Medievalists.net » Fourteenth 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 ‘The Worst Disaster Suffered by the People of Scotland in Recorded History’: Climate Change, Dearth and Pathogens in the Long Fourteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/the-worst-disaster-suffered-by-the-people-of-scotland-in-recorded-history-climate-change-dearth-and-pathogens-in-the-long-fourteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/06/the-worst-disaster-suffered-by-the-people-of-scotland-in-recorded-history-climate-change-dearth-and-pathogens-in-the-long-fourteenth-century/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 06:48:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63053 It is not the aim of this essay to provide an environmental history of medieval Scotland or even just of the fourteenth century in Scotland; that is a much larger task than can be addressed here. Rather, the intention is to explore the nature of the evidence that is available within the documentary record and place it alongside the various forms of proxy data for climate history to produce a synthetic narrative.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/30/review-the-ballad-of-robin-hood/feed/ 0 The Two Wives of Robert II, King of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/the-two-wives-of-robert-ii-king-of-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/the-two-wives-of-robert-ii-king-of-scotland/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:59:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62862 Robert II, King of Scots and grandson of Robert the Bruce was a handsome, charming man who had many descendants. He not only had two wives who had numerous children but many mistresses who had babies as well.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/the-two-wives-of-robert-ii-king-of-scotland/feed/ 0 These are beautiful words to understand http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/19/these-are-beautiful-words-to-understand/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/19/these-are-beautiful-words-to-understand/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:49:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62618 'If those who wound felt the pain of those who are wounded, they could not often wound with pleasure.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/19/these-are-beautiful-words-to-understand/feed/ 0 The 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Morgarten http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:29:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62540 On November 15, 1315, an Austrian army of at least a few thousand men marched along the shores of Lake Ägeri in central Switzerland. It was here that they were ambushed by over a thousand Swiss farmers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/feed/ 0 The Emperor’s Spooky Night http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/22/the-emperors-spooky-night/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/22/the-emperors-spooky-night/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:03:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61926 Emperor Charles IV reveals in his autobiography what happened to him one night at Prague Castle, and how he saw a huge swarm of locusts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/22/the-emperors-spooky-night/feed/ 0 The Love of Books http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/11/the-love-of-the-books/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/11/the-love-of-the-books/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2015 06:33:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61717 Books delight us, when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/11/the-love-of-the-books/feed/ 0 Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/04/rival-bishops-rival-cathedrals-the-election-of-cormac-archdeacon-of-sodor-as-bishop-in-1331/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/04/rival-bishops-rival-cathedrals-the-election-of-cormac-archdeacon-of-sodor-as-bishop-in-1331/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2015 04:11:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61555 In the early fourteenth century, the diocese of Sodor, or Sudreyjar meaning Southern Isles in old Norse, encompassed the Isle of Man and the Hebrides.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/04/rival-bishops-rival-cathedrals-the-election-of-cormac-archdeacon-of-sodor-as-bishop-in-1331/feed/ 0 ‘The boldest and most remarkable feat ever performed by a woman’: Fiery Joanna and the Siege of Hennebont http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/27/the-boldest-and-most-remarkable-feat-ever-performed-by-a-woman-fiery-joanna-and-the-siege-of-hennebont/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/27/the-boldest-and-most-remarkable-feat-ever-performed-by-a-woman-fiery-joanna-and-the-siege-of-hennebont/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 01:46:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61367 It ranks as one of the most fascinating stories from the 14th century, one that chroniclers of that time relished in telling and historians have ever since recounted.

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