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The ends of history? Jerome, Geruchia, and the Rhine crossings

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 71-93, February 2025.
This article revisits Jerome’s treatment of the Rhine crossings of 406 in his letter to the widow Geruchia, and the broader issue of breaching the Roman limes. It argues that his description of the events in Gaul and on the border was framed to fit his notion of the history of salvation.
Mateusz Fafinski
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Photographs and Technical Reports of the Burgundian Portrait

open access: yes, 2023
This dataset contains photographs and technical reports (2016-2022) on the panel painting "Burgundian Portrait" by a follower of Pieter ...
Verheyen, Jan
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Sir William Capell and A Royal Chain: The Afterlives (and Death) of King Edward V

open access: yesHistory, Volume 109, Issue 388, Page 445-460, December 2024.
Abstract It is generally assumed that the memory of Edward V, king of England, was an important part of the politics and culture of the century following his disappearance and probable murder in 1483. This article considers the material culture associated with Edward and contributes to an understanding of his fate and how it was viewed in the reigns of
Tim Thornton
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What makes a wine region worth visiting: Place and beauty in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

open access: yesCanadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 529-537, Winter / hiver 2024.
Abstract This article explores the potential of Okanagan Valley as a place of distinctive wines and the tourism experiences that match these wines. By “distinctive” I mean wines with a sense of place woven into their production and marketing—wines that are called “terroir‐driven” in the wine world.
Merje Kuus
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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Pierced, looped and framed: the (re)use of gold coins in jewellery in sixth‐ and seventh‐century England

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 337-386, August 2024.
The early medieval coin‐using economy is traditionally conceptualized as a masculine sphere with minimal female involvement. This article examines a corpus of 135 gold and pale gold coins of the later sixth and seventh centuries that underwent modification as coin‐pendants, a form of jewellery that belongs almost exclusively to feminine contexts ...
Katie D. Haworth   +1 more
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Slaves without slavery: the instability of servile exploitation in the Burgundian kingdom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
En este artículo se analiza la esclavitud en el reino burgundio. Más precisamente, se propone que a pesar de las evidencias acerca de la existencia de un importante número de esclavos, no es apropiado sostener la tesis de la pervivencia de un régimen ...
Sarachu, Pablo
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Aulic spaces transplanted: the design and layout of a Franco-Burgundian court in a Scottish palace

open access: yes, 2009
The Scottish court in the sixteenth century is usually described and analysed in terms of its relationships with its neighbours: as a partner in the Auld Alliance with France, or as the ancient enemy of England.
Spangler, Jonathan
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Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval 'Bullion Famines',. 1384 - 1482 [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper seeks to answer two questions: were the coinage debasements in Burgundian Flanders (1384-1482) undertaken principally as monetary or fiscal policies; and were they beneficial or harmful? In a recent monograph, Sargent and Velde (Big Problem of
John H. Munro
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The Burgundian Wars

open access: yes, 2017
Debate over the origins of the Burgundian Wars now recognizes that the imperial cities of Alsace alongside Bern, Fribourg, and Solothurn, encouraged by Emperor Frederick III’s declaration of the hostilities as an ‘imperial war’, launched a pre-emptive ...
Tom Scott
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