Medievalists.net » Empress Matilda 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 Empress Matilda and the anarchy: the problem of royal succession in medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/22/empress-matilda-anarchy-problem-royal-succession-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/22/empress-matilda-anarchy-problem-royal-succession-medieval-england/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:58:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50598 Why is it that Matilda was unable to secure the throne in her own right? And why do historians continue to debate the legitimacy of her brief lordship?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/22/empress-matilda-anarchy-problem-royal-succession-medieval-england/feed/ 0 Analyzing History: Bertran de Born – Innocent Poet or Inciter of Revolt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/analyzing-history-bertran-de-born-innocent-poet-inciter-revolt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/analyzing-history-bertran-de-born-innocent-poet-inciter-revolt/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:18:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47825 While words are powerful tools that can invoke emotions ranging from jubilation to revulsion, could they be the cause of a rebellion against Henry II of England by his children and wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine? Could the words of a mere troubadour drive the revolt of a family against their king?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/analyzing-history-bertran-de-born-innocent-poet-inciter-revolt/feed/ 0 BOOKS: Great Reads about Medieval Queens! http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/books-great-reads-about-medieval-queens/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/books-great-reads-about-medieval-queens/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:31:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46800 Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York Author: Lisa Hilton Publisher: Pegasus (August 3, 2010) Summary England’s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages placed English queens at the very center of power—the king’s bed. […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/19/books-great-reads-about-medieval-queens/feed/ 0 Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/16/matilda-of-boulogne-queen-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/16/matilda-of-boulogne-queen-of-england/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:30:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40579 Matilda and Stephen were the model medieval couple.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/09/empress-matilda-lady-of-the-english/feed/ 0 How did the expansion of royal authority affect the traditional ruling institutions during the reigns of Henry II and Philip II Augustus? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/how-did-the-expansion-of-royal-authority-affect-the-traditional-ruling-institutions-during-the-reigns-of-henry-ii-and-philip-ii-augustus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/how-did-the-expansion-of-royal-authority-affect-the-traditional-ruling-institutions-during-the-reigns-of-henry-ii-and-philip-ii-augustus/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:23:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39897 The 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/how-did-the-expansion-of-royal-authority-affect-the-traditional-ruling-institutions-during-the-reigns-of-henry-ii-and-philip-ii-augustus/feed/ 0 “In Muliere Exhibeas Virum”: Women, Power and Authority in Early Twelfth Century Anglo-Norman Chronicles http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/in-muliere-exhibeas-virum-women-power-and-authority-in-early-twelfth-century-anglo-norman-chronicles/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/in-muliere-exhibeas-virum-women-power-and-authority-in-early-twelfth-century-anglo-norman-chronicles/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:16:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39430 This 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/in-muliere-exhibeas-virum-women-power-and-authority-in-early-twelfth-century-anglo-norman-chronicles/feed/ 0 “So Stirring a Woman Was She”: A Closer Look at Early Modern Representations of Matilda, Lady of the English http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/04/so-stirring-a-woman-was-she-a-closer-look-at-early-modern-representations-of-matilda-lady-of-the-english/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/04/so-stirring-a-woman-was-she-a-closer-look-at-early-modern-representations-of-matilda-lady-of-the-english/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:55:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37740 I 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

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/04/so-stirring-a-woman-was-she-a-closer-look-at-early-modern-representations-of-matilda-lady-of-the-english/feed/ 0 Excusing the Inexcusable: Abbots Who Diminish the Patrimony, and the Monks Who Love Them Anyway http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/07/excusing-the-inexcusable-abbots-who-diminish-the-patrimony-and-the-monks-who-love-them-anyway/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/07/excusing-the-inexcusable-abbots-who-diminish-the-patrimony-and-the-monks-who-love-them-anyway/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:37:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36959 This 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/07/excusing-the-inexcusable-abbots-who-diminish-the-patrimony-and-the-monks-who-love-them-anyway/feed/ 0 A Historiography of Chastity in the Marriage of Edith of Wessex and Edward the Confessor http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/04/a-historiography-of-chastity-in-the-marriage-of-edith-of-wessex-and-edward-the-confessor/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/04/a-historiography-of-chastity-in-the-marriage-of-edith-of-wessex-and-edward-the-confessor/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:16:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36211 While 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.

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