The Librarius and Libraire as Witnesses to the Evolving Book Trade in Ducal Brittany
In monasteries and cathedrals of the medieval West, the « custos librariae » functioned primarily as a custodian or keeper of bound codices, and we see a similar role emerge from extant medieval registers from Breton cathedral chapters.
Saints and sinners in the works of Marie de France
What was Marie trying to share with her twelfth century audience when she wrote The Lais?
The Court of Beast and Bough: Contesting the Medieval English Forest in the Early Robin Hood Ballads
The medieval English forest has long been a space of contested legal meanings. After King William I first created the 75,000-acre New Forest, the English monarchy sought to define the vert, both legally and ideologically, as a multiplicity of sites in which the king’s rights were vigorously enforced.
Inter-frontal Cooperation in the Fourteenth Century and Edward III’s 1346 Campaign
In this article I will endeavour to fill this gap, and examine to what extent medieval commanders campaigning on different fronts could have cooperated with each other in pursuit of a common plan, and what was the potential importance of such cooperation.
Cultural connections between Brittany and Aquitaine in the Middle Ages (10th – 13th centuries) : ‘The Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Chansons de Geste
Cultural connections between Brittany and Aquitaine in the Middle Ages (10th – 13th centuries) : ‘The Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Chansons de Geste Patrice…
The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy
The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Nottingham Mediaeval Studies, 36 (1992) Abstract Of all…