre wenn´-Erwägung spekulativ. Ihr Reiz liegt aber darin, dass wir hier gewissermaßen einen... more
In his analysis of medieval lordship, Thomas N. Bisson differentiates between lordship and feudalism, as well as between lordship and kingship. He also compares biblical lordship, derived from man’s creation in the image of God, to... more
From Winston Black in The Medieval Review 15.06.24... 'In the concluding essay, "The Bright Side of the Knife: Dismemberment in Medieval Europe and the Modern Imagination," Lila Yawn clearly takes the most chances and has the most fun in... more
The study presents the partial outcome of long-term research into mediaeval roads and settlements in the Bojovský stream drainage area located in the north-western surroundings of confluence of the the Vltava and Sázava rivers at Davle.... more
Examination of medieval intellectuals in the Hungarian Kingdom has a long traditions. In the last few decades well known scientists such as György Bónis, László Mezey, András Kubinyi and József Köblös had did researches this topic. The... more
Marián Čurný: Tehla a stavebná keramika v architektúre stredovekých a včasnonovovekých Košíc. Ziegel und Baukeramik in der Architektur des mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Košice (Kaschau). In: FORUM URBES MEDII AEVI IX./1–2. Cihla... more
Este libro muestra cuáles fueron los personajes decisivos y los hitos culturales decisivos en torno a los cuales Europa llegó a ser lo es, o lo que era. Fueron personajes que lucharon por hacer de un mundo caído un mundo más agradable a... more
The consensus on Pope Honorius III (1216–27) is that he was a conciliatory politician who lacked the harder edge possessed by his immediate predecessor and successor. Yet, using overlooked evidence regarding the role of Honorius in... more
By comparing two knights of two different eras, can we record the evolution of chivalry? William Marshal (c.1147-1217) lived during the age in which chivalry was mid-way through it evolution. He lived the life of a knight who had to... more
The identification of deviant burials as those of ‘vampires’ is a feature of excavated skeletons from sites across Eastern, Central and Southern Europe as well as the Balkans. Based on a close reading of historic and folkloric sources... more
Thanks to the system of ranking by centrality points which was elaborated by András Kubinyi, an ever increasing area of the research of the market towns is occupied by those analyses which examine the features and development of... more
France is fabulously rich in incised effigial slabs and this book is the first study written in English to examine in detail their unique qualities in a particular region, the five départements of the Pays de la Loire. It uncovers their... more
The paper examines the connections between late medieval urban development in Hungary, the handicraft industry and the name giving practices of the lower and middle classes of medieval society. It has long been accepted through research... more
La presenza e l’azione femminile nel periodo altomedievale, fra VI e X secolo, sono studiate in modo specifi co solo da pochi decenni, e in maniera pressoché univoca dalla storiografia anglosassone e francese. In quella italiana, ancora... more
"Abstract: The Swedish project The Medieval town - subtitled The consequences of the early urbanization process for modern city planning - started in 1976. Cultural layers in towns had at that time almost no legal support in the The law... more
The original letter of Duke Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, issued on the 1st of March 1455 in Ključ, which regulated the possible relations between him and his potential bride Barbara of Liechtenstein, is today preserved in the Princely... more