Medieval History

‘Islamic Coins from Early Medieval England’

by Rory Naismith

Numismatic Chronicle 165 (2005), 193–222

This paper lists and contextualises the c. 200 coins of Islamic origin (mostly silver dirhams) deposited in England... more This paper lists and contextualises the c. 200 coins of Islamic origin (mostly silver dirhams) deposited in England down to c. 1100. They include specimens from both hoards and single-finds, and are concentrated in eastern and northern England. Most coins were produced in the eighth or ninth centuries, and the volume of finds falls off with coins minted in the first quarter of the tenth century. These features, along with the common cutting-up of these coins and their association with other pieces of hacksilver, suggest that the majority should be associated with economic exchange between England and Scandinavia, where silver dirhams were widely used. However, there is also evidence for pre-viking importation via western Europe of both gold and silver coins; a route which never dried up entirely even in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

Kings, Crisis and Coinage Reforms in Northwest Europe c. 740–70

by Rory Naismith

Early Medieval Europe (forthcoming)

Prelude to Reform: Tenth-Century English Coinage in Perspective

by Rory Naismith

Studies in Memory of Mark Blackburn

Four new Agnus Dei pennies of King Æthelred the Unready

by Rory Naismith

(with S. D. Keynes) Anglo-Saxon England 40 (forthcoming)

Specimens of the several substantive coin-types issued in the name of King Æthelred the Unready (978–1016) survive in... more Specimens of the several substantive coin-types issued in the name of King Æthelred the Unready (978–1016) survive in their thousands, especially (and for good historical reasons) in Scandinavia; but very few specimens are recorded of his highly distinctive Agnus Dei type. In a checklist of recorded specimens published in 2007 (ASE 36, pp. 215–20), details were given of 17 coins; and the type was set in the context of the English response to the viking invasion of England in 1009, led by Thorkel the Tall. A further four specimens came to light in 2008–10, one in England and three in Denmark. An updated checklist of the enlarged corpus of Agnus Dei coins is here accompanied by a complete set of illustrations; and the opportunity is taken to review some of the numismatic and historical matters raised by this remarkable type.

"Quidam dicunt quod aqua sive ablutio, quidam quod character". Discussioni sulla natura del battesimo fra la metà del XII e i primi decenni del XIII secolo

by Riccardo Saccenti

published in "Cristianesimo nella Storia", 31 (2010), pp. 387-417

Il sacramento del battesimo è al centro di un ampio dibattito teologico fra la metà del XII secolo e la metà del XIII... more Il sacramento del battesimo è al centro di un ampio dibattito teologico fra la metà del XII secolo e la metà del XIII secolo. A partire dalla trattazione delle Sententiae di Pietro Lombardo si sviluppò un progressivo approfondimento dei vari aspetti del sacramento battesimale che vide fra i principali teologi impegnati Stefano Langton, Guglielmo di Auxerre, Alessandro di Hales e Ugo di Saint-Cher. Le loro dottrine ebbero evidenti influenze sulle opere degli autori successivi come Bonaventura da Bagnoregio e Tommaso d’Aquino.

The sacrament of baptism is at the centre of a large theological debate between the middle of XIIth century and the middle of XIIIth century. Starting with the position assumed by Peter Lombard in his Sentences a progressive study of the various aspects of baptism is developed. The main theologians engaged in it were Stephen Langton, William of Auxerre, Alexander of Hales and Hugues of Saint-Cher. Their doctrines had an evident influence on the positions of the subsequent authors such as Bonaventure of Balneoregio and Thomas Aquinas.

Montefeltro, Guido di [m. 1298], in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 76, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2012, pp. 64-69

by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

Montefeltro, Guidantonio di [m. 1443], in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 76, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2012, pp. 61-64

by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

Montefeltro, Buonconte di [m. 1289], in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 76, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2012, pp. 49-51

by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

Montefeltro, Antonio di [m. 1404], in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 76, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2012, pp. 38-42

by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

Montefeltrano [m. 1203 ca], in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 76, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2012, pp. 33-35

by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

Montefeltro, Buonconte di [m. 1242 ca], in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 76, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2012, pp. 45-49.

by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri

La pesca durant l'edat mitjana a través de les fonts literàries catalanes

by Frederic Aparisi Romero

Fishing in the middle ages is a subject that has interested the Spanish historiography recently. However, a paper... more Fishing in the middle ages is a subject that has interested the Spanish historiography recently. However, a paper about the sources and the work lines that the historianshave to study it has not done yet. This paper is an attempt to revise the sources of Catalan literature produced during the 13th and 15th Centuries trying to concrete the considerations about the fish and fishing in the Crown of Aragon in this period.

Visualising Communities. Possibilities of Network Analysis and Relational Sociology for the Survey and Analysis of Medieval Communities (in German)

by Johannes Preiser-Kapeller

Working Paper for a presentation for the SGB "Visions of Community" (http://www.univie.ac.at/viscom/index_viscom.php?seite=events) and the FSP "Gemeinschaftskonzepte, Identitäten und politische Integration", University of Vienna; slides online: http://oeaw.academia.edu/JohannesPreiserKapeller/Talks

Der Begriff des Netzwerkes erlebt spätestens seit der rasanten Verbreitung von „social
networks“ wie Facebook... more Der Begriff des Netzwerkes erlebt spätestens seit der rasanten Verbreitung von „social
networks“ wie Facebook einen fast inflationären Gebrauch in der öffentlichen Diskussion,
aber auch in verschiedenen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen, darunter der Geschichtsforschung.
Dabei ist es oft schwer zu entscheiden, wo dem Netzwerk-Begriff auch eine analytische
Aussagekraft zugrunde liegt und wo es sich nur um eine „Metapher“ oder ein „Schlagwort“
handelt, das Vergleichbarkeit mit Phänomenen der Gegenwart suggeriert, ohne
Wesentliches für den historischen Erkenntnisgewinn zu leisten.
Ein Ziel der sozialen Netzwerkanalyse ist es, Geflechte von Akteuren und Beziehungen in
strukturell und quantitativ fassbarer Form darzustellen. Darüber hinaus betrachtet aber die
„relationale Soziologie“ Akteure nicht nur als in soziale Netzwerke eingebettet; vielmehr
werden ihre Verhaltensweisen und Identitäten durch Interaktionen und Kommunikationsakte
im Netzwerk geprägt, ja überhaupt definiert. Die strukturell-quantitative Perspektive wird
damit wesentlich um qualitative Aspekte ergänzt; sowohl die Verknüpfungen zwischen
Akteuren als auch deren Rollen und Identitäten werden als Ergebnisse dynamischer
Prozesse verstanden.
In den letzten Jahren wurden diese Ansätze auch mit Konzepten der Systemtheorie (Niklas
Luhmann) und der Komplexitätsforschung verknüpft, um die Emergenz und Dynamik von
Gemeinschafts- und Identitätsbildungen von der individuellen Ebene über Gruppen bis hin zu
großen sozialen Formationen besser erfassen zu können. Diese Konzepte werden im
Vortrag präsentiert, diskutiert und durch auf der Grundlage mittelalterlicher Quellen erstellte
Fallbeispiele illustriert. Einige Ansätze und Beispiele wurden bereits in diversen Beiträgen
und Working Papers näher ausgeführt, die unter
http://oeaw.academia.edu/JohannesPreiserKapeller auch im Internet frei zugänglich sind.

A nyulak-szigeti apácakolostor és a Duna. In: Mikó Gábor – Péterfi Bence – Vadas András (szerk.): Tiszteletkör. Ünnepi tanulmányok Draskóczy István egyetemi tanár 60. születésnapjára. Budapest: ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, 2012. 561–572.

by Vadas András

The nunnery of the Margaret Island (Budapest) and the Danube.

Das Rad der Fortuna. Die Bedeutung eines antiken Symbols im Mittelalter

by Anne Viola Siebert

Published in: "der sassen speyghel" – Sachsenspiegel, Recht, Alltag, Bd. 2: Aus dem Leben gegriffen, Ein Rechtsbuch spiegelt seine Zeit (= Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Nordwestdeutschland, Beih. 10, 1995) 91–96

Great King, Emperor and Caliph - Byzantium in the political Web of the Middle East, 300-1204 CE (in German)

by Johannes Preiser-Kapeller

in: Historicum. Zeitschrift für Geschichte. Linz 2012, p. 26-47.

Review of Adriano Prosperi, Il seme dell'intolleranza. Ebrei, eretici, selvaggi: Granada 1492, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2011

by Daniele Santarelli

See: http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/view_by_stamp.php?&halsid=9ftkrlelale6ugkvtksga8a9r5&label=SHS&langue=fr&action_todo=view&id=halshs-00693974&version=2&view=short_view

1492: l’anno della scoperta dell’America che una lunga tradizione di periodizzazioni pone all’inizio dell’età moderna.... more 1492: l’anno della scoperta dell’America che una lunga tradizione di periodizzazioni pone all’inizio dell’età moderna. Gli eventi e le conseguenze di quell’anno memorabile sono al centro di questa breve ma densa sintesi/riflessione di Adriano Prosperi, divisa in tre parti, di cui la prima è significativamente intitolata “Alle origini dell’antisemitismo” ...

Alfonso V de Portugal y las demandas por crédito publico a finales de la Edad Media

by Rodrigo Dominguez

Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle

by Sarah Peverley

Ed. R. G. Dunphy, Published Brill, Leiden and Boston 2010. Online version available via http://referenceworks.brillonline.com

Entries on twenty-three English and Latin Chronicle(r)s: Adam of Usk, John Capgrave, William Caxton, Chronicle of the... more Entries on twenty-three English and Latin Chronicle(r)s: Adam of Usk, John Capgrave, William Caxton, Chronicle of the Rebellion in Lincolnshire, Chronicon Abbatiae Rameseiensis (Chronicle of Ramsey Abbey), Thomas Croftis, John Gower, John Hardyng, Historie of the Arrival of King Edward IV, John of Glastonbury, Henry Knighton, Lives of Henry V, John Lydgate, John Malverne, New Croniclys, Robert of Gloucester, John Rous, Short English Metrical Chronicle, John Somer, Thomas Castleford, John Vale, Warkworth's Chronicle, Westminster Chronicle.

Religious traditions and early Ismā`īlī history in western India: some historical perspectives on Satpanthī literature and the gināns

by Samira Sheikh

published in Tazim R. Kassam and Françoise Mallison, eds., Ginans: Texts and Contexts: Essays on Ismaili Hymns from South Asia, Matrix, 2007. Revised second edition, Primus, 2010, 149-167.