Tag: Geography

Articles on settlement studies, deserted settlements, landscape history, topography, land-use and town-planning; travel, exploration and cartography; studies of charter- and parish-boundaries.

Medieval Radio Blog

Medieval maps – fabulous, inaccurate, and awful nice for to look at

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Here are some splendid medieval maps. http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/28/ten-beautiful-medieval-maps/ While they might sometimes be inaccurate, and even downright silly, nobody can possibly say that all of them are simple T maps, with Jerusalem at the center.  Some of them, like the map of Scandinavia, are verging on the accurate. Others of these maps depict cities and such.… Continue reading Medieval maps – fabulous, inaccurate, and awful nice for to look at

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Change in Programme Schedule: ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues

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CEU Medieval Radio proudly presents this week's Past Perfect!' (October 15-17, 20), featuring Dr. Magdolna Szilágyi, archaeologist at the National Heritage Protection Centre affiliated with the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, who will talk about her recently defended PhD dissertation entitled: Árpád Period Communication Networks: Road Systems in Western Transdanubia (Hungary). Past Perfect! is CEU… Continue reading Change in Programme Schedule: ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues

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‘Past Perfect!’ Continues

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CEU Medieval Radio proudly presents this week's 'Past Perfect!' (May 4-6, 9), featuring Dr. Rubina Raja, professor of classical archaeology at the Department of Culture and Society - Section for Classical Archaeology at Aarhus University in Denmark, who will talk about aspects of regional identity and of urban development in the Eastern Roman provinces. Past… Continue reading ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues