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Magna Carta Conference Offers New Insights Into The 800-year-old Document

Medievalists.net — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:32:45 +0000

Magna Carta just celebrated its 800th birthday this past Monday. In honour of this incredible milestone, King’s College London, and the Magna Carta Project, hosted a 3 day conference dedicated to this historic document.

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Medieval Warfare Magazine – Volume V Issue 2

Medievalists.net — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:15:31 +0000

This issue's theme is The Campaigns of Charlemagne

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European Weather Extremes in the Lifetime of Charlemagne (c.742–814 CE)

Medievalists.net — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:57:34 +0000

An army of people, digging for a whole season, yet their efforts end in muddy ruin. Was it a project that was doomed from the start?

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Charlemagne’s Denarius, Constantine’s Edicule, and the Vera Crux

Medievalists.net — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:46:53 +0000

In 806 a much-discussed silver denarius bearing the likeness of Charlemagne was issued. This is called the “temple-type” coin due to the (as yet unidentified) architectural structure illustrated on the reverse side, and which is explicitly labeled as representing the epitome of “Christian Religion.”

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CONFERENCES: The Stellinga, the Saxon Elite, and Carolingian Politics

Medievalists.net — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:48:37 +0000

This is my summary of a paper presented at the Institute of Historical Research on the causes of the Stellinga uprising in the Carolingian period.

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Corbie in the Carolingian Renaissance

Medievalists.net — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 01:56:31 +0000

This study opens with a historical account of Corbie from its foundation until the reign of Charles the Simple, which clarifies the political importance of the abbey and its relations with rulers and bishops.

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Eadburh, Queen of the West Saxons

Medievalists.net — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:23:01 +0000

Whether she deserved it or not, Eadburh of the West Saxons is infamous for being an evil queen.

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An aspect of Alcuin: ‘Tuus Albinus’ – peevish egotist? or parrhesiast?

Medievalists.net — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:13:10 +0000

In over 270 letters from about a decade and a half, alcuin of york (†804) informed, advised, consoled and admonished contemporaries, reacted to current events, and maintained a circle of friends and partners in reciprocal prayer that extended from Jerusalem to Ireland and from rome to salzburg. Alcuin left york in the 780s to become a friend and chief advisor to Charlemagne.

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Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:21:06 +0000

The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.

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Charlemagne still kicking 1200 years later or Morangles Early Medieval Holidays

Medievalists.net — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:37:11 +0000

T.S. Morangles takes a trip to see all things Carolingian and Merovingian!

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