For some were shoemakers in their own shires, some swineherds, and the man has yet to be found who would couple a girl of such noble birth to a man of ignoble origins.
Macbeth: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in dark, gritty interpretation of Macbeth
December 3, 2015 By
Macbeth opened in October in London to critical acclaim. The movie is being released today in Canada and the US.
The Religious Reuse of Roman Structures in Anglo-Saxon England
December 2, 2015 By
The study examines burials associated with Roman structures, and churches on or near Roman buildings, to demonstrate that the physical remains of Roman structures had a significant impact on the religious landscape of Anglo-Saxon England despite the apparent discontinuity between many Roman and early-medieval landscapes.
MEDIEVAL BOOKS: Black Friday!
November 26, 2015 By
Here are a few recent releases for medievalists hunting for Black Friday books and early Christmas gifts!
For the Knyʒhtys tabylle and for the Kyngges tabylle: An Edition of the Fifteenth-Century Middle English Cookery Recipes in London, British Library’s MS Sloane 442
November 26, 2015 By
The present thesis offers an edition of some fifteenth century Middle English cookery recipes, more specifically those of the Sloane 442 manuscript (MS Sloane 442), located at the British Library, London. The cookery recipes of this collection were most likely meant for the tables of the upper classes
I’ll Eat My Hat If It’s Richard: Dr. Turi King on the Impact of the Richard III Project
November 24, 2015 By
Turi King discusses some of the more humorous circumstances surrounding Richard III’s discovery, the science behind the dig, and the media onslaught that ensued.
England’s Immigrants 1330-1550: Resident Aliens in the Later Middle Ages
November 21, 2015 By
Paper by Bart Lambert given at Medieval and Early Modern Records Seminar held in Leeds, on August 2, 2014
John Hardyng and his Chronicle
November 19, 2015 By
Hardyng, an ex-soldier and spy of Henry V, set about composing the work after he ‘retired’ to the Augustinian priory at South Kyme, Lincolnshire, in the 1440s or 1450s.
‘Pirates, robbers and other malefactors’: The role played by violence at sea in relations between England and the Hanse towns, 1385 – 1420
November 17, 2015 By
This thesis will argue that the impact of specific phenomena, particularly the activities of the Vitalienbrüder, on Anglo-Hanseatic relations has been not only neglected but misunderstood, and that attention to English sources can help flesh out our understanding of the Vitalienbrüder’s history.
National-Ethnic Narratives in Eleventh-Century Literary Representations of Cnut
November 16, 2015 By
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.
Medieval Books: 5 Great New Releases!
November 12, 2015 By
Black Friday is around the corner – here are a few books that have just been released!
The most popular boys’ names in Tudor England
November 7, 2015 By
What were the most popular names for boys in England during the 16th century?
The most popular girls’ names in Tudor England
November 7, 2015 By
What were the most popular names for girls in England during the 16th century?
The Quirky Questions of Wynkyn de Worde
November 6, 2015 By
From the ‘chicken or egg’ question to age of a mouse, some of the riddles from England’s oldest joke book.
The ‘Miracle of Childbirth’: The Portrayal of Parturient Women in Medieval Miracle Narratives
November 4, 2015 By
This paper explores how tales of difficult births found in medieval miracle narratives can contribute to our understanding of the experience of pregnancy and childbirth in twelfth-century England.
Ring Out the Old: Medieval Bells in England
November 4, 2015 By
Of the bells that survive, the oldest may be in St. Chad’s Church in Claughton in Lancashire.
Technological Determinisms of Victory at the Battle of Agincourt
November 3, 2015 By
This article takes issue with the deterministic conclusions of a recent study by three scientists who investigated the effects of wearing armour on soldier exhaustion during the battle of Agincourt.
Agincourt 1415 – 2015
November 1, 2015 By
Anne Curry talks about the myths and history of the Battle of Agincourt
Eleanor of Castile: The Shadow Queen, by Sara Cockerill
October 30, 2015 By
Eleanor was a highly dynamic, forceful personality whose interest in the arts, politics and religion were highly influential in her day – and whose temper had even bishops quaking in their shoes.
Monsters and the Exotic in Early Medieval England
October 28, 2015 By
The dominant literate culture of early medieval England – male, European, and Christian – often represented itself through comparison to exotic beings and monsters, in traditions developed from native mythologies, and Classical and Biblical sources.
Celebrating Agincourt 600 at the Wallace Collection
October 26, 2015 By
This week, historians around the world are gearing up to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Year’s War.
Agincourt 1415: The Battle
October 25, 2015 By
What you haven’t got is an ordered advance – you’ve got complete and total chaos.
Five Myths about the Battle of Agincourt
October 25, 2015 By
Anne Curry explains that ‘no other battle has generated so much interest or some much myth’ as the Battle of Agincourt, fought on October 25, 1415.
Tactics, Strategy, and Battlefield Formation during the Hundred Years War: The Role of the Longbow in the ‘Infantry Revolution’
October 24, 2015 By
The English longbow had a tremendous impact on strategy and tactics during the Hundred Years War.
The King’s Welshmen: Welsh Involvement in the Expeditionary Army of 1415
October 24, 2015 By
This paper examines the evidence behind the claims that it was Welsh archers that won the battle of Agincourt for Henry V. As might be expected, it is a little less clear-cut than that.
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