Matilda and Stephen were the model medieval couple.
Stepmothers as Villains: The Dark Side of Medieval Motherhood
April 16, 2013 By
Anglo-Norman writers seem to assign women to one of two extremes within the chronicles: on one side there are women who are presented as visions of perfection. With almost super-human ease, these women excel at marriage, motherhood, and religious devotion all of which are reflected in their physical beauty.
Teaching the Creed and Articles of Faith in England: Lateran IV to Ignorantia sacerdotum
April 14, 2013 By
The broad conclusion of this thesis is that the available evidence shows that the basic principles of Christian doctrine were available both to the lower clergy who would preach and teach the Creed and Articles of Faith and also to the laity who would receive this preaching and instruction.
Empress Matilda, Lady of the English
April 9, 2013 By
Here lies the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry.
Stories of the Death of Kings: Retelling the Demise and Burial of William I, William II and Henry I
April 7, 2013 By
This paper examines the accounts that describe the death and burial of three successive kings: William the Conqueror, William Rufus, and Henry I.
Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England
April 4, 2013 By
Matilda was to become adept at combining family connections, political alliances and patronization of the Church to her advantage.
Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy
March 19, 2013 By
One of the most influential and formidable medieval Queens of England was Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror.
Functions of the Cantred in Medieval Ireland
March 17, 2013 By
The cantred as territorial division was recognised everywhere in Ireland by the Anglo-Norman colonists in the first decades of the establishment of the colony. The subsequent use made of these units depended on a number of variables.
The Legend of the Purgatory of Saint Patrick: From Ireland to Dante and Beyond
March 17, 2013 By
“Yes by Saint Patrick …. Touching this vision here It is an honest ghost, that let me tell you” (Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5)
“In Muliere Exhibeas Virum”: Women, Power and Authority in Early Twelfth Century Anglo-Norman Chronicles
February 24, 2013 By
This thesis analyses the relationship of women with power and authority within the context of the evidence provided by early twelfth-century Anglo-Norman chronicles between 1095 and 1154.
From Anglorum basileus to Norman Saint: The Transformation of Edward the Confessor
February 10, 2013 By
In the following pages I explore the transformation of the visual and textual expression of Edward’s rule (1043-66) through the reign of Henry II (1154-89).
Emma of Normandy, Queen of England
January 22, 2013 By
In reading about the successors of Alfred, I came across a Queen, Emma, who really intrigued me. It was because of her, the course of English history was sent into a completely different direction.
Matrimonial politics and core-periphery interactions in twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Scotland
December 31, 2012 By
The medieval kingdom of Scotland was a rich amalgam of diverse ethnic elements which reflected the turbulent history of the first millennium of its development.
Aspects of the English royal succession, 1066-1199: the death of the king
December 28, 2012 By
The death of any ruler in the twelfth century, even if it were expected, caused a considerable amount of shock and disquiet amongst those who were left behind.
England: One Country, Two Courts
December 26, 2012 By
The tension created by the two-court system is an integral part of England’s administrative and constitutional history. Exactly how integral has generated a considerable amount of scholarly work, from explanations of the sources of the conflict, to how the disagreement over jurisdiction was addressed throughout the Middle Ages, to what impact the issue had in shaping England’s overall political development.
King and magnate in medieval Ireland: Walter de Lacy, King Richard and King John
December 17, 2012 By
Perhaps the best way to capture the essence of the relationship between Richard, John and their magnates is to focus on one such relationship and to analyse the changes it underwent over the twenty-seven years the two brothers ruled England. The career of Walter de Lacy provides an excellent opportunity for such an analysis.
Property Rights in Celtic Irish Law
December 16, 2012 By
Unfortunately, many historians not specializing in the study of the ancient Irish law tracts have been unaware of the textual inaccuracies of the O’Curry – O’Donovan translations and have continued to incorporate their older unscientific work, and that of their editors, into their own work.
Conquest or Colonisation: The Scandinavians in Ryedale from the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries
November 25, 2012 By
The study of settlement history has developed within the fields of history, archaeology and geography. As a result much of the work carried out in settlement studies has borrowed the research and conclusions of scholars from other disciplines.
“At the Tip of a Sword”: A Study of the Introduction of the Knight into Anglo-Saxon England
November 21, 2012 By
Nevertheless the introduction of the knight into England still remains a controversial topic of discussion among military historians, since the people who inhabited England prior to 1066 were part of warrior culture as well: the Anglo-Saxons.
The Knighting of Henry, son of William the Conqueror, in 1086
November 19, 2012 By
This paper was part of SESSION VIII: Power & Politics in the Long Twelfth Century, at the Haskins Conference at Boston College.
The Archaeology of Colonialism in Medieval Ireland: Shifting Patterns of Domination and Acculturation
November 19, 2012 By
This project seeks to identify the processes at work in Scandinavian and Anglo- Norman colonialism in Ireland, and their interaction with the landscape, by examining the impact of each phase of activity on the settlement pattern in two representative case-study regions. The successes, failures, similarities and differences of Scandinavian and Anglo-Norman settlement and society in Ireland are examined and compared in this project in terms of three sub-phases of the overall process, namely expansion, consolidation and domination, within an overall developmental diachronic framework.
New research on how the Bayeux Tapestry was made
November 15, 2012 By
A University of Manchester researcher has thrown new light on how the world famous Bayeux Tapestry was made over 900 years ago.
‘In the Beginning’: The London Medieval Graduate Network Inaugural Conference
November 13, 2012 By
This is a summary of the The London Medieval Graduate Network Inaugural Conference by Rachel Scott. The conference was held on November 2nd at King’s College London.
Medieval Book History Week Lecture: “Practical Latin and Formal English in the 14th-15th Centuries”
November 13, 2012 By
This lecture is part of Medieval Book History Week. Renown Professor Jeremy Catto spoke about literacy and language in England during the later Middle Ages at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.
SESSION III: The Medieval Experience of Siege
November 6, 2012 By
These are two papers from SESSION III: The Medieval Experience of Siege given at Boston College’s Haskin’s Conference. The first paper examined knightly interaction during sieges and the second paper delved into the actions of the besieged and besiegers during times of war.
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