Finding Castles on the Streets of New York
When you think of the Middle Ages, you likely picture knights, swords, and castles—not things…
Medieval Studies
On Valentine’s Day, Humanities Scholars Explore the Meaning of Love
In a special Valentine’s Day event at the Rose Hill campus, Fordham scholars in the…
Student Historian Reveals Life From Medieval Times
Grace Campagna pieces together the lives of people who lived hundreds of years ago through…
Two History Professors Earn Prestigious Humanities Grants
On Jan. 15 the National Endowment for the Humanities announced 188 winning projects that it…
Medievalists Mingle at Fort Tryon Festival
For the first time ever, Fordham’s internationally renowned Medieval Studies program participated in the annual…
Book Highlights Common Threads of European Heretics
Before Martin Luther, there was John Wyclif. The 14th-century English theologian and professor was a…
Digital Restoration of Medieval Map Brings Artifact from Obscurity to Prominence
What was once a barely legible reproduction of an eight-century-old map now lives online in…
Bronx Doctor Donates Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles to Fordham
The Très riches heures, a book of prayers commissioned for a French prince, is one…
Illuminated: A 15th-Century Nativity Scene
The Nativity appears in Très riches heures, a 15th-century book of hours created for a…
The Year that Monks, Nuns, and Friars Disappeared from England
Just in case a declaration of “supremacy” and a cortège of wives weren’t enough to…