Editorial Material
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Richard Maber
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
(2023)
Article
Language & Linguistics
Geoffrey Russom
JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Emily Thornbury
Summary: This passage describes a suspenseful situation where a bomb is hidden underneath a table during a seemingly ordinary conversation, and the public is aware of it and longs to warn the characters.
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Charles B. Faulhaber
Summary: After reviewing the technological changes in PhiloBiblon since 1987, this article describes the current project, PhiloBiblon: From Siloed Databases to Linked Open Data via Wikibase: Proof of Concept. The current rigid structure of ten relational tables and almost 1,300 data fields is abandoned in favor of a more flexible structure of triples based on the Entity + Property + Entity statements, using the system of Wikidata.
MAGNIFICAT CULTURA I LITERATURA MEDIEVALS
(2022)
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Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Christoph Haack, Thomas Kohl
Summary: Carcassonne G 6, a preserved judicial oath from 833, is an exceptional source that sheds light on the history of the Spanish March and the workings of power in the Carolingian world. This oath, pertaining to a seemingly local dispute, connects a collection of royal charters with precepts issued by Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, and Charles the Bald concerning the Hispani. This connection reveals the intertwined relationship between localities and the center that organized a significant part of Western Europe into a political entity.
EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE
(2022)
Article
Literature, British Isles
Debapriya Sarkar
ENGLISH LITERARY RENAISSANCE
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Jeffrey B. Griswold
Summary: This article traces Aristotelian ideas about natural slavery through Book VI of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and argues that the poem naturalizes the enslavement of extra-European peoples.
EXEMPLARIA-MEDIEVAL EARLY MODERN THEORY
(2022)
Article
Archaeology
Craig Cessford, Andrew Hall, Bram Mulder, Benjamin Neil, Ian Riddler, Justin Wiles, Esther Cameron, Quita Mould
Summary: The girdle buckles found in several groups of burials at the later-medieval Augustinian friary in Cambridge suggest that clothed burial was common during this period. The burial was highly regulated, with specific garments and buckles used, and was limited to members of the Augustinian Order. These buckles symbolized corporate and personal identities. Similar typological parallels found at other English Augustinian friaries indicate broader connections and identities. The unique opportunity to contextualize the use of these buckles by a specific segment of society is presented by the Cambridge Augustinian friary.
MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
(2022)
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Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Maria Elena Cortese
Summary: The article examines the economic, political, and social structures of the region between Ravenna and Comacchio, focusing on the exploitation of coastal wetlands for salt production and distribution. It discusses the role of archbishops as the main inheritors of the ancient Exarchate's assets and rights, and their involvement in redistributing these resources with the support of prominent secular and ecclesiastical figures in Ravenna. The article also explores the political and economic significance of fiscal assets in the area.
RETI MEDIEVALI RIVISTA
(2022)
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Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Angelo Lo Conte
Summary: The paper discusses the visual testament created by the mute and deaf artist Luca Riva, shedding light on the connections between art practice and disability in the early modern period. This unique document, conserved in Milan, provides invaluable insight into seventeenth-century Milan and the predominant role of the Procaccini family in the evolution of Lombard art.
RENAISSANCE STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Ulriika Vihervalli
Summary: Late antique clerics rarely discussed wartime rape but focused on consecrated women as victims. This bias needs to be extended to include laywomen, children, and men as victims. Furthermore, the treatment of rape on virgins has shown distinct patterns in studies.
EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Ricardo Cordoba de la Llave
Summary: This work examines the interdisciplinary methodology currently used to study medieval technical manuscripts and recipe books from the Iberian Peninsula. It focuses on both formal and content analysis, including paleographic and codicological approaches and scientific techniques applied to the physical medium. The study compares technical procedures described in Hispanic recipes with those presented in European texts and other historical periods. It has yielded excellent results and allowed for experimental reproduction of these processes, verifying their validity and potential applications in the twenty-first century.
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL IBERIAN STUDIES
(2022)
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Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Benjamin Z. Kedar
Summary: The study suggests that the term shared sacred spaces does not accurately describe the phenomenon of medieval bi- or tri-confessional worship, and offers alternative terms like convergence, cohabitation, contested sacred place, interfaith crossover. Future studies could benefit from analyzing components such as confessional ownership of sacred space, religious reasons for its veneration, nature of interfaith crossovers, actions performed by adherents of different religions, social standing and motivation of adherents, and developmental trajectory.
AL-MASAQ-JOURNAL OF THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Leen Bervoets, Jan Dumolyn
Summary: The article provides an overview of urban protests in thirteenth-century north-western Europe, illustrating how artisans entered the political stage, regional differences and common features, and the interplay between changes in urban society and overall development in this crucial period.
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
James C. Staples
Summary: This article examines the Middle English poem Cleanness as a significant contribution to the history of sexuality, arguing that it offers a nuanced discourse on sexual pleasure and echoes Audre Lorde's conception of the erotic.
EXEMPLARIA-MEDIEVAL EARLY MODERN THEORY
(2022)
Article
Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Gottskalk Jensson
Summary: This study introduces the history and appraisal of Pingeyrar Abbey, the earliest monastic house in Iceland, providing information on the location and interiors of the monastery church, as well as the literary production and manuscripts of the abbey.
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Evan Bourke
Summary: This article argues that incorporating the epistolary reception of women writers enriches our understanding of women's experiences in transnational correspondence networks, bringing attention to the ways in which women were perceived by other correspondents and the boundaries imposed on them to be accepted. The focus on the Hartlib circle highlights the experiences of Dorothy Moore and Jean Appelius, showcasing the inseparable ties between women's reputations and financial realities.
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Alessandro Rizzo
Summary: This article examines the use of written language in diplomacy between European states and the Mamluk Sultanate. It analyzes the different types of documents used during diplomatic missions to Cairo and highlights the significance of the written word in maintaining diplomatic dialogue. The study also explores the relationship between rhetoric and practical usefulness in diplomatic discourse.
AL-MASAQ-JOURNAL OF THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Emily C. Francomano, Heather Bamford
Summary: This essay discusses why online availability should not be conflated with accessibility in discussions of the digital humanities and medieval studies. Expert-oriented digital humanities projects and discussions of medieval Iberian studies often lose sight of the promises of democratization and accessibility valued by the digital humanities community, in favor of traditional philological demands.
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL IBERIAN STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Valerie Allen
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES
(2022)
