In the Middle Ages, craftsmen and jewellers in the Middle and Lower Danube Region were versatile and skilled in numerous techniques.
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The Languages of Early Medieval Charters
tudies of literacy and society has long since demolished the assumption that reading and writing were skills reserved for a small and distinct clerical elite. New book focus on the writing of charters
The Schlüsselfeld Ship
In the 14th century, it became fashionable to decorate tables at noble or royal banquets with models of ships, symbolising “Good Luck” and “Fair Wind”. Later, the wealthy merchants in the cities picked up this fashion. The Schlüsselfeld ship is one of the more famous.
Ships as Table Decorations in the Middle Ages
Ships were prized ornaments decorating the tables of kings and lords into the 16th and 17th century.
Marian Ughi visits St. Thomas of Becket in 1444
A newly discovered travel account of a Florentine merchant visiting Canterbury and the shrine of Thomas Becket sheds light on late medieval devotion
Grettir and Glam
Grettir's Saga is perhaps of the lesser known. Nevertheless, the story of this bellicose adventurer is great fun to read aloud to children at Halloween. Not least, because Grettir was renowed as "better able than any other to deal with spectres and goblins" such as Glam.
Byland Abbey Ghosts
This year, no guising and souling. Most children will be kept at home. So how to keep the poor sweet things occupied? Try telling them medieval ghost stories!
Ghost Stories from Byland Abbey
The Byland Abbey Ghost stories from c. 1400 offer us precious glimpses of local life in Yorkshire in and around one of the great abbeys.
IMC 2021 Goes Virtual
International Medieval Congress in 2021 will be digitally organised. Clearly, Leeds hope to overwinter as the flagship of the Medieval History World
China Tries to Corrupt History of Mongol Culture
Du to Chinese attempt at censorship, the Museum of Nantes in Bretagne has been forced to postpone an exhibition of Genghis Khan and the Mongols
Disc-on-Bow and Cruciform Brooches
New research points to the role distinct brooches played in the formation of “ethnic” identities in the North Sea region during the migration period and in the Early Viking Age
The Women of the Viking World
Valkyries were a prominent topos in the Old Norse Literature and art. A new book introduces us to the texts, the myths and the lengends
Two Princely Graves from the Migration Period – in Sachsen-Anhalt and the Thames Valley
Two Migration Period Graves are considered “once-in-a-lifetime” finds in England and Germany
REVIEW: Life And Cult Of Cnut The Holy
REVIEW: In 2016, the City of Odense celebrated the 850th anniversary of the murder of Cnut IV in the church of St. Alban in Odense. A splendid report of the symposium has been generously published as open source.
Medieval Food in Norwegians Towns
A new interdisciplinary research project - The impact of food culture in Medieval towns (FOODIMPACT) will analyse more than 30.000 items in the Cultural Museum in Oslo
The Gjellestad Excavation of a Viking ship Live Streamed
Last week, the Gjellestad excavation was live streamed by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation