All this opens up an intriguing possibility; we know that Hedwig's brother-in-law, the King of Hungary, spent some time in the city of Acre. Could he have commissioned the beakers while he was there? It would explain why they were later connected to...
Acre, which is now in Israel, became the most important commercial port in the eastern Mediterranean, which meant that shipping from the West was bringing out European cloth and bringing back to the West spices. And we have a fascinating list of comm...
I think many people, if shown this cold, would think it was a great piece of 1930s Art Deco, possibly from Scandinavia, and the Hedwig beakers certainly don't look like anything that was produced in medieval Europe. Which may well be why this extraor...
The contact between Europe and the Middle East in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was built around some quite intense trading contact; the Venetians, Genoese, Pisans in particular, managed to carry on their business. This sometimes caused a cert...
So they encouraged royal women to do good works. Hedwig's support of the lepers was typical and, even today, we all know from the Princess of Wales's work with Aids sufferers how powerful such a royal example can be. The medieval Church strengthened...
They must have been very carefully cherished, and we know that many of them were preserved in princely collections and in church treasuries. 它们一定曾被人悉心收藏。我们知道,这些玻璃杯中有很多为皇室藏品或教堂珍宝,...
Although a duchess she dressed poorly, she went barefoot, even in the snow, where it was reported that she left bloody footprints, and, almost unheard of in those days, she drank only water. 虽然贵为公爵夫人,她穿着极为简朴,常常赤脚...
Hedwig was married to Henry the Bearded, Duke of Silesia-a territory that straddles the Polish, German and Czech borders. Henry and Hedwig had seven children, including the deliciously named Konrad the Curly, and then in 1209-perhaps not surprisingly...
057:EPISODE 57 - Hedwig Glass Beaker海德薇玻璃杯 Hedwig glass beaker (made twelfth century), probably from Syria For most English speakers, the name Hedwig, if it means anything at all, conjures up the obliging owl that delivers messages to H...
And the Vale of York Hoard reminds us that these places were also the end-or the beginning-of a huge trade route that around 900 stretched from Scunthorpe to Samarkand. 约克郡的宝藏提醒我们,在公元900年前后,这些地方也普是由斯...