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Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England
Posted on April 16, 2013 | No CommentsMatilda and Stephen were the model medieval couple. -
Empress Matilda, Lady of the English
Posted on April 9, 2013 | No CommentsHere lies the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry. -
How did the expansion of royal authority affect the traditional ruling institutions during the reigns of Henry II and Philip II Augustus?
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsThe study of the Angevin kings can be seen as effectivelyseparating Henry II and his successors from mere kings of England and can be seen asresponsible for highlighting the continental origins of these kings. -
“In Muliere Exhibeas Virum”: Women, Power and Authority in Early Twelfth Century Anglo-Norman Chronicles
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsThis thesis analyses the relationship of women with power and authority within the context of the evidence provided by early twelfth-century Anglo-Norman chronicles between 1095 and 1154. -
“So Stirring a Woman Was She”: A Closer Look at Early Modern Representations of Matilda, Lady of the English
Posted on December 4, 2012 | No CommentsI demonstrate what early modern subjects thought about their own queens by showing how authors and historians wrote about Matilda before, during, and after the reigns of Queens of Mary I and Elizabeth I -
Excusing the Inexcusable: Abbots Who Diminish the Patrimony, and the Monks Who Love Them Anyway
Posted on November 7, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper was part of the fantastic SESSION IV: Abbots between Ideals and Institutions, 10th–12th Centuries. This paper focused on the writing about abbots during the tumultuous period of Stephen's reign. -
A Historiography of Chastity in the Marriage of Edith of Wessex and Edward the Confessor
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsWhile records of Edith's life and her marriage to Edward are poor, the historiography of those who narrated her life after her death is rich. In some ways, the historiography of her life was directly related to that of her husband's. -
The Arthur of the chronicles
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsEven if we cannot accept the claim made by Geoffrey in his introduction that his putative source was ‘attractively composed to form a consecutive andorderly narrative’, he certainly made extensive use ofWelsh genealogies andking-lists. -
Many Motives: Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Reasons For His Falsification of History
Posted on August 19, 2012 | No CommentsIt is clear to most modern historians who have studied Geoffrey’s Historia that its contents bear little to no resemblance to real events. Even in Geoffrey’s own lifetime many historians condemned the work. -
Partners in Rule: A Study of Twelfth-Century Queens of England
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsThe queens of twelfth-century England provide a prime example of how the queen was not, in fact, powerless in the rule of her realm, but rather a significant governmental official who had the opportunity to take a complementary part in royal rule that suited her strengths. -
Politics, power and prestige : the historiography of medieval English queens, 1821-1998
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsPolitics, power and prestige : the historiography of medieval English queens, 1821-1998 Forget, Natalie Erica (The University of Guelph) Thesis: M.A. Arts, University of Guelph, August (1998) Abstract This thesis... -
All the Queen’s Men: Perceptions of Women in Power
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsAll the Queen’s Men: Perceptions of Women in Power Burkett, Mona Master’s Thesis, University of Minnesota, (2009) Abstract Throughout the middle Ages, women were in a subordinate position to their...