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Medieval Infertility: Treatments, Cures, And Consequences, Zia Simpson
Medieval Infertility: Treatments, Cures, And Consequences, Zia Simpson
The Forum: Journal of History
Since the first civilizations emerged, reproductive ability has been one of the most prominent elements in assessing a woman’s value to society. Other characteristics such as beauty, intelligence, and wealth may have been granted comparable consequence, but those are arbitrary and improvable. Fertility is genetic, and for centuries it was beyond human control. Among the medieval European nobility, fertility held even greater power. The absence of an heir could, either directly or indirectly, bring about war, economic depression, and social disorder. Catholicism provided a refuge by allowing barren women to retain their hopes, while simultaneously enriching Rome’s coffers. Other women …
A Guide For Instructors And Students: Mld Mapping Project, Maryanne Kowaleski
A Guide For Instructors And Students: Mld Mapping Project, Maryanne Kowaleski
Digital Pedagogy: Medieval Londoners Mapping Project
This site contains instructions and other materials for a linked data digital project developed by Dr Maryanne Kowaleski and Ms Camila Marcone for two Fordham University courses in Fall 2020. The assignment required students to structure information found in medieval London property records into a spreadsheet that had columns corresponding to fields in the Medieval Londoners Database (MLD), an online searchable database of people who lived in London from c. 1190 to to c. 1520. Each person in the deed was noted in a separate row or record in the spreadsheet. Students next summarized the data about each property into …
2020 Medieval Object Assignment And Instructions, Maryanne Kowaleski
2020 Medieval Object Assignment And Instructions, Maryanne Kowaleski
Digital Pedagogy: Omeka Medieval London
Assignment with instructions on researching the medieval object and loading metadata and images into the Omeka digital platform for each item and exhibition.
F. Layers Of London Grid Template, Maryanne Kowaleski
F. Layers Of London Grid Template, Maryanne Kowaleski
Digital Pedagogy: Medieval Londoners Mapping Project
Empty grid form to be filled out with data on each deed; the data entered are then transferred to an online Layers of London record.
C. Mld-Mapping Dataset 1250-1334, Maryanne Kowaleski, Camila Marcone
C. Mld-Mapping Dataset 1250-1334, Maryanne Kowaleski, Camila Marcone
Digital Pedagogy: Medieval Londoners Mapping Project
The original dataset of London deeds selected for the undergrad students, taken from the website of The National Archives (TNA), E40 class, which took the deed abstracts from A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office: Series A, 3837-6122; Series B, 3871-4232; Series C, 2916-3764; Series D. 1-1330. Ed. H C Maxwell Lyte. London, 1890. Includes the names of cataloguers assigned to these deeds, which were mapped on Layers of London.
Medieval Sensibilities: A History Of Emotions In The Middle Ages, Chad Wiener
Medieval Sensibilities: A History Of Emotions In The Middle Ages, Chad Wiener
Philosophy Faculty Publications
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Chivalry And The Knight, Kyle Burrow
Chivalry And The Knight, Kyle Burrow
History Class Publications
What does it mean to have honor? Cultures from across the world have asked this question for millennia, and most of them have come up with very violent answers. Probably the most recognizable form of honorable conduct that we see in history is the idea of chivalry. Born in the Middle Ages, this idea bloomed in a troubled time, when wars were a pretty common occurrence, and the upper class was starting to need to justify their existence-- or distract the population with another shiny crusade. This is where chivalry comes in. At first, it was little more than a …
Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments For An Ill-Used Past [Table Of Contents], Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Thomas O'Donnell, Nicholas L. Paul, Nina Rowe
Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments For An Ill-Used Past [Table Of Contents], Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Thomas O'Donnell, Nicholas L. Paul, Nina Rowe
History
Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each author looks to a history that has refused to remain past and uses the tools of the academy to read and re-read familiar …
Queen Eleanor Of Aquitaine: Political Motherhood In The Middle Ages, Sherry Lynn Mason
Queen Eleanor Of Aquitaine: Political Motherhood In The Middle Ages, Sherry Lynn Mason
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
Historians have frequently written on the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) although few have studied her role as an affectionate, devoted, dutiful mother. This work is an attempt to address this situation through the study of available primary sources on Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Even though she was Queen of France (1137-1152) and England (1137-1189) she was considered less important than any man of her class because of the societal norms of the time. In reality she played an important part in the Angevin Empire for the power and influence she wielded in her own right. She used this …
The Troubadours And The Song Of The Crusades, Haley Caroline Kaye
The Troubadours And The Song Of The Crusades, Haley Caroline Kaye
Senior Projects Spring 2016
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.
Medieval Torture: A Brief History And Common Methods, Makena Bennett
Medieval Torture: A Brief History And Common Methods, Makena Bennett
A with Honors Projects
This essay examines the common devices and practices of torture employed during the medieval inquisition.