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Rubbish Reveals Daily Life in Medieval Greenland
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (516+ words) Rubbish heaps left behind by Greenland’s medieval Norse settlers are revealing new details about farming, livestock and everyday life. Researchers have found that microbial traces can survive in archaeological deposits for centuries, offering another way to investigate how people lived…...
Excavations at the Gnezdilovo burial ground. The beginning of archaeological work. View from the northeast.
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Medieval Warrior Buried with Horse and Dog Discovered in Russia
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (862+ words) Archaeologists excavating near Suzdal in Russia have uncovered an unusually well-preserved 10th-century chamber grave containing a man buried alongside a horse and dog, as well as weapons and riding equipment. The discovery provides new evidence that an elite military presence…...
New Medieval Books: The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (219+ words) As news reached 13th-century Europe of a new power emerging in the East, the kings of France were among those most eager to learn more about these mysterious newcomers. This book traces their efforts to understand the Mongols, establish connections…...
Dear Dad, Send Money: Letters from Students in the Middle Ages
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (716+ words) University students complaining about money is hardly a modern phenomenon. Medieval letters reveal young scholars writing home with familiar requests: send money, send clothes, and please understand just how expensive student life has become. For parents who have sent their…...
Nicholas Cusanus as Prince-Bishop of Brixen (1450-64): Historians and a Conflict of Church and State
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (143+ words) Medievalists.net Nicholas Cusanus as Prince-Bishop of Brixen (1450-64): Historians and a Conflict of Church and State By Brian A. Pavlac Historical Reflections / Reflexions Historiques Vol.21 No.1 (1995) Summary: This article examines the conflict between Cardinal Nicolaus Cusanus (Nicholas of Cusa), prince-bishop of…...
New Medieval Books: Cultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (161+ words) By Benjamin Z. Kedar In the aftermath of the First Crusade, a new state emerged in the eastern Mediterranean that was very different from the lands its conquerors had come from. This book examines the social and cultural landscape of the…...
The Complicated Case of Medieval Crime Fiction
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (734+ words) Medievalists.net What makes solving a crime in the Middle Ages so difficult—and why does that make medieval crime fiction so compelling? Anne McKendry explores how writers create detectives and mysteries in a world without modern policing or forensic…...
New Medieval Books: Craftland
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (175+ words) What was work like before industrialisation? This book looks back at Britain before the rise of modern industry, exploring the professions and occupations that once played an important role in people’s everyday lives. The book has a certain vagueness that…...
Medieval Graves Weren???t Always Family Burials, DNA Study Finds
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1192+ words) Adults and children buried together in medieval Scandinavia were often not close relatives, according to a new ancient DNA study. The findings challenge a longstanding assumption about shared graves while offering new insights into how medieval communities understood family, gender…...