Includes an italian Rule of Benedict, tons of 17th C stuff, including praise for Antonio Barbarini, a nice 16th C missale, some german stuff, and more @bookhistodons@medievodons#Medieval#Medievodons
“Much of the interest in Prester John appears to have been driven by apocalyptic theology and ideas about the Crusades, the culmination of history, and Christianity’s conflict with Islam. As for where this thing originated, one of the things I do is show how it’s really a composite text that was woven together out of several pre-existing traditions about this priest-king John, the emperor Manuel, and Christian lands in Asia.”
Cette semaine sort "Les monstres des hommes " premier livre des monstres en français et en images que l'on a traduit avec Maud Perez-Simon. Ce texte complètement inconnu m’a bouleversé: là au milieu du Moyen Age, on découvrait une voix pleine de colère et de désespoir, appelant les pauvres à s’assoir à la table des nobles à les renverser.
Un texte qui partait de l’insulte – les autres, les étrangers, avec leurs corps, avec leurs attitudes, sont des monstres – pour retourner le gant à la face de l’occident: les pires monstres sont ici, nous sommes tous des monstres.
In September/October, I'm starting an informal, online working group for PhD students & early-career scholars who are working on #earlymodern or #medieval#metals and metalworking, and who want to discuss their work in a safe, collaborative space.
🔴 🇪🇸 Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis
“By integrating genetic, archaeological, and historical data, we unveil the presence of an endogamous and consanguineous community in Northern Iberia. Despite centuries of turbulent regional history, this community experienced limited external gene flow. Our findings indicate that this community remained relatively isolated for at least five centuries.”
Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela et al., Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis. Sci. Adv.10, eadp8625 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8625.
🔴 🇪🇸 Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis
“By integrating genetic, archaeological, and historical data, we unveil the presence of an endogamous and consanguineous community in Northern Iberia. Despite centuries of turbulent regional history, this community experienced limited external gene flow. Our findings indicate that this community remained relatively isolated for at least five centuries.”
Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela et al., Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis. Sci. Adv.10, eadp8625 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8625.
🔴 🇪🇸 Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis
“By integrating genetic, archaeological, and historical data, we unveil the presence of an endogamous and consanguineous community in Northern Iberia. Despite centuries of turbulent regional history, this community experienced limited external gene flow. Our findings indicate that this community remained relatively isolated for at least five centuries.”
Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela et al.,
Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis. Sci. Adv.10, eadp8625 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8625.
America is easily the most religious country among the wealthy western democracies.
Why?
Episode 19 of Before We Were White - "New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 2" is out now.
Part 2 explores the Medieval Catholic Church, and how its quest for total political, economic, and spiritual power and authority led to the birth of Protestantism.
#Medievodons I'm looking for a source with the text of Papal or other late medieval indulgences. Just the text of the actual indulgence, not a bunch of history of theology about the concept, preferably in the original and in translation. Anyone know of such a thing? @medievodons#Medieval
Includes a bunch of 17th C papal...stuff, a nice Missale, some cannon law, and obviously some Aquinas commentaries. Plus one (1) folio by Sanvito, and not even an entire one #Medieval#Medievodons@bookhistodons@medievodons
A 16th century spiral staircase in an artisan's house, several floors high, with its central pole carved out of an oak tree which grew there & around which the house was built. The trunk is still visible at the bottom of the pole.
A 16th century spiral staircase in an artisan's house, several floors high, with its central pole carved out of an oak tree which grew there & around which the house was built. The trunk is still visible at the bottom of the pole.
This is a long shot, but is anyone using my book „Reading Nature in the Early Middle Ages“ on a course syllabus? I’m doing an evaluation and it would be very helpful for me to know.
It's #medieval Europe, you're a ruler that is pious and learned (actually an accomplished poet as well). What else are you going to do than make sure a monastery is taken care of?
The Once and Future Sex Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega, 2022
A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior.
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society...
The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women by Rosalie Gilbert, 2020
Romance, courtship, and behind closed doors. The intimate lives of medieval women were as complex as for modern women. They loved and lost, hoped and schemed, were lifted up and cast down. They were hopeful and lovelorn. Some had it forced upon them, others made aphrodisiacs and dressed for success. Some were chaste and some were lusty....
Does anyone know of a #DH or #medieval#manuscripts funding programme that would fund a small project (3-12 months) from April next year? I unfortunately missed the announcements from earlier this year and the deadlines have passed. This is for a programmer on my team who needs further funding.
Aug 15th is the Feast of the Assumption. In 1358 the Lady of Clare celebrated with a banquet at her London townhouse; her guests were the Minoress community of Franciscan nuns, & 28-year old Prince Edward, later known as the Black Prince.
I've been fascinated by her posts on making medieval inks & manuscripts, so have just preordered 'Medieval Scriptorium' by Sara Charles. It's due out next week, & a review by Richard Ovenden has been liberated from its paywall: https://www.ft.com/content/45af29b4-30a9-4c38-9f82-5ae227dfe2de
Update on #Manuscript 2020HEM-56, the minim height on the calendar pages is barely 1mm with 15 lines per page, but the main text relaxed to 10 lines and a massive ~1.5 mm minim. That means 2.5mm baseline!!! #Medieval#Medievodons@medievodons@bookhistodons
Aristocratic ladies were important #14thCentury patrons of English communities of the Order of St Clare, the Franciscan nuns also known as the Minoresses or Poor Clares. #StClare had died on 11 Aug 1353; #TIL from the excellent Wikipedia page that she’s now the patron saint of television! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi #medieval#NameDay 🧵 1/
🎨 detail of fresco from San Damiano convent in Assisi
📷 Gunnar Bach Pedersen / Wikimedia