Leiden Medievalists Blog

Cultural History · Art History · Literature

Pigs and Bagpipes: Geoffrey Chaucer's Miller in Context

Geoffrey Chaucer drew on various medieval traditions surrounding pigs to characterise one of his most memorable characters in the Canterbury Tales: Robin the Miller

Thijs Porck • 02-02-2018

Art History · Book History

Who’s That Guy? Identity Crisis in a Fifteenth-century Woodcut

In fifteenth-century illustrated printed books printers regularly re-used their illustrations. When working with this material, a feeling of déjà-vu is not uncommon. But sometimes you recognize just one person, and you ask yourself: Who’s that guy?

Anna Dlabacová • 19-01-2018

Cultural History · Literature

Dracula en de drukpers: Hoe Vlad III een monster werd

Dracula staat sinds de late negentiende eeuw als vampier bekend, maar heeft al een veel langere voorgeschiedenis. Deze post belicht populaire Duitse Dracula-pamfletten uit de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw en hun invloed op de latere beeldvorming.

Johannes Müller • 05-01-2018

Manuscript Studies

Doodling in the Middle Ages

Doodling is something we do all the time: on the phone or attending a meeting we scribble, rather haphazardly and without thinking, squiggly lines, random words or mini drawings. The practice is old and originates in the pen trials of medieval scribes.

Erik Kwakkel • 22-12-2017

Archaeology

In search of public water provision, particularly in Leiden (part 1)

How did the medieval inhabitants of Leiden obtain their drinking water? This blog presents an initial exploration of the rather sparse documentary sources.

Roos van Oosten • 08-12-2017

Cultural History

#MeToo in Persian poetry

#MeToo may be seen as a new phenomenon, but there are many examples in medieval Islamic literature of sexual harassment and women who defend their rights and personal integrity.

Asghar Seyed Gohrab • 24-11-2017

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