Medieval History
*Trésors Carolingiens / Carolingian Treasures*
> "The Carolingian book, a political tool put to work in
> the unification of an empire, was at the heart of a vast
> intellectual and artistic movement...
>
> "Charlemagne used religious reform to seal the unity of
> his empire. Glorified and sanctified, the book became one
> of the foundations of medieval culture. At the same time,
> the emperor unified education throughout the empire, and
> he spread a new form of writing, one more easily read,
> the Carolingian Miniscule... "
>
> This outstanding online digital library exhibition, at,
http://expositions.bnf.fr/carolingiens/index.htm
> -- provides significant portions of famous Carolingian Era
> treasures of the Bibliothèque nationale de France -- Flash
> animations presented as readable books, pages of which may be
> "turned" by clicking the page-corners -- and holding the mouse over
> most pages brings up that page's own note, and a click on a page
> center provides good magnification --
- Medieval Monastic Library Of Lorsch Recreated Online
The unique holdings of the medieval monastic library of Lorsch, currently scattered over 68 libraries worldwide, are being re-compiled into a virtual library. Heidelberg University Library and local government officials in Germany have been working since...
- Climate Change And The Fall Of The Roman Empire - Lecture At The University Of Maine
On Tuesday, April 26, Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will present a lecture by Michael McCormick, the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University, whose research and teaching focuses on the archaeology and history of the...
- Study: Charlemagne Was Very Tall, But Not Robust
According to a recently published study, the Carolingian Emperor Charlemagne (ca. 747?814) was taller than most of his subjects, but not overweight. The findings were reported in the July 2010 issue of Economics & Human Biology. A trio of scholars...
- The Carolingian Frontier And Its Neighbours
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative discussion....
- Permanent Exhibition Of 9-10th Hungary Opens At Hungarian National Museum
Dress ornament from Zalavár (Photo: Hungarian National Museum)A new, long-missing section of the permanent archaeological and historical exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum opened yesterday. The exhibition - which is the continuation of the rooms...
Medieval History
France: a Carolingian digital library
*Trésors Carolingiens / Carolingian Treasures*
> "The Carolingian book, a political tool put to work in
> the unification of an empire, was at the heart of a vast
> intellectual and artistic movement...
>
> "Charlemagne used religious reform to seal the unity of
> his empire. Glorified and sanctified, the book became one
> of the foundations of medieval culture. At the same time,
> the emperor unified education throughout the empire, and
> he spread a new form of writing, one more easily read,
> the Carolingian Miniscule... "
>
> This outstanding online digital library exhibition, at,
http://expositions.bnf.fr/carolingiens/index.htm
> -- provides significant portions of famous Carolingian Era
> treasures of the Bibliothèque nationale de France -- Flash
> animations presented as readable books, pages of which may be
> "turned" by clicking the page-corners -- and holding the mouse over
> most pages brings up that page's own note, and a click on a page
> center provides good magnification --
- Medieval Monastic Library Of Lorsch Recreated Online
The unique holdings of the medieval monastic library of Lorsch, currently scattered over 68 libraries worldwide, are being re-compiled into a virtual library. Heidelberg University Library and local government officials in Germany have been working since...
- Climate Change And The Fall Of The Roman Empire - Lecture At The University Of Maine
On Tuesday, April 26, Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will present a lecture by Michael McCormick, the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University, whose research and teaching focuses on the archaeology and history of the...
- Study: Charlemagne Was Very Tall, But Not Robust
According to a recently published study, the Carolingian Emperor Charlemagne (ca. 747?814) was taller than most of his subjects, but not overweight. The findings were reported in the July 2010 issue of Economics & Human Biology. A trio of scholars...
- The Carolingian Frontier And Its Neighbours
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative discussion....
- Permanent Exhibition Of 9-10th Hungary Opens At Hungarian National Museum
Dress ornament from Zalavár (Photo: Hungarian National Museum)A new, long-missing section of the permanent archaeological and historical exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum opened yesterday. The exhibition - which is the continuation of the rooms...