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Jewish Manuscript Illumination
Katrin Kogman-Appel
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Jewish Manuscript Illumination Introduction Illuminated manuscripts began to appear in Jewish society in the 10th century in the Middle East a...
Jews and Judaism in Medieval Europe
Yechiel Schur, Robert Chazan
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Jews and Judaism in Medieval EuropeIntroductionIn the year 1000, Christian-controlled areas of Europe housed only a tiny proportion of world Jewry. Th...
Julian of Norwich
Denise Baker
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Julian of NorwichIntroductionThe first English woman identified as an author, Julian of Norwich composed two accounts of the divine revelations she re...
Junius Manuscript, The
Leslie Lockett
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
The Junius Manuscript ...
King Arthur
Christopher A. Snyder
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
King Arthur Introduction Perhaps no medieval monarch, historical or legendary, has had as wide and lasting an impact as King Arthur. From the ...
Kings and Monarchy, 1066-1485, English
Douglas Biggs
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
English Kings and Monarchy, 1066–1485 Introduction The king was the most important component in medieval political society. With him lay the r...
Knapwell, Richard
M.V. Dougherty
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Richard KnapwellIntroductionThe English Dominican friar and theologian Richard Knapwell (Clapwell) (fl. 1284–1286) is best known as an early defender ...
Kraków
Pawel Kras
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Kraków Introduction In the early Middle Ages the rise of Kraków paralleled the growth of the military role of the Wawel stronghold. In the ...
Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Douglas Kelly
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Lancelot-Grail CycleIntroductionThe anonymous Vulgate Lancelot-Grail cycle contains five branches: the Estoire del saint graal, the Merlin, the Lancel...
Late Medieval Preaching
Pietro Delcorno
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Late Medieval PreachingIntroductionPreaching was the most influential and pervasive mass medium of religious and moral instruction in late medieval so...
Latin Arts of Poetry and Prose, Medieval
Douglas Kelly
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Medieval Latin Arts of Poetry and ProseIntroductionModern scholarship on the medieval Latin arts of poetry and prose has focused on a number of treati...
Latino, Brunetto
Julia Bolton Holloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Brunetto LatinoIntroductionScholarship on the 13th-century Florentine Brunetto Latino, usually cited by modern writers as “Brunetto Latini,” has been ...
Libraries in England and Wales
David Bell
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Libraries in England and WalesIntroductionThe period covered in this bibliography is from Anglo-Saxon England to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, o...
Lindisfarne Gospels
Carol A. Farr, Michelle P. Brown
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Lindisfarne Gospels Introduction The Lindisfarne Gospels is a large format, splendidly decorated manuscript presenting the Gospels of Matthew,...
Liturgical Drama
Nils Holger Petersen
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Liturgical Drama Introduction The term liturgical drama was first used in the mid-19th century to denote religious dramas that were part of, o...
Liturgical Processions
Richard W. Pfaff
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Liturgical Processions Introduction Liturgical processions are defined in this article as the ceremonial movement of persons from place to pla...
Liturgy
Matthew Cheung Salisbury, Andrew Hughes
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Liturgy Introduction “Liturgy” refers to the totality of the public worship of the Christian Church. It was the authentic, authorized public e...
Lollards and John Wyclif, The
Fiona Somerset, Derrick Pitard
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
The Lollards and John Wyclif Introduction Lollards, also known as Wycliffites, were members of a religious movement inspired by the Oxford don...
Lombards in Italy
Richard Ring
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Lombards in Italy Introduction The Lombards (sometimes Longobards or Langobards) first appear as a named group in the 1st century ce. By the 5...
London, Medieval
Helen Bradley
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Medieval LondonIntroductionThere is no beginning or end date for medieval London. Long-term changes transformed the post-Roman city into a 16th-centur...
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