Medievalists.net » Charters and Diplomatics http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Exhibit: Magna Carta Through the Ages at the Society of Antiquaries of London http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/02/exhibit-magna-carta-through-the-ages-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-of-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/02/exhibit-magna-carta-through-the-ages-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-of-london/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:51:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59349 If you’re passing through London and want something to do that is very quick, free, and historical, check out this great little Magna Carta exhibit at Burlington House hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of London.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/02/exhibit-magna-carta-through-the-ages-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-of-london/feed/ 0 Magna Carta Conference Offers New Insights Into The 800-year-old Document http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59130 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/feed/ 0 Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58508 Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/feed/ 0 KZOO 2015: Session #42 – Magna Carta in Context http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 15:51:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58255 This coming week I’ll be featuring summaries on some of my favourites sessions and papers from #KZOO2015. I kicked off my first session on Thursday with the Magna Carta.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/feed/ 0 Magna Carta: The Road to Runnymede http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/magna-carta-the-road-to-runnymede/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/magna-carta-the-road-to-runnymede/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:30:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57587 A look at the creation of the British Library's Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy exhibition.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/magna-carta-the-road-to-runnymede/feed/ 0 The pre-Conquest charters of Christ Church, Canterbury http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/05/pre-conquest-charters-christ-church-canterbury/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/05/pre-conquest-charters-christ-church-canterbury/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:53:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55911 This thesis comprises a study of all the records of the archbishop and chapter of Canterbury that purport to belong to the period before the Norman Conquest.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/05/pre-conquest-charters-christ-church-canterbury/feed/ 0 Access is Power: Financing the Second Crusade in France http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/01/access-power-financing-second-crusade-france/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/01/access-power-financing-second-crusade-france/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2015 23:39:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55128 I will suggest an explanation for why historians have been slow to use land charters as a primary source for the history of the crusades.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/01/access-power-financing-second-crusade-france/feed/ 0 A monastic landscape: The Cistercians in medieval Leinster http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/monastic-landscape-cistercians-medieval-leinster/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/monastic-landscape-cistercians-medieval-leinster/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:56:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52776 This study endeavours to discuss the Cistercian monasteries of Leinster with regard to their physical location in the landscape, the agricultural contribution of the monks to the broader social and economic world and the interaction between the cloistered monks and the secular world.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/monastic-landscape-cistercians-medieval-leinster/feed/ 0 England’s First Attempt to Break the Commercial Monopoly of the Hanseatic League, 1377-1380 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/englands-first-attempt-break-commercial-monopoly-hanseatic-league-1377-1380/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/englands-first-attempt-break-commercial-monopoly-hanseatic-league-1377-1380/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:47:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51383 During the second half of the fourteenth century English traders first seriously threatened the Hanseatic League's commercial monopoly in the Baltic. The League, attempting to defendits monopoly, treated the English unjustly,where upon in 1377 the English Parliament rescinded the charter that granted the League important concessions and privileges in its English trade.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/englands-first-attempt-break-commercial-monopoly-hanseatic-league-1377-1380/feed/ 0 Blended and Extended Families in Carolingian Charters http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/blended-extended-families-carolingian-charters-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/27/blended-extended-families-carolingian-charters-london/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 09:55:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49883 This is a summary of a paper on Carolingian charters and the relationship between step and blended families.

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