Medievalists.net » Dissolution 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 BOOK REVIEW: The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2015 22:32:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59993 Joanna Stafford, our intrepid ex-Dominican super sleuth is at it again. This time, she’s hurled straight into the midst of plotting and deception at Henry VIII’s court.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/feed/ 0 Philippa Langley: The End of Richard III and the Beginning of Henry I http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:47:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57188 Amidst all the excitement, and the whirlwind that was Richard III's reburial in Leicester, I managed to catch up with one of the world's most famous Ricardians, 'the Kingfinder', Philippa Langley.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/27/philippa-langley-the-end-of-richard-iii-and-the-beginning-of-henry-i/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 The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/23/identity-st-bees-lady-cumbria-osteobiographical-approach/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/23/identity-st-bees-lady-cumbria-osteobiographical-approach/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:16:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50605 USING AN OSTEOBIOGRAPHICAL approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeo- logical context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identifica- tion of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval northern English geopolitics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/23/identity-st-bees-lady-cumbria-osteobiographical-approach/feed/ 0 What to See in Westminster Abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/27/tours-westminster-abbey-review/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/27/tours-westminster-abbey-review/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:30:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49214 A review and tour of Westminster Abbey

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/27/tours-westminster-abbey-review/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEWS: “The Chalice” by Nancy Bilyeau http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/08/book-reviews-chalice-nancy-bilyeau/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/08/book-reviews-chalice-nancy-bilyeau/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:29:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48872 My book review of Nancy Bilyeau's, "The Chalice".

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/08/book-reviews-chalice-nancy-bilyeau/feed/ 0 “Partners in the same”: Monastic Devotional Culture in Late Medieval English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 05:16:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35518 To understand this apparent incongruity, it is, I argue, necessary to interrogate more carefully the continuation of monastic literary culture and its gradual diffusion beyond the walls of the cloister.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/feed/ 0 The economic decline of the church in medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/24/the-economic-decline-of-the-church-in-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/24/the-economic-decline-of-the-church-in-medieval-england/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 17:50:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32099 The early medieval Church was a ubiquitous presence which wielded considerable economic power. R.H. Tawney describes it as "the greatest of political institutions".

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/24/the-economic-decline-of-the-church-in-medieval-england/feed/ 0 A Question of Fish: Graduates and their Monasteries in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/a-question-of-fish-graduates-and-their-monasteries-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/a-question-of-fish-graduates-and-their-monasteries-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:56:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27792 I would like to contend that the impact of monk graduates upon the shape of medieval monasticism was for most communities very much smaller than historians have tended to suggest.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/a-question-of-fish-graduates-and-their-monasteries-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Medieval Friaries of London http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/14/the-medieval-friaries-of-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/14/the-medieval-friaries-of-london/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:36:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27104 The five friaries under review are the houses that lasted up to the Dissolution in 1538: the Dominican Black Friars, the Franciscan Grey Friars, Carmelite White Friars, Augustinian Austin Friars and the house of Crossed or Crutched Friars

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