Medievalists.net » Anglo-Saxon Chronicle http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Reporting Scotland in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/reporting-scotland-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/reporting-scotland-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:43:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60644 The aim of this paper is to explore the changing way in which the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports events in northern Britain, beyond the Anglo-Saxon territories, in the hope of gaining a better understanding both of events in that region and, perhaps more interestingly, the way in which the Chronicle was constructed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/26/reporting-scotland-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/feed/ 0 The 1066 Norwegian Invasion of England in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/24/1066-norwegian-invasion-england-anglo-saxon-chronicle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/24/1066-norwegian-invasion-england-anglo-saxon-chronicle/#comments Sat, 24 May 2014 17:56:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49837 The goal of this paper is to understand how the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle portrays the Norwegian Invasion of 1066 and how they characterize the Norwegians, particularly the figure of Haraldr Harðráði.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/24/1066-norwegian-invasion-england-anglo-saxon-chronicle/feed/ 0 “The Wrath of the Northmen”: The Vikings and their Memory http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/02/the-wrath-of-the-northmen-the-vikings-and-their-memory/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/02/the-wrath-of-the-northmen-the-vikings-and-their-memory/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:13:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39521 These raiding peoples emerge out of all three Scandinavian homelands--Norway, Sweden, and Denmark--sending off their young men all over the known world in search of wealth and prestige.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/02/the-wrath-of-the-northmen-the-vikings-and-their-memory/feed/ 0 St Edmund of East Anglia and his miracles: variations in literature and art http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/23/st-edmund-of-east-anglia-and-his-miracles-variations-in-literature-and-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/23/st-edmund-of-east-anglia-and-his-miracles-variations-in-literature-and-art/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:28:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38218 Edmund was said to have been crowned at the age of just fourteen years by St Humbert on 25 December 855 in the then royal capital Burna, (probably Bures St Mary, Suffolk). Almost nothing is known of his life and reign, though he was recorded as a just and uncompromising ruler, the embodiment of the Greek ideal of the kalòs kai agathòs – that is, the right balance of the Good and the Beautiful, the combination of virtues that could create the perfect nobleman.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/23/st-edmund-of-east-anglia-and-his-miracles-variations-in-literature-and-art/feed/ 0 Woden and his Roles in Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/woden-and-his-roles-in-anglo-saxon-royal-genealogy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/woden-and-his-roles-in-anglo-saxon-royal-genealogy/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:21:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36890 The essay will attempt to determine the origin of the cult of Woden and also to explore the functions, history and patterns of Woden’s inclusion in royal genealogies.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/woden-and-his-roles-in-anglo-saxon-royal-genealogy/feed/ 0 Reading, literacy, and the writing of History in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/reading-literacy-and-the-writing-of-history-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/reading-literacy-and-the-writing-of-history-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34285 If the Chronicle is where the Anglo-Saxons told themselves their own story from the beginning, in the history of Chronicle scholarship Anglo-Saxonists can find the story of themselves.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/reading-literacy-and-the-writing-of-history-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle/feed/ 0 Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/20/talking-about-history-in-eleventh-century-england-the-encomium-emmae-reginae-and-the-court-of-harthacnut/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/20/talking-about-history-in-eleventh-century-england-the-encomium-emmae-reginae-and-the-court-of-harthacnut/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:34:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25635 Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut Tyler, Elizabeth M. Early Medieval Europe, 13 (4) (2005)  Abstract The Encomium Emmae Reginae was written in the early 1040s to support the interests of Queen Emma amidst the factionalism which marked the end of the period of Danish […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/20/talking-about-history-in-eleventh-century-england-the-encomium-emmae-reginae-and-the-court-of-harthacnut/feed/ 0 The early Norman castle at Lincoln and a re-evaluation of the original West Tower of Lincoln Cathedral http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/17/the-early-norman-castle-at-lincoln-and-a-re-evaluation-of-the-original-west-tower-of-lincoln-cathedral/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/17/the-early-norman-castle-at-lincoln-and-a-re-evaluation-of-the-original-west-tower-of-lincoln-cathedral/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:31:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25534 The early Norman castle at Lincoln and a re-evaluation of the original West Tower of Lincoln Cathedral Vince, Alan and Stocker, David Medieval Archaeology, Vol.41 (1997) Abstract This note emerges from discussions undertaken as a result ofwork carried out on two related projects, both funded by English Heritage. The first of these is the production of […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/17/the-early-norman-castle-at-lincoln-and-a-re-evaluation-of-the-original-west-tower-of-lincoln-cathedral/feed/ 0 The Justification of the Conquest Chapter 1 of Conquered England: Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-justification-of-the-conquest-chapter-1-of-conquered-england-kingship-succession-and-tenure-1066-1166/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-justification-of-the-conquest-chapter-1-of-conquered-england-kingship-succession-and-tenure-1066-1166/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:33:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25437 The Justification of the Conquest Chapter 1 of Conquered England: Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166 Garnett, George Abstract The author of the D manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was almost certainly a member of Archbishop Ealdred of York’s household. He was, therefore, probably at the centre of events during 1066, and his testimony deserves to be […]

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