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New research links Icelandic volcanic eruptions in AD 762 with a frozen Bosperus
23/04/2024

New research links Icelandic volcanic eruptions in AD 762 with a frozen Bosperus

In AD 763 volcanic eruptions in Iceland caused Icebergs in the Black Sea and a nearly frozen Bosphorus causing widespread fear

What warhorse would you shop for if you were a Medieval Knight? A horse from Esrum in Denmark?
24/03/2024

What warhorse would you shop for if you were a Medieval Knight? A horse from Esrum in Denmark?

What horse would you prefer if you were a Medieval knight? A Jaguar, Volvo or Mercedes? If your car was a horse, which one would you prefer to ride if you

Returning to the Dark Ages?In the 21st century, we are looking towards the return of the Middle Ages, claims a group of ...
15/02/2024

Returning to the Dark Ages?

In the 21st century, we are looking towards the return of the Middle Ages, claims a group of political commentators

In the 21st century, we are looking towards a time when the Middle Ages return, claims a group of political commentators

Exiting new publication in three volumes tells the story of the European Bear covering prehistory to present times
04/10/2023

Exiting new publication in three volumes tells the story of the European Bear covering prehistory to present times

New books tell the exciting stories about the European bears and their past, present and future.

September 2023, UNESCO holds its 45th session of the World Heritage Committee In Riyadh. On the agenda is the Jewish Her...
21/08/2023

September 2023, UNESCO holds its 45th session of the World Heritage Committee In Riyadh. On the agenda is the Jewish Heritage in Erfurt. Hopefully, this unique assembly of buildings together with the important history of the Jews and their fate will receive the prestigious inscription. Read about the local sites here and follow the links to further Medieval Histories…

Erfurt boasts a handful of buildings from the Middle Ages, bearing witness to the city's Jewish heritage. Additionally, a remarkable treasure from 1349 narrates the tale of Erfurt's first Jewish inhabitants, a story paralleled by the Jewish Manuscripts housed in Berlin.

This summer, 2023, wildfires have once again laid waste large areas of Southern Europe. A tenth-century conflagration in...
10/08/2023

This summer, 2023, wildfires have once again laid waste large areas of Southern Europe. A tenth-century conflagration in Spain provides a fascinating comparison between medieval and present times. Can we learn how to fight wildfires from a tenth-century medieval experience?

This summer, 2023, wildfires have once again laid waste large areas of Southern Europe. A tenth-century conflagration provides a fascinating comparison between medieval and present times.

Probably the best Medieval Exhibition this summer is in Bonn in Germany
14/07/2023

Probably the best Medieval Exhibition this summer is in Bonn in Germany

Fifty years ago, archaeologists discovered Bodi’s burial near the river Rhine. This summer, we are invited to explore his life at an exhibition in Bonn.

.                      THE STONE OF DESTINYWill the Stone of Destiny arrive in London in time to be fitted into the Coro...
05/04/2023

. THE STONE OF DESTINY

Will the Stone of Destiny arrive in London in time to be fitted into the Coronation Chair before the coronation of King Charles III?
While the Scottish people are pondering whether to adhere to the agreement from 1996, the curators - Historic Environment Scotland – have created a 3D model and discovered some new markings. But do you know the story? Here is an introduction to some of the latest scholarly reflections currently gaining momentum

The Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone, is an ancient symbol of Scotland’s monarchy, probably used since the 10th century in the inauguration of its kings. As such, the stone is unique owing its preservation to Edward I, who seized the symbolically charged Scottish symbol in 1296.

Did Joseph cook doughnuts or pancakes over a burning fire to feed Mary on Christmas morning?Perhaps! The recipe for such...
04/12/2022

Did Joseph cook doughnuts or pancakes over a burning fire to feed Mary on Christmas morning?

Perhaps! The recipe for such Middle Eastern doughnuts definitely dates back to Ancient Greece, and one of the oldest recipes found in Cato's handbook from the 2nd century BC even tells us how to cook "globi”. Hence, it is not completely out of the question that Joseph lit a fire in front of the stable on Christmas morning to fry such greasy cakes and serve them drizzled with honey. New mothers need nourishment after all..,

Later it is told that the Crusaders tasted the delicious cakes baked in the streets of Jerusalem and Damascus and brought the idea back to Europe. From the Middle Ages onwards, we know of recipes from all over Europe.
In France, by the way, they are called nun farts...

Advent was a busy period of festive preparations in the Middle Ages filled with slaughtering, cooking, and brewing.

What will the future be for the exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry?A fully digitised version or the authentic tapestry in...
07/08/2022

What will the future be for the exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry?

A fully digitised version or the authentic tapestry in all its glory?

Will the future for the exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry look like the Grotte de Lascaux? With access to the authentic tapestry closed off for the wider public?

Why did the Norse disappear from Greenland in the 15th century?Why did the Norse in Greenland upend their settlements in...
26/07/2022

Why did the Norse disappear from Greenland in the 15th century?

Why did the Norse in Greenland upend their settlements in the late 15th century? A new explanation refers to their culture and way of life inherited from 9th century Viking Society.

The last Norse settlements in Greenland were abandoned in the 15th century. But why did the Norse disappear from Greenland? Was the final leaving caused by climate deterioration? Hostilities between the Norse people and the migrant Inuits? The depletion of the primary export articles: walrus ivory and hides for ropes? Or the fragile communication with the wider world following the Black Death?

Archaeological excavations and scientific explorations of climate upheavals and changes in the world economic system c. 1000–1450 continue to improve our understanding of these events. Recently, a rethinking of the history of the Norse settlements points to another explanation: the cultural construction of the Norse. Old habits, originally brought from Iceland, seem to have died hard.

Why did the Norse People in Greenland upend their settlements in the late 15th century? A new explanation refers to their culture and way of life inherited from 9th century Viking Society.

Whitsun saw the inauguration of the rebuilt 14th century Swedish Church in Södra Råda in Varmland in Sweden
06/06/2022

Whitsun saw the inauguration of the rebuilt 14th century Swedish Church in Södra Råda in Varmland in Sweden

This Whitsun, Södra Råda Church in Värmland in Sweden will be re-inaugurated. The aim of the reconstruction of the burnt-down medieval treasure was to learn how a church was built in the 14th century.

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