Medievalists.net » England http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:44:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 How to Write a Letter for a Suspicious Knight http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/how-to-write-a-letter-for-a-suspicious-knight/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/how-to-write-a-letter-for-a-suspicious-knight/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 03:11:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63040 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/how-to-write-a-letter-for-a-suspicious-knight/feed/ 0 Macbeth: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in dark, gritty interpretation of Macbeth http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:29:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62950 Macbeth opened in October in London to critical acclaim. The movie is being released today in Canada and the US.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/feed/ 0 The Religious Reuse of Roman Structures in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:26:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62944 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 MEDIEVAL BOOKS: Black Friday! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/medieval-books-black-friday/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/medieval-books-black-friday/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2015 02:11:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62774 Here are a few recent releases for medievalists hunting for Black Friday books and early Christmas gifts!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/medieval-books-black-friday/feed/ 0 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 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:22:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62787 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

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/for-the-kny%ca%92htys-tabylle-and-for-the-kyngges-tabylle-an-edition-of-the-fifteenth-century-middle-english-cookery-recipes-in-london-british-librarys-ms-sloane-442/feed/ 0 I’ll Eat My Hat If It’s Richard: Dr. Turi King on the Impact of the Richard III Project http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/24/ill-eat-my-hat-if-its-richard-dr-turi-king-on-the-impact-of-the-richard-iii-project/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/24/ill-eat-my-hat-if-its-richard-dr-turi-king-on-the-impact-of-the-richard-iii-project/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2015 00:57:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62748 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/24/ill-eat-my-hat-if-its-richard-dr-turi-king-on-the-impact-of-the-richard-iii-project/feed/ 0 England’s Immigrants 1330-1550: Resident Aliens in the Later Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/englands-immigrants-1330-1550-resident-aliens-in-the-later-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/englands-immigrants-1330-1550-resident-aliens-in-the-later-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:26:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62678 Paper by Bart Lambert given at Medieval and Early Modern Records Seminar held in Leeds, on August 2, 2014

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/englands-immigrants-1330-1550-resident-aliens-in-the-later-middle-ages/feed/ 0 John Hardyng and his Chronicle http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/19/john-hardyng-and-his-chronicle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/19/john-hardyng-and-his-chronicle/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:10:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62623 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/19/john-hardyng-and-his-chronicle/feed/ 0 ‘Pirates, robbers and other malefactors’: The role played by violence at sea in relations between England and the Hanse towns, 1385 – 1420 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/pirates-robbers-and-other-malefactors-the-role-played-by-violence-at-sea-in-relations-between-england-and-the-hanse-towns-1385-1420/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/pirates-robbers-and-other-malefactors-the-role-played-by-violence-at-sea-in-relations-between-england-and-the-hanse-towns-1385-1420/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:50:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62591 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/pirates-robbers-and-other-malefactors-the-role-played-by-violence-at-sea-in-relations-between-england-and-the-hanse-towns-1385-1420/feed/ 0 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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