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I would be grateful for any help in the space of a kitchen subject in Medieval England - especially from anthropological perspective of studies.

Please could anyone point me to good primary or secondary sources about life in 12-13th-century Paris (in French, English, or German accessible via Cambridge University Library, bookshops, or internet)? Needn't be confined to the period mentioned, but that's my main focus of interest.

I'm a rusty medieval lit scholar with very limited knowledge of history. I'm really looking for anything from a basic 'Medieval Paris for Dummies' to hard academic or primary texts. I'm especially interested in:

• religious and educational institutions
• everyday life.

Thanks in advance.

( CFP: Arthurian Legend at the 2010 PCA/ACA Conference )

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Hi everyone,

So, I've been looking for an article I read about 6 years ago for the past two hours and have come up with nothing. I don't remember the title or the author(s?), but what I remember was that it started out comparing events from Japan, the Middle East, and France (I think it was France, at least) from one particular year in--I think, not entirely sure--the eight century. I think the main point of the article was a call to medievalists to consider other world events in the study of medieval history. It's a relatively recent article--published in the last 10-15 years. It was really interesting but it's driving me crazy that I can't seem to find it anywhere. I seem to remember that it was published in a reputable journal.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks.

I am looking for the mediaeval interpretatios of King Solomon. In particular, I am intrigued by the episode of King Solomon's ship in the Vulgate Lanclot-Graal cycle and in Malory's Tale of the Sankgreal. Does anyone know what is the source of the apocryphal legend in the Vulgate Graal?
I suspect that the source of the previous narrative where Eve plants a twig of the tree from Paradise is a reworking of the popular apocrypha Vita Adae et Evae, but I find no analogies for the legend of Solomon. Apart from the Biblical motifs, of course, mainly the antifeminst comments in Ecclesiasticus and its rendering in The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament
Any comments, ideas, suggestions will be mightily appreciated!

I'd like to recommend an excellent book on household management in mediæval Paris.
Around 1393, Le Ménagier de Paris (The Goodman of Paris) was a civil servant of about 60, marrying a 15-year-old bride (probably he was a widower). In order to help his young wife learn the ropes of running a household, he had a book compiled for her: recipes, advice on managing servants and the estate, manners and deportment.
His book is available in English:
The Good Wife's Guide (Le Menagier de Paris): A Medieval Household Book
but if you read French, it can be obtained as a free PDF in 2 volumes.

(x-post to les_sanspapiers)

Here are some articles with amazing photos from the Staffordshire Hoard. Amazing!

Here's a set of images up on flickr.

Saxon gold found in Staffordshire!!! Check out the picture gallery, too!

Hello, I was wondering if anyone here could help me--I am looking for examples of either men dressing as women or assuming the female gender in hagiography, or examples of men actually becoming women. I have come across many examples of women either taking on the male gender or even the male sex, but I'm having no luck finding examples of men who transgress gender/sex boundaries. Thanks!

x-posted to christianity and middle_ages

“Mysterious Things”

The 11^th Annual Graduate Symposium on Women’s and Gender History

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 4-6, 2010

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2009

 

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In the catalogue of the donations of Leofric to the library of Exeter Cathedral there is 'I mycel englisc boc be gehwilcum thingum on leothwisan geworht' (a great English book about all sorts of things written in verse).
It is generally assumed it must be the Exeter Book.

I think I remember reading somewhere that in a later description of the catalogue of the library of Exeter Cathedral, what seems to be the same manuscript was only described as 'mycel englisc boc' without any mention of it being written in verse, and the critic I was reading used it as evidence of the fact people were no longer able to recognise Old English poetry as verse around that date.

I've tried to find the reference for that again, but I haven't found any mention of it anywhere.

Did I dream that or does it ring a bell to anybody?

Ideally, I would appreciate if someone could point me to a book / article mentioning that fact, but I would also appreciate knowing if someone else remembers reading the same thing somewhere, even if they can't remember where.

Alternatively, other evidence showing Old English poetry was no longer recognizable as verse for English people relatively early after the Conquest would be helpful too.

Thanks a lot!

Don't forget, everyone, K'Zoo CFPs are due soon. Here's UPENN Medieval CFP List and the official list is here.

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Hi Medievalists,

Two questions regarding the English of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

1) Many words have an alternative -e ending. For instance, syd (side) sometimes appears as syde . Is there some kind of rule as to when one must add the -e? I thought it might have something to do with whether the following word starts with a consonant or a vowel, yet I haven't found a consistency to confirm that.

2) Same thing goes with the final -n sometimes added to verbs. Why does 1st person present singular of "sing" sometimes appear synge, and yet other times as syngen?

Thanks for you help.

More good sources of free pdfs of out-of-copyright material, especially the classic 19C editions of Latin chronicle texts, Rolls Series & c:
Internet Archive (including some Google Books only has on snippet view)
Gallica
Monumenta Germaniae Historica

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Seeing, Hearing, Reading and Believing. Authorities in the Middle Ages.

International Conference
Helsinki, Finland
20th to 23rd of September 2010

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I recently finished undergrad, and I am looking to submit abstracts to conferences (stemming from the work I did on my senior thesis), but am wondering if there's some sort of standard as far as how many conferences I can present the same paper topic at without being completely repetitive?

They won't end up being the exact same paper word-for-word, but very similar.

So far I've submitted to one conference, but have three more I am looking into.

Words of wisdom?

Hello all,

Naive undergrad alert. Please ignore if this toes the "please do my homework for me" line.

I'm currently doing a directed study of Augustine's Confessions from a literary perspective, and have arrived at that point where you know you should be ready to slam out a proposal but, erm, aren't quite.

I know Augustine's a bit Late Antique, but medieval studies led me to the project, and so I'm wondering (this would also potentially help out my project): does anyone know of any article(s) mentioning responses, direct references, or theorizing indirect references to the Confessions from the pre-Renaissance Middle Ages?

The answer's probably no, as the Confessions seems to have gone through the medieval centuries earning no more than the occasional funny look or potential paraphrase by Paschasius Radbertus in the rather strange Epitaphium Arsenii, but... well, a girl can try. It's not essential to my angle by any means; at this point, it's for the most part curiosity. (Augustine would not approve.)

I'm also wondering if anyone knows of a resource for looking at catalogues of medieval library collections. I have one of Corbie; do others exist? I've searched and gotten either the Corbie or modern libraries with medieval content.

Finally, NYU is putting together a medieval studies certificate to be appended to a PhD. Is there an anticipated completion date for this project? (Ahem, by next December, say?)

Thank you kindly!

Does anyone have access to, or suggestions about where I could find, Carl Horstmann's ed. of the Nova Legenda Angliae? I have found a PDF of vol 1. on-line, but no sign of vol 2 - which is where all my saints are, of course. I have also tried both Brepols Latin texts on-line, Early Enlgish Books Online, and various journals, but with no luck.

I tried interloaning this through the university and never saw it. If your uni has a copy, I could perhaps direct the interloans people.

Many thanks!