The Late Birth of a Flat Earth
In his chronologies, Bede sought to order the events of Christian history, but the primary motive and purpose of his calculations centered on a different, and persistently vexatious, problem in...
View ArticleThe Visitatio Sepulchri in the Latin Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Holy Week commemorates the last days of Christ's earthly presence, from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his crucifixion and resurrection.
View ArticleEarly medieval science: the evidence of Bede
The Venerable Bede used observable proofs and mathematical calculations in his early 8th-century treatise De temporum ratione to teach the astronomical principles that inform the calculation of the...
View ArticleThe Byzantine communion chant for Easter in 14th-century manuscripts
It is only recently that the attention of musicologists has been directed to the study of Eastern church music as transmitted in 14th and 15th-century Byzantine manuscripts.
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A question of time or a question of theology: A study of the Easter...
To date scholarly research has approached this topic from a medieval historical perspective. It has, however, never been approached from a purely theological stance. Questions regarding the Insular...
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NEW! The Medieval Magazine No. 108
Spring cleaning! The first issue of the Medieval Magazine with a fresh new face! In this issue, we look at Norse seasons, medieval beliefs about luck, food and politics in Constantinople, Spanish...
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