What has Cleopatra to do with the Crusades?

What does a picture of a dark-skinned Cleopatra do in a fourteenth-century manuscript produced at the papal court in Avignon?

Ivo Wolsing • December 06, 2024

Een duik in het midden van de middeleeuwen in de tentoonstelling ‘Het jaar 1000’

De tentoonstelling ‘Het jaar 1000’ geeft een beeld van het leven in het midden van de middeleeuwen en van de belangrijke veranderingen die plaatsvonden in deze periode. Maar wat gaat er eigenlijk vooraf aan een tentoonstelling in een museum?

Anna van der Mout • November 10, 2023

John of Pamele’s Illustrated Rent Book

John of Pamele’s illustrated ‘Vieil Rentier’ is one of the few surviving secular rent books from before 1300. Its richly illustrated pages show John of Pamele as a commited landlord managing his far-flung properties.

Elizabeth den Hartog • June 02, 2023

Thou shalt not pass. Gender segregation in medieval churches

A dark line on the floor of Durham Cathedral prevented half of the medieval population from crossing it. What was it doing there?

Elizabeth den Hartog • September 17, 2021

The cathedral of Faras: Rediscovering the submerged Nubian ‘site of remembrance’

Have you ever visited an underwater cathedral? This post takes you for a stroll on the bottom of Lake Nubia, where rest the remains of one of the most extraordinary buildings ever excavated in medieval Nubia.

Grzegorz Ochała • April 02, 2021

A medieval conspiracy theory: The murder of Little Hugh of Lincoln

This blog post shows that medieval tomb monuments, pilgrimages and funerary rites are not always as innocuous as they may seem, as they are sometimes connected to conspiracy theories about child murder.

Elizabeth den Hartog • March 05, 2021

Treasure hunting in databases: forgotten early medieval sculptures from Lochem

It's not so bad to work from home. Online databases contain hidden treasures of medieval art: such as these two stone carvings from Lochem.

Elizabeth den Hartog • April 17, 2020

Proverbial Pigs in the Middle Ages: Ten Medieval Proverbs Featuring Swine

Swine make a frequent appearance in the proverbs of the Middle Ages; this blog post provides a fair sample of medieval piggish wisdom!

Thijs Porck • March 06, 2020

Neomediëvismen. Moeder Maria in postmoderne kunst en populaire cultuur

De "Maria lactans" die het kindje Jezus de borst geeft was een populair onderwerp binnen de middeleeuwse kunst. Maar ook voor moderne kunstenaars vormt dit thema nog steeds een bron van inspiratie.

Peter Hoppenbrouwers • December 13, 2019

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