Medievalists.net » Eleventh Century 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 National-Ethnic Narratives in Eleventh-Century Literary Representations of Cnut http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/16/national-ethnic-narratives-in-eleventh-century-literary-representations-of-cnut/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/16/national-ethnic-narratives-in-eleventh-century-literary-representations-of-cnut/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:48:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62566 This article takes literary representations of Cnut, the Danish conqueror of England, as a case study of the construction of English identity in the eleventh century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/16/national-ethnic-narratives-in-eleventh-century-literary-representations-of-cnut/feed/ 0 Medieval Lisbon: Castelo de São Jorge http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61688 Above Lisbon’s skyline of colourful tiled houses and red roofs lies Castelo de São Jorge, a dominating, but beautiful, 11th century fortress in the heart of this vibrant city...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/feed/ 0 Landscape and Warfare in Anglo-Saxon England and the Viking Campaign of 1006 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/23/landscape-and-warfare-in-anglo-saxon-england-and-the-viking-campaign-of-1006/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/23/landscape-and-warfare-in-anglo-saxon-england-and-the-viking-campaign-of-1006/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:33:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59925 The last twenty-five years have seen huge advances made in the way that battlefields can be recorded and understood through archaeological techniques, but these methods have only recently been accepted as a useful complement to traditional military history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/23/landscape-and-warfare-in-anglo-saxon-england-and-the-viking-campaign-of-1006/feed/ 0 The Achievements of Albucasis in the Field of Oral Surgery http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/the-achievements-of-albucasis-in-the-field-of-oral-surgery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/the-achievements-of-albucasis-in-the-field-of-oral-surgery/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:27:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59399 In this research, we are going to study the Historical period where Albucasis lived, and the famous physicians there. Then we have to study the most important achievements of Albucasis in oral surgery

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/the-achievements-of-albucasis-in-the-field-of-oral-surgery/feed/ 0 Cnut: England’s Danish King http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/04/cnut-englands-danish-king/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/04/cnut-englands-danish-king/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 22:44:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58044 There is very little historic information on King Cnut even though he was the most powerful king in northern Europe in the early eleventh century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/04/cnut-englands-danish-king/feed/ 0 King Edmund Ironside http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/02/king-edmund-ironside/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/02/king-edmund-ironside/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:19:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57334 It was the early eleventh century and England was being overrun by Vikings

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/02/king-edmund-ironside/feed/ 0 William the Conqueror and the Harrying of the North http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/21/william-the-conqueror-and-the-harrying-of-the-north/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/21/william-the-conqueror-and-the-harrying-of-the-north/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:01:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56980 This lecture examines the events leading up to the Harrying of the North and the impact of this event on the North of England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/21/william-the-conqueror-and-the-harrying-of-the-north/feed/ 0 The Partition of a Kingdom: Strathclyde 1092-1153 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/partition-kingdom-strathclyde-1092-1153/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/partition-kingdom-strathclyde-1092-1153/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 01:33:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56117 The last British king of Strathclyde, Owein, son of Dyfnal, died in 1018. At that time his kingdom stretched from Lennox, north of the Clyde, as far south as the Rere Cross at Stainmore in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/partition-kingdom-strathclyde-1092-1153/feed/ 0 Over 5000 medieval coins discovered in England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/08/5000-medieval-coins-discovered-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/08/5000-medieval-coins-discovered-england/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:19:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55304 5,251 silver coins dating back to the 11th century were discovered last month on a farm in Buckinghamshire, England. It is thought to be one of the largest hoards of Anglo Saxon coins ever found in Britain.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/08/5000-medieval-coins-discovered-england/feed/ 0 Medieval Black Magic http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/04/medieval-black-magic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/04/medieval-black-magic/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2015 18:45:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55208 Sins of evil black magic, as listed by the medieval theologian Burchard of Worms in the 11th century.

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