Richard Stoneman. “The Persian Empire in Medieval and Early Modern Historiography, 1146–1618”

Pre-Modern and Early Modern Persian Literature: Written while Travelling?

In literary histories written in both Iran and the West it has generally be assumed that early modern Persian literary works are (technically inferior) copies of Western literary works. This has been and is still a claim. Almost no academically and scientifically sound works has substantiated this claim. While there is no point in denying a European influence on early modern Persian literature,...

Remembering the Persian Empire (Book Review)

Science, optics and music in medieval and early modern thought

A. C. CROMBIE, Science, optics and music in medieval and early modern thought, London and Ronceverte, Hambledon Press, 1990, pp. xxii, 474, illus., £37.50 (0-907628-79-6). This is a collected volume of essays written over the last forty years by Alistair Crombie, whose major achievement lies in establishing the history of science as a legitimate and viable discipline on British soil. It is Crom...

Medieval and Early Modern Coinage and Its Problems*

This paper describes the chaotic monetary environment of medieval and early modern Europe. The poor quality of the coinage was a result both of problems with the supply of bullion and with deficiencies of monetary policy. The paper examines the supply and demand of bullion and the determinants of bullion flows. It then discusses the economics and politics of debasement. It concludes with a desc...

Genealogical Relationships between Early Medieval and Modern Inhabitants of Piedmont

In the period between 400 to 800 AD, also known as the period of the Barbarian invasions, intense migration is documented in the historical record of Europe. However, little is known about the demographic impact of these historical movements, potentially ranging from negligible to substantial. As a pilot study in a broader project on Medieval Europe, we sampled 102 specimens from 5 burial sites...