Book Review
Archaeology
Zeynep Celik
JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Archaeology
Paul Everson, David Stocker
Summary: This paper examines the continuation of the Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture tradition in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire after the Norman Conquest, with a focus on elaborately decorated 'high crosses'. The study analyzes five specific crosses and their significance in both monastic and secular contexts, suggesting a political connection within the early cult of St Thomas of Canterbury.
JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Archaeology
Sarah Brown
Summary: This article examines the involvement of Beatrice, dowager Baroness Roos (d. 1415) in the making of art. It explores her patronage of prominent English artists, her interest in heraldry, and her role in the creation of a major monument in St Paul's Cathedral. The article also reaffirms her status as the donor of the St William window in York Minster and demonstrates her influence on its content and meaning.
JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Samuel M. Grimes
Summary: This paper examines three allegedly Sanskrit names that appear on a fourteenth-century kirtistambha inscription. The author suggests that these names are actually Indic renderings of Tibetan names and that the dynasty members themselves were Tibetan stranger kings. Furthermore, the author argues that this dynasty adopted the dynastic names of the contemporaneous kings of Nepal to situate themselves in the Indosphere.
MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Teresa Shawcross
Summary: This article examines the revision, dissemination, and interpretation of Marco Polo's work during Columbus's era. Columbus's focus on material things, particularly mineral deposits and other resources, contributed to a shift in the relationship between materiality and cosmography that was of key importance to modern colonialism.
MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Francisco Jose Diaz Marcilla
Summary: This paper aims to analyse the circulation of political ideas within Iberian educational centres and their contribution to the establishment of new dynasties and annexation of other kingdoms, as well as the relationship with Muslim territories.
MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Anthony Bromley
Summary: This article argues that Milton's "Of Education" was influential in shaping the Hartlibian philosophy of education in the 1640s, and suggests that the text contributed to the development of exclusive forms of education for the public good.
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
James Mcmullen
Summary: This article examines the historical background of seventeenth-century Japan and the role of Kumazawa Banzan, presenting his views as a variant of premodern religious thinking in line with Mircea Eliade's concept of 'anthropocosmic'. Banzan's adoption of Neo-Confucianism and his belief in an arcadian ancient Chinese era are discussed, as are his cyclical view of time, the fall from arcadia, and man's agency in post-lapsarian history. The article also addresses rulership failures and the ecological crisis in contemporary Japan, and explores the 'eternal return' characteristic of traditionalist religions, drawing parallels between Banzan's crisis diagnosis and the views of man and nature in the twenty-first century.
POSTMEDIEVAL-A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Marco Zuccato
Summary: This article critically reviews recent historiography on the Muslim presence in early medieval peninsular Italy, providing a more nuanced understanding of Muslim-Christian interactions and their sociopolitical implications.
AL-MASAQ-JOURNAL OF THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN
(2023)
Review
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Niko Munz
RENAISSANCE STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Blanca Gari
Summary: The article explores the wills, tomb, death, funeral rites, and annual celebrations of Countess Maria alvarez de Xerica as a grand performance. It also examines the agency of memory containers and their potential to construct memory networks.
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL IBERIAN STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Susan McDonough, Michelle Armstrong-Partida
Summary: Previous scholarship has mistakenly assumed that singlewomen were rare and lacked resources in medieval Southern Europe. However, notarial sources from the late medieval Mediterranean reveal that singlewomen not only existed in thriving port cities but also created extensive networks to survive and thrive. These women formed deep ties with both local and migrant neighbors, displaying a sense of responsibility to free other enslaved individuals and provide charity to poor women. By utilizing their final wills and testaments and other notarial documents, singlewomen sustained the networks that supported them in life, preserving their relationships and sustaining community even after their passing.
JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL IBERIAN STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Evan Nicoll-Johnson
Summary: "The Treatise on Withdrawing to the Mountains of Jinhua" by Liu Xiaobiao provides a comprehensive account of the author's rural mountain estate. Through his unique form of landscape writing, Liu draws inspiration from various literary genres and academic influences. He explores different attitudes and perspectives on human engagement with the natural world, capturing a region that has undergone significant anthropogenic transformation.
POSTMEDIEVAL-A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL CULTURAL STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Barbara H. Wyman
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Joshua Avery
Summary: This essay argues that in the section of the Dialogue, Anthony challenges Vincent by presenting questions and arguments in order to deepen his engagement with the relevant issues. By recognizing the differences between human and divine perspectives, Vincent is able to elevate his understanding and find peace.
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Benjamin Beier
Summary: This essay examines More's 1535 letter to Antonio Bonvisi. It compares the letter, as a whole and in its salutation and valediction, with the humanist epistolary conventions expressed by Erasmus and finds that More often, but not always, disregards Erasmian precepts. The essay argues that More's rhetorical choices deepen our understanding of his enactment of friendship in the letter and of More's self-understanding near the end of his life.
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Bradley Ritter
Summary: This article introduces More's Epigrams of 1518, which are usually associated with his humanist phase. The article pays special attention to the repetition of phrasing and argumentation used in the Epigrams in More's later works. It discusses various examples and highlights the parallels between these epigrams and his later writings, providing insights into More's humanist style. The article also mentions that, like his earlier English poetry, some of More's Latin poems were written to promote virtue.
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Andrew T. Seeley
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
RoseMary C. Johnson
Article
Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Annet den Haan
Summary: This article compares the reflections on biblical scholarship of Lorenzo Valla, Giannozzo Manetti, and Aurelio Lippi Brandolini. While Valla aimed to cleanse the Latin Bible and question Jerome's authorship, the other two humanists offered alternatives to the Latin Bible while accepting Jerome as the author.
REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW
(2023)
