Medievalists.net » Fifteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 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/2015/11/19/john-hardyng-and-his-chronicle/feed/ 0 Walk this Way: Two Journeys to Jerusalem in the Fifteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/walk-this-way-two-journeys-to-jerusalem-in-the-fifteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/walk-this-way-two-journeys-to-jerusalem-in-the-fifteenth-century/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:16:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62356 This paper appraises place pilgrimage to Jerusalem in two late-medieval English texts: The Itineraries of William Wey and The Book of Margery Kempe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/walk-this-way-two-journeys-to-jerusalem-in-the-fifteenth-century/feed/ 0 Technological Determinisms of Victory at the Battle of Agincourt http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/03/technological-determinisms-of-victory-at-the-battle-of-agincourt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/03/technological-determinisms-of-victory-at-the-battle-of-agincourt/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:22:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62252 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/03/technological-determinisms-of-victory-at-the-battle-of-agincourt/feed/ 0 Agincourt 1415 – 2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/agincourt-1415-2015/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/agincourt-1415-2015/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:41:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62191 Anne Curry talks about the myths and history of the Battle of Agincourt

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/01/agincourt-1415-2015/feed/ 0 Agincourt 600 Celebrated with Pomp and Pageantry at Westminster Abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/30/agincourt-600-celebrated-with-pomp-and-pageantry-at-westminster-abbey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/30/agincourt-600-celebrated-with-pomp-and-pageantry-at-westminster-abbey/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:11:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62126 600 years ago, the bells of Westminster Abbey rang out as word arrived in London that Henry V had defeated the French in Agincourt. 600 years later to the very day, the bells pealed out again to commemorate a medieval battle where the English were vastly outnumbered but still came home victorious.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/30/agincourt-600-celebrated-with-pomp-and-pageantry-at-westminster-abbey/feed/ 0 Celebrating Agincourt 600 at the Wallace Collection http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62036 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/agincourt-1415-the-battle/feed/ 0 Five Myths about the Battle of Agincourt http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/five-myths-about-the-battle-of-agincourt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/five-myths-about-the-battle-of-agincourt/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:03:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62015 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/five-myths-about-the-battle-of-agincourt/feed/ 0 The King’s Welshmen: Welsh Involvement in the Expeditionary Army of 1415 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/the-kings-welshmen-welsh-involvement-in-the-expeditionary-army-of-1415/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/the-kings-welshmen-welsh-involvement-in-the-expeditionary-army-of-1415/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 04:07:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61984 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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