Medievalists.net » Genealogy and Prosopography 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 Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58508 Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/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/2014/06/18/mapping-medieval-countryside/feed/ 0 Reconsidering Agatha, Wife of Eadward the Exile http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/reconsidering-agatha-wife-of-eadward-the-exile/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/reconsidering-agatha-wife-of-eadward-the-exile/#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:15:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46576 The antecedents of Agatha, wife of Eadward the Exile and ancestress of Scottish and English monarchs since the twelfth century and their countless descendants in Europe and America, have been the subject of much dispute...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/reconsidering-agatha-wife-of-eadward-the-exile/feed/ 0 The Birth of Heloise: New Light on an Old Mystery http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/the-birth-of-heloise-new-light-on-an-old-mystery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/the-birth-of-heloise-new-light-on-an-old-mystery/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:21:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39990 So where did she come from, this extraordinary woman and what was the composition of genes that went into her inheritance?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/the-birth-of-heloise-new-light-on-an-old-mystery/feed/ 0 Testimonies of the Living Dead: The Martyrology-Necrology and the Necrology in the Chapter-Book of Mont-Saint-Michel http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/testimonies-of-the-living-dead-the-martyrology-necrology-and-the-necrology-in-the-chapter-book-of-mont-saint-michel/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/testimonies-of-the-living-dead-the-martyrology-necrology-and-the-necrology-in-the-chapter-book-of-mont-saint-michel/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:06:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39083 On the face of it, a necrological record indicating the day of the year on which a subject died might be nothing more than the point at which to draw the line. In fact, the place, or even places, in which such records occur yields significant information about the subject’s life, rather than his death.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/testimonies-of-the-living-dead-the-martyrology-necrology-and-the-necrology-in-the-chapter-book-of-mont-saint-michel/feed/ 0 Woden and his Roles in Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/woden-and-his-roles-in-anglo-saxon-royal-genealogy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/woden-and-his-roles-in-anglo-saxon-royal-genealogy/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:21:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36890 The essay will attempt to determine the origin of the cult of Woden and also to explore the functions, history and patterns of Woden’s inclusion in royal genealogies.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/woden-and-his-roles-in-anglo-saxon-royal-genealogy/feed/ 0 The Baronage in the Reign of Richard II, 1377-1399 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/06/the-baronage-in-the-reign-of-richard-ii-1377-1399/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/06/the-baronage-in-the-reign-of-richard-ii-1377-1399/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:08:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35436 The usurpation of Richard II by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke in 1399 was one of the most significant events in later medieval history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/06/the-baronage-in-the-reign-of-richard-ii-1377-1399/feed/ 0 Placenames and the settlement pattern of dark-age Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/placenames-and-the-settlement-pattern-of-dark-age-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/placenames-and-the-settlement-pattern-of-dark-age-scotland/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:02:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32374 This study will examine some placename evidence for features of settlement in E Scotland, that zone which lies of the Firth of Forth and E of the main Scottish mountain mass. In this areaat least four different languages have been spoken with differing temporal and spatial extents: one non-Indo-European tongue, Celtic, Norse and English.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/03/placenames-and-the-settlement-pattern-of-dark-age-scotland/feed/ 0 St Fursa, the genealogy of an Irish saint the historical person and his cult http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/28/st-fursa-the-genealogy-of-an-irish-saint-the-historical-person-and-his-cult/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/28/st-fursa-the-genealogy-of-an-irish-saint-the-historical-person-and-his-cult/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:16:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28875 As it turns out, Fursa’s differing genealogical affiliations mirror the subsequent shifts in political and ecclesiastical developments in Irish medieval history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/28/st-fursa-the-genealogy-of-an-irish-saint-the-historical-person-and-his-cult/feed/ 0 Greeks in Early Medieval Barcelona? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/18/greeks-in-early-medieval-barcelona/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/18/greeks-in-early-medieval-barcelona/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:56:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28031 The aim of this article is to draw attention to a group of persenal names which occurs almost exclusively in the city of Barcelona in tilese decades around the year 1000, which may throw some additional llght on the range of externa1 cgntacts. The name in question is that of Greco.

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