1+ week, 4+ day ago   (664+ words) Scientific analysis of a medieval silk garment preserved at Canterbury Cathedral has revealed that it was once decorated with gold. The discovery could also challenge the long-held belief that the luxury textile was produced in Spain, pointing instead to connections…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (701+ words) One of the Netherlands’ most important early medieval archaeological finds has undergone a major restoration, bringing together pieces discovered over more than half a century. The Wijnaldum fibula, an elaborate gold and garnet brooch dating to around AD 600, is now…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (465+ words) Archaeologists investigating the battlefield of Manzikert in eastern Turkey have uncovered ballista bolt heads linked to the Byzantine siege of the fortress immediately before the famous battle of 1071. The finds offer new archaeological evidence for the military technology used by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (281+ words) Children digging into a slope at a residential complex in Vienna made an unexpected discovery earlier this year, uncovering a late medieval sword that is now being conserved by Austria’s Federal Monuments Office. The discovery was made in March in…...

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22+ hour, 53+ min ago   (862+ words) Soap-making was a well-established craft in the Middle Ages, but what exactly went into medieval soap? A fourteenth-century English recipe provides remarkably detailed instructions, using ingredients ranging from sheep tallow and oak ashes to salt and wheat flour. Among these…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (862+ words) Archaeologists excavating near Suzdal in Russia have uncovered an unusually well-preserved 10th-century chamber grave containing a man buried alongside a horse and dog, as well as weapons and riding equipment. The discovery provides new evidence that an elite military presence…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (821+ words) An exceptionally tall young man who survived having a hole deliberately cut into his skull is among the remains discovered in an early medieval mass grave near Cambridge, England. The man, who stood around 6 foot 5 inches tall, underwent trepanation before…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (516+ words) Rubbish heaps left behind by Greenland’s medieval Norse settlers are revealing new details about farming, livestock and everyday life. Researchers have found that microbial traces can survive in archaeological deposits for centuries, offering another way to investigate how people lived…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (143+ words) Medievalists.net Nicholas Cusanus as Prince-Bishop of Brixen (1450-64): Historians and a Conflict of Church and State By Brian A. Pavlac Historical Reflections / Reflexions Historiques Vol.21 No.1 (1995) Summary: This article examines the conflict between Cardinal Nicolaus Cusanus (Nicholas of Cusa), prince-bishop of…...