Medievalists.net » Council of Constance 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 My kingdom in pledge : King Sigismund of Luxemburg’s town pledging policy, case studies of Segesd and Bartfa http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/my-kingdom-in-pledge-king-sigismund-of-luxemburgs-town-pledging-policy-case-studies-of-segesd-and-bartfa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/my-kingdom-in-pledge-king-sigismund-of-luxemburgs-town-pledging-policy-case-studies-of-segesd-and-bartfa/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:33:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38680 This thesis strives to present a small part of this huge and complex topic by analyzing one of the most interesting aspects of Sigismund’s pledging policy, namely, pldeges of the towns.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/22/exploring-the-connections-between-metaphysics-and-political-thought-in-the-age-of-wyclif-and-gerson/feed/ 0 An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/an-introduction-to-olympia-morata-a-forgotten-feminist-voice-from-sixteenth-century-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/an-introduction-to-olympia-morata-a-forgotten-feminist-voice-from-sixteenth-century-italy/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:42:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25144 An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy Webb, Val (Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN) Sea Changes, Vol.1 (2001) Abstract I met Olympia Morata in the British Library while searching for women lost from history. My search word ‘heroine’ uncovered an 1864 inspirational collection Heroines of the Household. Olympia was the […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/an-introduction-to-olympia-morata-a-forgotten-feminist-voice-from-sixteenth-century-italy/feed/ 0 The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/the-effects-of-king-sigismund%e2%80%99s-hussite-wars-on-the-art-of-war/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/the-effects-of-king-sigismund%e2%80%99s-hussite-wars-on-the-art-of-war/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 18:32:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20942 The Effects of King Sigismund’s Hussite Wars on the Art of War Fa, ÁRPÁD (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary) AARMS Vol. 9, No. 2 (2010) Abstract This paper elaborates upon the effects on the art of war of the crusades launched in the first half of the 15th century against the Hussites, who intended to […]

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