Medievalists.net » Feudalism 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 A peasant is a peasant, is a peasant? : Medieval Maritime Peasant Lives http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/26/peasant-peasant-peasant-medieval-maritime-peasant-lives/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/26/peasant-peasant-peasant-medieval-maritime-peasant-lives/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:08:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55672 A peasant is a peasant, is a peasant...or is s/he? Was the life of a peasant who lived in the coastal regions of England the same as that of the peasant who made his livelihood toiling on the land for his local lord?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/26/peasant-peasant-peasant-medieval-maritime-peasant-lives/feed/ 0 The Anglo-Saxon War-Culture and The Lord of the Rings: Legacy and Reappraisal http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/18/anglo-saxon-war-culture-lord-rings-legacy-reappraisal-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/18/anglo-saxon-war-culture-lord-rings-legacy-reappraisal-2/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55485 The literature of war in English claims its origin from the Homeric epics, and the medieval accounts of chivalry and the crusades.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/18/anglo-saxon-war-culture-lord-rings-legacy-reappraisal-2/feed/ 0 High-Tech Feudalism: Warrior Culture and Science Fiction TV http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/high-tech-feudalism-warrior-culture-science-fiction-tv/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/high-tech-feudalism-warrior-culture-science-fiction-tv/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2014 15:25:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53997 "Richard ΠΙ with aliens" is how Cornell (102) describes "Sins of the Father," an episode of Star Trek: TheNext Generation (hereafter TNG) in which the Klingon warrior Worf, son of Mogh, seeks to restore his family's honour by exposing and challenging those responsible for falsely accusing his dead father of treason to the Klingon Empire.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/high-tech-feudalism-warrior-culture-science-fiction-tv/feed/ 0 Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53829 This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: Plague Land by SD Sykes http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/04/book-review-plague-land-sd-sykes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/04/book-review-plague-land-sd-sykes/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:47:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52323 My review of SD Sykes brilliant medieval thriller, Plague Land.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/04/book-review-plague-land-sd-sykes/feed/ 0 Manor Village and Individual in Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/manor-village-individual-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/manor-village-individual-medieval-england/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:44:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52136 This thesis explores peasant life of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in England from information found in the manorial court rolls-the village court records--of Ramsey Hepman grove and Bury.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/25/manor-village-individual-medieval-england/feed/ 0 Signs of Power. Manorial Demesnes in Medieval Iceland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/signs-power-manorial-demesnes-medieval-iceland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/signs-power-manorial-demesnes-medieval-iceland/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 06:41:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51989 An important aspect of medieval Icelandic social organization, namely the manor, has been neglected in previous research, and very little research has been undertaken comparing Icelandic manorial organization with other regions. This article focuses on one aspect of manorial organization, namely the manorial demesne or central farm of the manor.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/20/signs-power-manorial-demesnes-medieval-iceland/feed/ 0 Mapping the Medieval Countryside http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/18/mapping-medieval-countryside/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/18/mapping-medieval-countryside/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:59:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50516 My summary of a Institute of Historical Research session on the digitization of records in Late Medieval England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/royal-magnate-bastards-later-middle-ages-view-scotland/feed/ 0 Bastard Feudalism in England in the Fourteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/bastard-feudalism-england-fourteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/bastard-feudalism-england-fourteenth-century/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:51:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48044 As this summary indicates, the study of fifteenth-century bastard feudalism has shown the necessity of exploring both the private relationship – its nature, extent and function – and the public system of local rule within which it operated and of which it was an essential part.

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