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Aelred of Rievaulx
Marsha L. Dutton
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Aelred of Rievaulx Introduction The most prominent of the Cistercian abbots of 12th-century England, Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1110–d. 1167), als...
Alfred the Great
Paul E. Szarmach
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Alfred the Great Introduction The only English monarch to earn the epithet “Great” and who was esteemed highly by the later Victorians wh...
Alighieri, Dante
Chris Kleinhenz
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Dante Alighieri Introduction As the consummate author of the European Middle Ages, Dante Alighieri (b. 1265–d. 1321) left his mark on a numbe...
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Illumination
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Illumination Introduction “Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination” refers to those manuscripts produced in the area that i...
Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Introduction The Anglo-Saxon period in English history covers roughly the years 600 to 1100. Stone sculpture is on...
Architecture, Carolingian
Caroline Goodson
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Carolingian Architecture Introduction Carolingian-period architecture is a key expression of the cultural cohesion of the Franks and their all...
Art and Pilgrimage
Jennifer Lee
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Art and Pilgrimage Introduction Pilgrimage art is not a type of art but rather the interaction between pilgrims, people involved in the devotio...
Art, Anglo-Saxon
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Anglo-Saxon Art Introduction Anglo-Saxon art is the art of England from between roughly the years 600 and 1100, although dates will vary depend...
Art, Byzantine
Lynn Jones
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Byzantine Art Introduction Byzantine art, simply stated, is the art produced in the Byzantine Empire during the period 330–1453 ce. Of cours...
Art, Gothic
Alexandra Gajewski
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Gothic Art Introduction Hardly any category of style covers as complex a phenomenon as Gothic. Chronologically, it can be traced from its b...
Art, Insular
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Insular Art Introduction Insular art is a poorly defined area. Broadly speaking, it refers to the art of the British Isles and Ireland betwee...
Art, Ottonian
Karen Blough
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Ottonian Art Introduction This entry includes texts that address the visual arts primarily in the area represented by present-day Germany, Be...
Art, Pictish
Jane Geddes
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Pictish Art Introduction Pictish art was created by people living predominantly in north and eastern Scotland between about the 4th and 10th c...
Art, Romanesque
Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Romanesque Art Introduction The fully vaulted building and its large-scale sculptural decoration is the great invention of Romanesque art of ...
Beowulf
Paul E. Szarmach
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Beowulf Introduction By common estimation the corpus of Old English poetry is some 30,000 lines or, roughly, the literary output of John Milto...
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Chris Kleinhenz
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Giovanni Boccaccio Introduction Giovanni Boccaccio (b. 1313–d. 1375) is generally considered the father of Italian prose because of his ...
Britain, Drama in
Clifford Davidson
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Drama in Britain Introduction The earliest extant drama in medieval England is a Latin Easter church music-drama or ceremony in the Regul...
Britain, Schools in
Nicholas Orme
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Schools in Britain Introduction Schools are here defined as places where literary skills are taught to children and adolescents up to about the...
Canon Law
Edward Peters
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Canon Law Introduction Canon law began as sets of norms for the regulation of Christian conduct in the world and the relations of Christians wi...
Carolingian Era
Thomas F.X. Noble
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Carolingian Era Introduction The almost mythical character of Charlemagne (b. 748–d. 814)—Carlo Magno, Charles the Great, Karl der Grosse—has...
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