Can the “language of power” used by ancient Mesopotamian authorities be compared to that of medieval Venetian council orders or even with that of 17th century Chinese magistrates? How can researchers ...

Around 1500, an estimated 20,000 people lived in the city of Vienna in 2000 houses. By using thousands of event and plot descriptions from previously unedited land registers and tax lists, we located ...

Declining purchasing power and standard of living is not only a modern phenomenon, but has been a persistent concern in people’s everyday life since at least medieval times. Rising prices of staple fo...

Questions of personal and collective responsibility are raised with particular poignancy during crisis periods. On the institutional side, the procedures for holding officials accountable and managing...

The impact of the Black Death, one of the worst crises in European history, has long been debated by historians. While the Plague was undoubtedly extremely traumatic for those who lived through it, ma...

Im Mai 2024 findet in Innsbruck die zweite Nachwuchtsagung der österreichischen Mediävistik statt. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Promovierende, die zu einem Thema mit engem Bezug zum österreich...