This paper updates the research framework for the medieval period in Wales (c. AD 1070 1539), following the conference held in 2010. The framework has developed over several stages. The medieval period was initially examined in 2001 (Davidson 2003), following which four regional frameworks were compiled, to be summarised in 2005 for all of Wales (Austin 2004). The framework was re-examined in 2...

We explored the notions of life and death as perceived and presented in a 15th century Croatian literary text, Slovo Mestra Polikarpa, in which master Polikarp, a well-learned man of medieval times, engages in a lengthy dialogue with Death itself. This contrast/debate is a rare piece of medieval literature, not only by its Old Croatian language, but also by the angular Glagolitic script in whic...

As different in approach and range as they undoubtedly are, these four books all share an interest in medieval representational practices out of which complex ideas and theories concerning bodies — indeed, out of which different bodies — emerge. Katharine Park’s Secrets of Women is a wonderfully rich study of anatomy and dissection in northern Italy as it developed from the fourteenth to the si...

Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) systems aim to teach a language providing technology and motivation to the user. They allow us to implement pedagogical content, motivational techniques and corrective feedback. On this basis, we present Medieval Adventure, which is a CALL system that aims to teach Portuguese’s basic levels to adults. Medieval Adventure teaches a second language mainly...

While the study of dental wear has enjoyed wide popularity for over 100 years, dental chipping, or microfractures of the tooth crown, has received little attention. Observations on dental chipping in populations from the Arctic (St. Lawrence Island, Alaska) and Europe (medieval Norway and Spain) reveal patterns of microtrauma that provide insights into the dietary and tooth-tool use behaviour o...

The first millennium AD was a transformative period when many of the medieval kingdoms Europe began to take shape, but despite recent advances in palaeoecological and archaeological research there remains shortage interdisciplinary collaborative targeting this period. For some regions we know relatively little about societies who lived during formative This current investigation focusses on an ...

Abstract Roof construction is a key element while documenting and studying building traditions in historical towns. In the city centre of Ghent (Belgium), numerous roofs large monuments (churches, merchants’ halls, town halls) as well houses from pre-industrial era are still place. Tree-ring research has been carried out on several intact roof constructions since 1990s. The dated range mid-13th...

Food is one of the key elements for people to survive all over the time. Unlike today’s highly industrialized society, food and its production activities had much higher and significant impacts on the medieval English society. Food vastly changed medieval English’s life, and it is more evident when famines or population changes came. Thus, observing the food condition, their agricultural produc...

Neuropathic pain is supposed to be a post-renaissance described medical entity. Although it is often believed that John Fothergill (1712-1780) provided the first description of this condition in 1773, a review of the medieval Persian medical writings will show the fact that neuropathic pain was a medieval-originated concept. "Auojae Asab" [Nerve-originated Pain[ was used as a medical term in me...

background: initiating a national poisoning information centre (pic) in estonia took about 12 years of challenging work on research, training and attracting governmental support and funding. in this study we described the establishment process and the profile of phone calls in the first year which the pic started to be available full time (24h/day 7days/week).  methods: this was a descriptive r...