Handlist of Online Medieval Sources in Recent English Translation
It’s August, which means it’s time for me to think about what primary sources to include in the introductory medieval history classes I’ll be teaching …
The Women of the Lymond Chronicles
Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond Chronicles may be one of the most influential series of novels that most people have never heard of. The books follow nobleman …
Public Talk: The Lost Women of Prémontré
On Friday, April 19, at 4pm I will be giving a talk at Knox College, IL, entitled “The Lost Women of Prémontré: Finding and Following …
Castellans of Coucy in the Middle Ages
This list of the castellans of Coucy between the mid-tenth and late fifteenth centuries is translated and abridged from Maxime Sars, Le Laonnois féodal, volume …
Publication Round-up VI
Articles “‘As It Was in the Beginning‘: Teaching the History of Medieval Religion in an Age of Faith-Based Conflict”, in History Matters!: The Bulletin of …
Medieval History Podcasts
Podcasts are my companion on my walk to work in the morning, and my frequent diversion during some of the household chores of which I’m …
Teaching Abélard and Héloïse
One of 2018’s wearying inevitabilities is that even the most cursory glance at the news is likely to bring you a fresh tale of sexual …
Boys Will Be Boys
It’s probably fair to say that the Senate judiciary committee hearings which took place earlier this month as part of the process of appointing Brett …
Twisted Sisters
Sex sells, particularly when it comes with a side order of subversion. It’s no surprise, then, to find that recently released The Nun (2018) has …
Call for Papers: Finding The Women in the Et Cetera
Call for Papers: International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 2019 “Finding The Women in the Et Cetera: Doing Women’s History with Medieval Documents …