In anticipation of the first comprehensive history of the houses on the medieval London Bridge, historian Dorian Gerhold gives us the first look. From specially commissioned reconstructions to brand new discoveries about medieval London, find[…]
Category: Medieval
Stitching it Together – The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery
How does a book on a “Lost Art” come into being? DR. ALEXANDRA LESTER-MAKIN shares how her research into medieval embroidery began, and evolved into the book The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred[…]
The Viking Age: A Time of Many Faces
Who were the Vikings? How much can we know about the individuals of the period – what they looked like, how they presented themselves, and how sickness or disability affected their lives? ‘The Viking Age:[…]
The Difficulties of Trusting Medieval Sources for The Battle of Poitiers
How can we reconstruct medieval battles? Is it possible to discern the truth in our sources? This extract from ‘The Black Prince and the Capture of a King’ by Morgen Witzel & Marilyn Livingstone explores[…]
International Children’s Day: Children and the Past
This International Children’s Day, we take a quick look into the archaeology of childhood, and the study of childhood in the past. The study of children in the past Children are an important part of[…]
Seats of Power in Europe: From the Charmless to the Captivating
WRITTEN BY ANTHONY EMERY, AUTHOR AND GUEST BLOGGER Throughout Europe, castles, forts, palaces and houses remain sites of interest, whether they are now fully furnished museums or mostly ruined. There’s something intriguing to us about[…]
Searching for Gold – by Marianne Vedeler
Marianne Vedeler is Associate professor in Archaeology at Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Her research and publications focus on clothing, style and costume accessories from the Middle Ages. Her latest title for Oxbow[…]
International Congress on Medieval Studies 2014
This weekend, Casemate Academic will be attending the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan! The annual meeting hosts more than 3000 scholars interested in Medieval Studies, who are invited to attend over[…]
The Medieval Ecclesiastical Vice – a Virtue?
Author Toby Huitson takes a look back at what inspired him to write his new book, Stairway to Heaven: The Functions of Medieval Upper Spaces. “I’m sorry to disappoint you, if you didn’t get the[…]