Worms, Corruption, and Medieval Detoxing Laxatives, bloodletting, vomiting - medieval medicine was very preoccupied with purging the human body. And with reason, as little animals might be living inside of us... Marlisa den Hartog • July 20, 2018
The boar who would be king: Royal boar prophecies in medieval England Various medieval English kings sought to identify themselves with the boar, including Henry II, Edward III and Richard III of York. This blog calls attention to the role of the boar in medieval English royal prophecies. Thijs Porck • July 05, 2018
Wine and dine in het Duitse Huis te Utrecht Wat aten en dronken de ridders en priesters van het Duitse Huis te Utrecht in de middeleeuwen? Veel vis en wijn zo blijkt, en volgens een vast eetschema. Jerem van Duijl • June 22, 2018
De kater die een handschrift ruïneerde en andere verhalen: De Moderne Devotie voor een breed publiek Een leider die furore maakt als rondreizend prediker, een kloosteroverste die afgezet wordt vanwege haar mystieke aanleg, en een kater die ’s nachts in de schrijfzaal een handschrift ruïneert. Anna Dlabacová • June 08, 2018
A good guy with a sword. Weapons and communal culture in sixteenth-century Germany Despite its different ideological foundations, modern North American gun culture had precedents in late medieval and early modern Europe, when weapons played an important role in communities that regarded an armed citizenry vital to public safety. Johannes Müller • May 25, 2018
Fake news in fifteenth-century Rome: The miraculous discovery of the Titulus Crucis relic There is nothing new about "fake news", as this post about various reports on a "miraculous discovery" in fifteenth-century Rome reveals! Marianne Ritsema van Eck • May 11, 2018
In search of public water provision, particularly in Leiden (part 2) How did the people of medieval Leiden obtain their drinking water? Here is a second blog about this fascinating question. Roos van Oosten • April 26, 2018
The Moving Finger: Glimpses into the Life of a Persian Quatrain How did the Rubáiyát attributed to the medieval philosopher Omar Khayyam find its way on board of the R.M.S. Titanic, into a parody of Mark Twain, and even into a speech of President Bill Clinton? Asghar Seyed Gohrab • April 13, 2018
It’s all in the family In fifteenth century Guelders (grosso modo modern day Gelderland), the brothers of duke Arnold preyed on each other’s property – former princely possessions given to them – and took different sides in the civil war between the duke and his son. Jaap Ligthart • March 30, 2018
