Why the Middle Ages are still with us
Ian Wood THE MODERN ORIGINS OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 374pp. Oxford University Press. £65. 978 0 19 965048 4 Published: 2 July 2014 Huns besieging Aquileia, from The Chronicon Pictum, also referred to as the Chronica Hungarorum (14th century) T he starting point for this survey of modern approaches to the early Middle Ages is a statement attributed in 2003 to the then education secretary, Charles Clarke: “I don’t mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the state to pay for them”. Rarely can a modern politician have stepped into so stinking a medieval dunghill. From the eighteenth century onwards, French historians had made an intellectual cock-fight of the fifth and sixth centuries From the eighteenth century onwards, long before Edward Gibbon came trawling in their wake, French historians had made an intellectual cock-fight of the fifth and sixth centuries. Revolution and Napoleon posed new problems.
Miroirs étrusques ou prénestins
Les études en étruscologie jouissent d’une longue et brillante tradition au sein de l’UCL, grâce à des personnalités de notre passé récent comme Fr. De Ruyt et R. Lambrechts, illustres membres de la meilleure école d’archéologie belge. La base de données est un outil rapide et pratique, ayant servi au cours des dernières années à des dizaines de chercheurs et étudiants pour leurs enquêtes. La base de données a donc été, et continuera à être, périodiquement mise à jour, constituant un des axes principaux de la recherche du Groupe d’études étrusques et italiques (GEEI), parallèlement aux fouilles archéologiques du site d’Aiano-Torraccia di Chiusi, en Toscane. Toute personne voulant collaborer et offrir ses travaux de synthèse au site, ou souhaitant consulter la base de données pour une recherche, peut envoyer un courriel au responsable scientifique, M. LLN, le 3 octobre 2012 Dans l'Antiquité, avant le recours au verre, les miroirs étaient généralement en métal. Base de données
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The Mysterious Etruscans - Pre-Roman Civilisation in Italy
Noord-Hollands Archief :: Stadsrecht van Haarlem
In 1245, op 23 november, werd Haarlem een stad. Graaf Willem II van Holland verleende toen aan de inwoners van Haarlem een akte waarin allerlei rechten en plichten van de Haarlemmers ten opzichte van de landsheer (de graaf) werden vastgelegd. Zo’n stuk kwam niet uit de lucht vallen; vaak hadden de inwoners van een plaats er behoefte aan om meer dingen zelf te kunnen regelen. Bij Haarlem was dat vermoedelijk ook zo, en daarom zullen ze aan de graaf gevraagd hebben om hen een stadsrecht te verlenen. In het stadsrecht werden allerlei dingen geregeld, zoals de rechtsregels wat moest gebeuren als mensen met elkaar gingen vechten, maar ook bij welke grafelijke tollen de Haarlemmers gratis door mochten varen. Bijzonder (maar niet uniek) in het Haarlemse geval is dat het stadsrecht in twee delen is verleend, een groot charter en een klein charter, die allebei voorzien zijn van de formele aanhef, het formele slot, en allebei van het zegel van de graaf van Holland.
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Carmina Burana
A drinking song. In the third and fourth stanzas the Latin frequentative adverbs are translated with their classical meaning, three times (ter), four times (quater), etc. It is possible, however, that they are used as ordinal adverbs, i.e. ter means thirdly, in the third place, etc. In taberna quando sumus, non curamus quid sit humus, sed ad ludum properamus, cui semper insudamus. quid agatur in taberna ubi nummus est pincerna, hoc est opus ut quaeratur; si quid loquar, audiatur. Quidam ludunt, quidam bibunt, quidam indiscrete vivunt. sed in ludo qui morantur, ex his quidam denudantur, quidam ibi vestiuntur, quidam saccis induuntur; ibi nullus timet mortem, sed pro Baccho mittunt sortem. Tam pro papa quam pro rege bibunt omnes sine lege. Parum sescentae nummatae durant cum immoderate bibunt omnes sine meta, quamvis bibant mente laeta; sic nos rodunt omnes gentes, et sic erimus egentes. qui nos rodunt confundantur et cum iustis non scribantur. Damnation to those who sponge on us! ->Next
COST G2 "PASTA"
The action terminated in 2002. For reference, these pages give details of the action in its final form. Much attention is given to recording and preserving European cultural heritage, but action on the rural heritage and its structures and techniques has fallen far behind. There is an urgent need to understand that heritage and to carry out an inventory in the face of destruction attributable to recent agricultural techniques, rapid urban growth, and the threat of "de-farming" through shrinkage and set-aside. Old forms of land use produced structures (field divisions, roads and paths. water control systems) which can still be observed today. The Action started in Spring 1995 and will last until its final report in September 2001. 15 countries have signed the Memorandum of Understanding. The French language has been agreed by Delegates as the main working language used for this Action. Objectives of COST Action G2 To produce research tools for investigating landscapes and ancient cadastres.
Mapping Medieval Swansea | City Witness
Gareth Dean and Keith Lilley In mapping the landscape of medieval Swansea the project has created a detailed map showing the town as it was in around 1300, shortly before the time of Cragh’s hanging. The means by which this map of medieval Swansea was made draws upon a long history of using maps to reveal the histories of places. It is a technique that involves using historic maps, along with written and archaeological sources, as a basis to reconstruct a town’s medieval layout and urban features. Here we describe what this process of map-making involved, partly by way of explanation of how the project’s digital mapping was derived, but also to offer others the scope of repeating these approaches to undertake similar work elsewhere, for other historic towns and cities. The City Witness map showing Swansea circa 1300 is a wholly new view of the medieval town. A plan analysis of Swansea Using a Geographical Information System (GIS) An evolving map?
Ancient land management and Roman cadastration from UEA
Welcome to the School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. This is the home page for research by John Peterson on the use of computers in archaeology - particularly for the investigation of ancient systems of land management. This page has links to Information provided as a service for others Information on research collaboration Descriptions of research conducted here A research proposal concerning the territory of Köln Publications available on the Web - Latest Addition Roman Military Landscape (2006) Poster displayed at the 2011 Aerial Archaeology Research Group conference John Peterson's 1993 PHD thesis Pages hosted for others Research collaboration Research Collaboration We have recently taken part in COST Action A27 (an international collaborative research programme on ancient agrarian and mining landscapes). Research conducted here - Ancient Cadastres Several aspects of Roman cadastres interest me. Roman Cadastres in Britain
