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The Knighting of Henry, son of William the Conqueror, in 1086
Posted on November 19, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper was part of SESSION VIII: Power & Politics in the Long Twelfth Century, at the Haskins Conference at Boston College. -
Medieval Book History Week Lecture: “Practical Latin and Formal English in the 14th-15th Centuries”
Posted on November 13, 2012 | No CommentsThis lecture is part of Medieval Book History Week. Renown Professor Jeremy Catto spoke about literacy and language in England during the later Middle Ages at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto. -
Triangles of the Sacred Sisterhood
Posted on August 19, 2012 | No CommentsIn courtly works, the resolution is generally in favour of the status quo as a courtly adulterous affair rarely works out, while in the fabliau the marriage is generally left intact, although a deceitful wife may be given carte blanche to philander. -
Saints and sinners in the works of Marie de France
Posted on June 3, 2012 | No CommentsWhat was Marie trying to share with her twelfth century audience when she wrote The Lais? -
L’église Saint-Martin de Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute-Saône). Première campagne
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsÀ ce stade de la fouille, nous avons pu définir provisoirement huit grandes phases. La première construction reconnue pourrait être une domus urbaine du IIe siècle après J.-C., abandonnée dans la première moitié du IVe siècle et à laquelle succède une occupation tardo-antique. -
An Investigation into a French Fifteenth-Century Book of Hours
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsLouisiana State University proudly owns an authentic medieval manuscript called a Book of Hours. Celebrated as the university’s two millionth volume, this exquisitely illuminated manuscript is thought to be the only Book of Hours in a public collection in Louisiana. -
The emergence of the English language as an educational medium in Medieval England
Posted on January 1, 2012 | No CommentsTo better understand the relationship between linguistics, literature and education in Medieval England, some general background information is necessary to understand how these subjects intertwine... -
The Poet and the Spae-Wife: An Attempt to Reconstruct Al-Ghazal’s Embassy to the Vikings
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsBefore Dozy’s work,only excerpts from ibn-Dihya in incomplete shape had been known from the writings of the seventeenth-century Maghribi man of letters, al-Maqqari... -
The Farce of the Fart – new book offers scandalous plays from medieval France
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsThey were the sitcoms of their time –– lowbrow comedies that lampooned every serious topic, from sex and relationships to politics and religion -
Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut
Posted on September 20, 2011 | No CommentsTalking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut Tyler, Elizabeth M. Early Medieval Europe, 13 (4) (2005) Abstract The Encomium Emmae Reginae... -
Theseus and the Fourth Crusade: Outlining a Historical Investigation
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsTheseus and the Fourth Crusade: Outlining a Historical Investigation of a Cultural Problem Nanetti, Andrea Indrik: Essays Presented to Sergei Karpov for his 60th Birthday, edited by Rustam Shukurov, Moscow... -
Exempla and lineage: Motives for crusading, 900-1150
Posted on July 25, 2011 | No CommentsExempla and lineage: Motives for crusading, 900-1150 Robert H. Bouskill (McGill University, Montréal) M.A. Thesis, History, McGill University (1996) Abstract From 900 to 1150, major institutional and political changes took... -
SIMONE MARTINI’S ST. LOUIS OF TOULOUSE AND ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT
Posted on February 27, 2011 | No CommentsSIMONE MARTINI’S ST. LOUIS OF TOULOUSE AND ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT Scotti, Suzette Denise MA Thesis, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, August (2009) Abstract This thesis provides a cultural and... -
Continuity and Discontinuity: Illuminating and Interlacing the Adventures of Viviane and Merlin in the Prose Merlin
Posted on February 25, 2011 | No CommentsContinuity and Discontinuity: Illuminating and Interlacing the Adventures of Viviane and Merlin in the Prose Merlin Fabry, Irene Marginalia, Vol. 3 (2006) Abstract In the Estoire de Merlin, Viviane and... -
‘On Englyssh Tunge Out of Frankys’: Translation and ‘Tourning’ in Robert Mannyng’s Handlyng Synne
Posted on February 25, 2011 | No Comments‘On Englyssh Tunge Out of Frankys’: Translation and ‘Tourning’ in Robert Mannyng’s Handlyng Synne Dearnley, Elizabeth Marginalia, Vol. 4, (2005-2006) Cambridge Yearbook Abstract In a poem which clearly describes itself... -
GENDER AND AUTHORITY IN THE MEDIEVAL FRENCH LAI MIRANDA GRIFFIN
Posted on February 13, 2011 | No CommentsGENDER AND AUTHORITY IN THE MEDIEVAL FRENCH LAI GRIFFIN, MIRANDA Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol.35 (1999) Abstract THE TWELVE LAIS in the manuscript Harley 978 in the British Library have... -
The Blood of Christ, Eucharistic blood or blood relic ?
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe Blood of Christ, Eucharistic blood or blood relic ? Vernard, Marc (Université de Paris X-Nanterre) Tabularia « Études », n° 9, (2009) Abstract There is an intriguing coincidence between... -
Political meaning of the Holy Blood in medieval Europe
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsPolitical meaning of the Holy Blood in medieval Europe Tran-Duc, Lucile (Université de Caen Basse-Normandie) Tabularia « Études », n° 8, (2008) Abstract In the Middle Ages, Holy blood relics... -
From the Worship of Relics to the Cult of Precious Blood
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsFrom the Worship of Relics to the Cult of Precious Blood Vauchez, André (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Institut de France) Tabularia « Études », n° 8, (2008) Abstract The worship... -
Middle English and Anglo-Norman in Contact
Posted on January 31, 2011 | No CommentsMiddle English and Anglo-Norman in Contact Ingham, Richard (Birmingham City University) ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF JAPAN CONFERENCE, TOKYO UNIVERSITY, MAY (2009) Abstract Anglo-Norman: some ‘internet myths’ 1. ‘Anglo-Normans had an active command... -
La première Normandie (Xe–XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et construction d’une principauté
Posted on January 30, 2011 | No CommentsLa première Normandie (Xe–XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et construction d’une principauté Bauduin, Pierre Caen, Presses Universitaires de Caen, (2004) Abstract In the 1990s medieval historians... -
The cartulary B of the chapter of Coutances : story of a resurrection
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe cartulary B of the chapter of Coutances : story of a resurrection Fontanel-Deslondes, Julie (Archives départementales du Calvados) Tabularia « Études », n° 9, (2009) Abstract Three cartularies were... -
‘Meu en devocion, et pensant au prouffit et salut de l’ame de lui et de tous ses parens…’ Les bourgeois de Caen, la mémoire et l’au-delà (1396-1500)
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No Comments‘Meu en devocion, et pensant au prouffit et salut de l’ame de lui et de tous ses parens…’ Les bourgeois de Caen, la mémoire et l’au-delà (1396-1500) Angers, Denise (Université... -
Cartulary of the Abbey Saint-Étienne of Caen (12th century) : Essay for Documentary Archaeology
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsCartulary of the Abbey Saint-Étienne of Caen (12th century) : Essay for Documentary Archaeology Fujimoto, Tamiko (Université de Caen Basse-Normandie) Tabularia « Études », n° 10, (2010) Abstract In spite... -
Engendering vice: The exemplarity of the old French fabliaux
Posted on December 28, 2010 | No CommentsEngendering vice: The exemplarity of the old French fabliaux By Ingrid D. Horton PhD Dissertation, University of Kansas, 2007 Overview: During the nineteenth century, the fabliaux were rediscovered at a...