Medievalists.net » Elizabeth I http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Grainne Uaile: The Movie http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/10/grainne-uaile-movie/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/10/grainne-uaile-movie/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:55:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52482 An up and coming movie about Grace O' Malley (Grainne Uaile), Ireland's famous female pirate!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/27/tours-westminster-abbey-review/feed/ 0 The Dragon and the Storm The Saracen anti-knight in Orlando furioso and Gerusalemme liberata http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/02/the-dragon-and-the-storm-the-saracen-anti-knight-in-orlando-furioso-and-gerusalemme-liberata/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/02/the-dragon-and-the-storm-the-saracen-anti-knight-in-orlando-furioso-and-gerusalemme-liberata/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:30:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42565 The Dragon and the Storm The Saracen anti-knight in Orlando furioso and Gerusalemme liberata  Cam Lindley Cross University of Chicago, March 8 (2011) Abstract When Peter the Venerable commissioned Robert of Ketton to translate the Qur’an in 1142 CE, under the title Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete, it was with done for the express purpose of refuting Islamic doctrine […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/02/the-dragon-and-the-storm-the-saracen-anti-knight-in-orlando-furioso-and-gerusalemme-liberata/feed/ 0 Shakespeare’s Richard II: Machiavelli for the Good of England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/shakespeares-richard-ii-machiavelli-for-the-good-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/shakespeares-richard-ii-machiavelli-for-the-good-of-england/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:47:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38041 The name Machiavelli has negative connotations, and this way of thinking is not new. Throughout Europe, in Shakespeare’s time and earlier, Machiavellianism was associated with unscrupulous abuse of power, and Machiavellian methods were seen as immoral and evil.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/shakespeares-richard-ii-machiavelli-for-the-good-of-england/feed/ 0 Interview with James Forrester, author of Sacred Treason http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/01/interview-with-james-forrester-author-of-sacred-treason/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/01/interview-with-james-forrester-author-of-sacred-treason/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:56:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36161 'The whole plot becomes so much more sensational when set in the Elizabethan period, and the struggle the conscientious individual to ‘do the right thing’ becomes a battle in itself.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/01/interview-with-james-forrester-author-of-sacred-treason/feed/ 0 ‘He contents the people wherever he goes’ Richard III: His Parliament and Government http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/he-contents-the-people-wherever-he-goes-richard-iii-his-parliament-and-government/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/he-contents-the-people-wherever-he-goes-richard-iii-his-parliament-and-government/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:03:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31404 In recent years new biographies of great figures such as Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy have shed great light on key issues of English-European relations, while studies of Margaret Beaufort have redefined the political role of the women of this era.

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