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This Week in Medieval Manuscript Images

Medievalists.net — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:52:21 +0000

We begin with several images depicting the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, which took place of December 29, 1170, followed by another 30 interesting medieval manuscript images that have been tweeted out in the last seven days.

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Shaping a Saint’s Identity: The Imagery of Thomas Becket in Medieval Italy

Medievalists.net — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:31:57 +0000

This article sets out to trace the visual responses to the sainthood of Thomas of Canterbury outside of his original cultural context, namely in Italy, where his cult was readily received, integrated and modified.

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The Lion’s Roar: Anger in the Dispute between Henry II and Thomas Becket

Medievalists.net — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:38:50 +0000

The purpose of this paper will be to analyze representations of anger in the sources on Becket’s life and the place of anger in the dispute, and to assess what that suggests about understandings and uses of anger in twelfth-century English politics.

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The Episcopal Body and Sexuality in Late Medieval England

Medievalists.net — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:46:39 +0000

How was long-term celibacy thought to affect the health of religious men? How could medical knowledge help clerics to achieve bodily purity?

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Ritual, Behaviour and Symbolic Communication in the dispute between Thomas Becket and King Henry II

Medievalists.net — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:44:54 +0000

From the dispute between Becket and Henry II we see the continuation of many traditional forms of political communication, including the use of symbolic rhetoric and items in the conduct of rituals, and also the deliberate staging of emotions.

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THINGS TO SEE: Murder in the Cathedral

Medievalists.net — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:12:24 +0000

This is my review of the T.S. Eliot's play, "Murder in the Cathedral", on at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London.

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BOOK REVIEW: A King’s Ransom – Sharon Kay Penman

Medievalists.net — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:22:03 +0000

A King’s Ransom is the follow up to Lionheart and tells the story of King Richard I’s imprisonment in Germany at the hands of Duke Leopold of Austria and Emperor Heinrich VI and of his battle to win back his Kingdom from his rapacious brother John.

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Unpleasant Affairs That Please Us: Admonition and Rebuke in the Letter Collections of the Archbishops of Canterbury, 11th and 12th Centuries

Medievalists.net — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:36:52 +0000

From the Norman Conquest in 1066 up to the famous “murder in the cathedral”2 in 1170, six archbishops of Canterbury ruled over the English church...

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BOOKS:Medieval Celebrities!

Medievalists.net — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:54:54 +0000

They may not have won any Oscars, but they were definitely medieval celebrities! Here are some great reads about some of the most famous faces of the Middle Ages

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Saintly Rivals – a brief comparison of the cults of Thomas Becket and Edward the Confessor

Medievalists.net — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 19:34:37 +0000

The trajectories of these two cults make for an interesting comparison because their origins are close to each other in space and time, but also because of the many differences between them.

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