Chivalric romance is a type of prose or versenarrativethat was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They typically describe the adventures of quest-seeking,legendary knightswho are portrayed as having heroic qualities. Chivalric romances celebrate an idealized co...
Nakers are small kettledrums made of metal, wood or clay. In Arabic, they were naqqāra, part of the loud outdoor ceremonial band of Arabia. The shawm, trumpet and nakers were new to Europe in the 11th–12thcentury, and the Arabian ceremonial band was itself adopted in Europe, reaching...
–Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of ‘Sex,’ 2nd edn (New York: Routledge, 2011). Cadden, Joan, Nothing Natural is Shameful: Sodomy and Science in Late Medieval Europe (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). Clark, Robert L. A., ‘Jousting Without A Lan...
and he is entirely conventional in his advice. He even offers us an instance of the vertical probing back to the original source for meaning in his etymological gloss on the names “quadrivium” and “trivium.” They are
not only the counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Kildare, and parts of Wicklow, Laois, and Offaly, but the kings of Leinster are often the overlords of the flourishing Hiberno-Norse ports of Wexford and Dublin, both of which have considerable trading links with England and wider Europe....
Over the centuries vast numbers of people from all over Europe made pilgrimage here. Devotion to the saint was enhanced by his shrine’s location on the Via Vézelay – a well trodden pilgrimage route- to the St James in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Pilgrim badge from the shrine of ...
In fact, records exist of the very same arguments dating as far back as medieval Egypt and Europe. Marijuana has attracted various names throughout history, including the Shrub of Emotion, Shrub of Understanding, Peace of Mind, Branches of Bliss and even the Thought Morsel. However, in the ...
The Judenhat ("Jewish hat") can be traced back to medieval Europe. You can even find it in the Bird’s Head Haggadah and some other Jewish books of the time. Originally a marker of eastern learning, antiquity and authority, and even fashionable with 12th century aristocracy, things took ...
The church was another central feature of the medieval manor. The religion of the whole of Europe was Roman Catholic and it was law that people went to church on a Sunday. The leading churchmen of the land, Bishops and Archbishops were very wealthy and helped to govern the country. The ...
David Wallace, and basically everything byHelen Young. On adjacent postcolonial approaches to medievalism globally, note Nadia Altschul and Kathleen Davis (eds.),Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World: The Idea of “the Middle Ages” Outside Europe(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)...