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- The Fashion Police in 16th-century Italy (2014) https://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/fashion-police-16th-century-italy/ 37 comments
- Monsters in the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2023/10/how-to-make-a-monster/ 14 comments
- Bai Juyi: The Tang dynasty’s baldest poet https://www.medievalists.net/2022/09/bai-juyi-baldest-poet/ 7 comments
- 800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices https://www.medievalists.net/2021/04/medieval-jewish-dietary-practices/ 3 comments
- A Survival Guide to Medieval Fairy Tales https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/medieval-fairy-tales/ 37 comments
- Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/peasant-knight-battle/ 311 comments
- Fatness and Thinness in the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/fatness-thinness-middle-ages/ 61 comments
- What was the role of the blacksmith in medieval society? http://www.medievalists.net/2018/11/role-blacksmith-medieval-society/ 71 comments
- How did people sleep in the Middle Ages? http://www.medievalists.net/2016/01/03/how-did-people-sleep-in-the-middle-ages/ 42 comments
- Why Cats Were Hated in Medieval Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/02/why-cats-were-hated-in-medieval-europe 78 comments
- Medieval inscription discovered in desert ruins https://www.medievalists.net/2024/01/medieval-inscription-discovered-in-desert-ruins/ 45 comments worldnews
- ‘Forgotten archive’ of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church https://www.medievalists.net/2022/09/medieval-books-manuscripts-discovered-romania/ 311 comments books
- Researcher discovers another astronomy book written by Galileo Galilei https://www.medievalists.net/2022/10/researcher-discovers-another-astronomy-book-written-by-galileo-galilei/ 42 comments books
- 'Forgotten archive' of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church. https://www.medievalists.net/2022/09/medieval-books-manuscripts-discovered-romania/ 20 comments europe
- 'Forgotten archive' of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church https://www.medievalists.net/2022/09/medieval-books-manuscripts-discovered-romania/ 256 comments history
- Thousands of medieval images available for free, thanks to Albertina Museum https://www.medievalists.net/2022/08/medieval-images-albertina-museum/ 60 comments history
- Why Was a Scotsman Working as a 'Cop' in 15th-century Bologna? https://www.medievalists.net/2021/10/scotsman-cop-bologna/ 3 comments italy
- The Māori may have been going to Antarctica as early as the 7th century, researchers find https://www.medievalists.net/2021/06/the-maori-may-have-been-going-to-antarctica-as-early-as-the-7th-century-researchers-find/ 38 comments anthropology
- The British Library is making available 40,000 maps dating between 1500 and 1824, which will be freely available online for the first time. They are part of the Topographical Collection of King George III (K. Top), and included maps, atlases, architectural drawings, cartoons and watercolours. https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/40000-early-modern-maps/ 151 comments history
- New archaeological information, suggests sporadic Viking habitation in Canada http://www.medievalists.net/2019/07/new-archaeological-information-uncovered-at-viking-site-in-newfoundland/ 5 comments history
- Medieval Geopolitics: Questions of Power and Authority between Church and State http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/power-authority-church-state/ 3 comments history
- English estate "unchanged in its essentials since the days long before the Norman Conquest" goes on sale http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/last-traditional-medieval-manor-on-sale-for-7-million/ 6 comments history
- The 50 Most Important Events of the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/most-important-events-middle-ages/ 5 comments history
- Color in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2018/02/color-middle-ages/ 172 comments history
- First hand account of a survivor of the Mongol Invasion (13th century) http://www.medievalists.net/2018/01/escaping-mongols-survivors-account-13th-century/ 53 comments history
- Montbrun Castle http://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/montbrun-castle-1.jpg 3 comments europe
- Medieval Theft Prevention Book Curses http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/top-10-medieval-book-curses/ 11 comments books
- Yale University acquires ‘treasure trove’ of medieval manuscripts - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/yale-university-acquires-treasure-trove-of-medieval-manuscripts/?utm_content=buffer72bdb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 3 comments history
- Understanding Viking Nicknames | Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/01/viking-nicknames/ 4 comments history
- Anglo-Saxon medicine is able to kill modern-day superbug, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/30/anglo-saxon-medicine-is-able-to-kill-modern-day-superbug-researchers-find/ 70 comments history
- How to study St. Thomas Aquinas: An interview with Therese Scarpelli Cory http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/14/study-st-thomas-aquinas-interview-therese-scarpelli-cory/ 4 comments philosophy
- The classic narrative of jews as the moneylenders for medieval Europe was constructed in response to 19th-century debates over the emancipation of German Jewry, and rests on two outdated theories: a theory of economic stages and an organic model of folk development (PDF) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/12/religion-economy-pre-modern-europe-medieval-commercial-revolution-jews/ 4 comments history
- 900-Year-Old Coded Viking Message Carved on Wood Fragment Finally Solved, It Says “Kiss Me” http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/07/norse-rune-code-cracked/ 141 comments science
- Norse Rune code cracked http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/07/norse-rune-code-cracked/ 22 comments history
- The Medieval Walking Dead http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/20/the-medieval-walking-dead/ 3 comments history
- What caused the Viking Age? | By James H. Barrett http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/12/what-caused-the-viking-age/ 14 comments history
- Richard III deserves a state burial! http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/22/burial-of-king-richard-iii-to-cost-1-million/ 6 comments history
- What did the Vikings ever do for us? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/14/what-did-the-vikings-ever-do-for-us/ 6 comments history
- Did people in the Middle Ages take baths? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/13/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-take-baths/ 6 comments history
- How did medieval Europeans deal with Greek debt? They sacked their capital city http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/how-did-medieval-europeans-deal-with-greek-debt-they-stormed-their-capital-city/ 15 comments europe