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Footboards, Film Props and Fragments: Exploring English Medieval Furniture

March 20, 2023March 17, 2023 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

What do Charles Edward Stuart, members of the Mosley family, and Sid James have in common? At some point they all, most likely, occupied the Henry VII and Elizabeth of York Marriage Bed. The bed[…]

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Rediscovering Old London Bridge

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 oxbow_booksarchitecture

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[…]

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Stitching it Together – The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery

May 11, 2020June 7, 2023 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

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[…]

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The Viking Age: A Time of Many Faces

June 4, 2018June 7, 2023 oxbow_booksExtract

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:[…]

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The Battle of Poitiers

The Difficulties of Trusting Medieval Sources for The Battle of Poitiers

May 30, 2018 oxbow_booksBooks

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[…]

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International Children’s Day: Children and the Past

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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[…]

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Seats of Power in Europe: From the Charmless to the Captivating

April 12, 2017 oxbow_booksarchitecture

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[…]

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Searching for Gold – by Marianne Vedeler

May 16, 2014 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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[…]

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International Congress on Medieval Studies 2014

May 8, 2014 michaelacasemateBooks

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[…]

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