Medievalists.net » Champagne http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Caught in Love’s Grip: Passion and Moral Agency in French Courtly Romance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:06:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51801 French royal courts in the late twelfth century were absolutely smitten with love. Troubadaours traveled from place to place reciting stories of knights and the ladies they wooed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/feed/ 0 CONFERENCES: Count Hugh of Troyes and the Crusading Nexus of Champagne http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/12/conferences-count-hugh-troyes-crusading-nexus-champagne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/12/conferences-count-hugh-troyes-crusading-nexus-champagne/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:18:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50345 This is my summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/12/conferences-count-hugh-troyes-crusading-nexus-champagne/feed/ 0 A shared imitation: Cistercian convents and crusader families in thirteenth-century Champagne http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/a-shared-imitation-cistercian-convents-and-crusader-families-in-thirteenth-century-champagne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/a-shared-imitation-cistercian-convents-and-crusader-families-in-thirteenth-century-champagne/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47365 This article examines the relationship between Cistercian nunneries and the crusade movement and considers the role of gender in light of the new emphasis on penitential piety and suffering prevalent during the thirteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/a-shared-imitation-cistercian-convents-and-crusader-families-in-thirteenth-century-champagne/feed/ 0 Immigration and Identity in the Middle Ages : French Immigrants to Constantinople and Greece in the Thirteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2009/09/19/immigration-and-identity-in-the-middle-ages-french-immigrants-to-constantinople-and-greece-in-the-thirteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/09/19/immigration-and-identity-in-the-middle-ages-french-immigrants-to-constantinople-and-greece-in-the-thirteenth-century/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:37:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=4582 Immigration and Identity in the Middle Ages : French Immigrants to Constantinople and Greece in the Thirteenth Century Erica Jo Gilles Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre, Vol. 10 (2006) Abstract After capturing Constantinople in 1204, the Fourth Crusaders established several states in former Byzantine territory. Starting from the captured imperial center, westerners moved into […]

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