Medievalists.net » Domesday Book 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 The speaking cross, the persecuted princess and the murdered earl: the early history of Romsey Abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:27:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39093 The Old-English note may have begun life as an endorsement, either to the grant of privileges or (what is perhaps more likely) to the agreement about the woodland belonging to Romsey, a notice of which has become attached to it; it was not uncommon when diplomas were collected into cartularies for such endorsements to be used as ‘headings’ for the text.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/feed/ 0 City and Countryside in Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/city-and-countryside-in-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/city-and-countryside-in-medieval-england/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:11:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38943 An impressive array of data, ranging over the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, has been collected by two full-time researchers, James Galloway and Margaret Murphy. Of primary importance for the project are demesne farming accounts and inquisitions post mortem (detailing manorial land and other assets, especially again those of the demesne), both of which sources survive in very large numbers for the period under review. Also, the project incorpor- ates large amounts of data from urban records, particularly those dealing with merchants who were prominent in organizing London's food supply.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/city-and-countryside-in-medieval-england/feed/ 0 Conquest or Colonisation: The Scandinavians in Ryedale from the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/conquest-or-colonisation-the-scandinavians-in-ryedale-from-the-ninth-to-eleventh-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/conquest-or-colonisation-the-scandinavians-in-ryedale-from-the-ninth-to-eleventh-centuries/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:51:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37455 The study of settlement history has developed within the fields of history, archaeology and geography. As a result much of the work carried out in settlement studies has borrowed the research and conclusions of scholars from other disciplines.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/conquest-or-colonisation-the-scandinavians-in-ryedale-from-the-ninth-to-eleventh-centuries/feed/ 0 The pattern of settlement on the Welsh border http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/the-pattern-of-settlement-on-the-welsh-border/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/the-pattern-of-settlement-on-the-welsh-border/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:55:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36761 The attempt made in this paper to answer these questions will be based almost entirely on Welsh evidence. The English evidence, examined and re- examined since the late nineteenth century, is already sufficiently familiar to members of the British Agricultural History Society.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/the-pattern-of-settlement-on-the-welsh-border/feed/ 0 THE MINT OF AYLESBURY http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/the-mint-of-aylesbury/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/the-mint-of-aylesbury/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36638 As these numbers suggest, Aylesbury seems to have made a comparatively minor contribution to the Late Saxon coinage pool. Basing his calculations on a total of some 44,350 English coins, Petersson estimated that, in each issue for which its coins were known, Aylesbury was responsible for only 0.1% or 0.2% of the recorded coins of the issue...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/the-mint-of-aylesbury/feed/ 0 Anglo-Norman defence strategy in selected English border and maritime counties, 1066-1087 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/22/anglo-norman-defence-strategy-in-selected-english-border-and-maritime-counties-1066-1087/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/22/anglo-norman-defence-strategy-in-selected-english-border-and-maritime-counties-1066-1087/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:37:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35016 Ella Armitage's analysisof early Norman castles in 1912 provides a clear espousalof this view, in particular her statement that in England the reasonsfor the erection of mottes seem to have been manorial rather than military; that is, the Norman landholder desired a safe residence for himself amidst a hostile peasantry, rather than a strong military position which could hold out against skilful and well-armed foes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/22/anglo-norman-defence-strategy-in-selected-english-border-and-maritime-counties-1066-1087/feed/ 0 Recorda splendidissima: the use of pipe rolls in the thirteenth century http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/10/recorda-splendidissima-the-use-of-pipe-rolls-in-the-thirteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/10/recorda-splendidissima-the-use-of-pipe-rolls-in-the-thirteenth-century/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29153 In this context, perhaps it is necessary to look in more detail at the function of the pipe rolls, and the way in which they were used by the exchequer.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/22/27342/feed/ 0 Profiling English Landed Society in 1066 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/04/profiling-english-landed-society-in-1066/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/04/profiling-english-landed-society-in-1066/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:06:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26893 Professor Lewis details the project, Profile of a Doomed Elite: The Structure of English Landed Society in 1066 project, which involves completing a prosopography of landowners from England in 1066

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/04/profiling-english-landed-society-in-1066/feed/ 0 Making History: Antiquaries in Britain http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/03/making-history-antiquaries-in-britain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/03/making-history-antiquaries-in-britain/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:27:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26857 The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College is now presenting the exhibition: Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, which showcases treasures from the Society of Antiquaries of London

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