Medievalists.net » Breton http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Librarius and Libraire as Witnesses to the Evolving Book Trade in Ducal Brittany http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/07/the-librarius-and-libraire-as-witnesses-to-the-evolving-book-trade-in-ducal-brittany/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/07/the-librarius-and-libraire-as-witnesses-to-the-evolving-book-trade-in-ducal-brittany/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:30:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36321 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/saints-and-sinners-in-the-works-of-marie-de-france/feed/ 0 The Court of Beast and Bough: Contesting the Medieval English Forest in the Early Robin Hood Ballads http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/06/the-court-of-beast-and-bough-contesting-the-medieval-english-forest-in-the-early-robin-hood-ballads/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/06/the-court-of-beast-and-bough-contesting-the-medieval-english-forest-in-the-early-robin-hood-ballads/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 21:23:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31573 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/06/the-court-of-beast-and-bough-contesting-the-medieval-english-forest-in-the-early-robin-hood-ballads/feed/ 0 Inter-frontal Cooperation in the Fourteenth Century and Edward III’s 1346 Campaign http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/27/inter-frontal-cooperation-in-the-fourteenth-century-and-edward-iii%e2%80%99s-1346-campaign/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/27/inter-frontal-cooperation-in-the-fourteenth-century-and-edward-iii%e2%80%99s-1346-campaign/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:49:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27469 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/27/inter-frontal-cooperation-in-the-fourteenth-century-and-edward-iii%e2%80%99s-1346-campaign/feed/ 0 Cultural connections between Brittany and Aquitaine in the Middle Ages (10th – 13th centuries) : ‘The Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Chansons de Geste http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/10/cultural-connections-between-brittany-and-aquitaine-in-the-middle-ages-10th-13th-centuries-%e2%80%98the-matter-of-britain%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98chansons-de-geste/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/10/cultural-connections-between-brittany-and-aquitaine-in-the-middle-ages-10th-13th-centuries-%e2%80%98the-matter-of-britain%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98chansons-de-geste/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:25:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26282 Cultural connections between Brittany and Aquitaine in the Middle Ages (10th – 13th centuries) : ‘The Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Chansons de Geste Patrice Marquand (European University of Brittany) Published Online (2009) Abstract This paper is a summary, an overview of my thesis in progress which deals particularly with the spreading of the Matter of Britain […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/10/cultural-connections-between-brittany-and-aquitaine-in-the-middle-ages-10th-13th-centuries-%e2%80%98the-matter-of-britain%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%98chansons-de-geste/feed/ 0 Displacement and redemption in the Lais of Marie de France http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/18/displacement-and-redemption-in-the-lais-of-marie-de-france/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/18/displacement-and-redemption-in-the-lais-of-marie-de-france/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:35:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25561 Displacement and redemption in the Lais of Marie de France Dunkel, Sharon Lynn M.A. Thesis (French), University of British Columbia, April (1988) Abstract In the endless cycle of life and death, the issues of love and marriage are a constant and recurrent theme of literature. The man, as a foreigner, comes to court the woman […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/18/displacement-and-redemption-in-the-lais-of-marie-de-france/feed/ 0 The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-bretons-and-normans-of-england-1066-1154-the-family-the-fief-and-the-feudal-monarchy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-bretons-and-normans-of-england-1066-1154-the-family-the-fief-and-the-feudal-monarchy/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:43:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25432 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 the available studies of the Norman Conquest none has been more than tangentially concerned with the fact, acknowledged by all, that the regional origin of those who participated in or benefited from […]

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