Medievalists.net » Harold II Godwinson 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 William of Normandy’s Claim to the English throne: Examining the Evidence http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/21/william-of-normandys-claim-to-the-english-throne-examining-the-evidence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/21/william-of-normandys-claim-to-the-english-throne-examining-the-evidence/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2015 03:35:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57788 Whether or not Edward’s promise of the throne to William was genuine, it was later certainly made irrelevant by Edward’s deathbed will.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/21/william-of-normandys-claim-to-the-english-throne-examining-the-evidence/feed/ 0 The Bayeux Tapestry: The Case of the Phantom Fleet http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/bayeux-tapestry-case-phantom-fleet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/bayeux-tapestry-case-phantom-fleet/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:31:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52256 There is a large bibliography of secondary works concerning the Bayeux Tapestry, but when one reads much of the published material it is clear that a high proportion of this comment, as one would expect, copies and builds on previous authors.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/bayeux-tapestry-case-phantom-fleet/feed/ 0 Book Review: The Rhyme of King Harold http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/18/book-review-rhyme-king-harold/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/18/book-review-rhyme-king-harold/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:16:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50519 The Rhyme of King Harold is an entertaining way to learn more about the flip side of the Bayeux Tapestry and getting in touch with your Saxon roots.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/18/book-review-rhyme-king-harold/feed/ 0 Harold Godwinson’s Posthumous Reputation, 1066-c.1160 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/harold-godwinsons-posthumous-reputation-1066-c-1160/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/harold-godwinsons-posthumous-reputation-1066-c-1160/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:30:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48307 This text will show in which ways Harold's posthumous reputation was constructed to cement the Norman claim to legitimacy and how this legacy lasted well beyond William the Conqueror's death.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/harold-godwinsons-posthumous-reputation-1066-c-1160/feed/ 0 Writing conquest: traditions of Anglo-Saxon invasion and resistance in the twelfth century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/writing-conquest-traditions-anglo-saxon-invasion-resistance-twelfth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/writing-conquest-traditions-anglo-saxon-invasion-resistance-twelfth-century/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:17:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47978 Writing Conquest examines the ways in which Latin, Old English, and Middle English twelfth-century historical and pseudo-historical texts remembered and reconstructed three formative moments of Anglo-Saxon invasion and resistance...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/writing-conquest-traditions-anglo-saxon-invasion-resistance-twelfth-century/feed/ 0 Great Medieval Fiction 2013! http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/great-medieval-fiction-2013/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/great-medieval-fiction-2013/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:55:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45337 For those of you who enjoy some fantasy or a historical novel - this list is for you!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/28/great-medieval-fiction-2013/feed/ 0 England: One Country, Two Courts http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/england-one-country-two-courts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/england-one-country-two-courts/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:41:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38292 The tension created by the two-court system is an integral part of England’s administrative and constitutional history. Exactly how integral has generated a considerable amount of scholarly work, from explanations of the sources of the conflict, to how the disagreement over jurisdiction was addressed throughout the Middle Ages, to what impact the issue had in shaping England’s overall political development.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/england-one-country-two-courts/feed/ 0 The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-bretons-and-normans-of-england-1066-1154-the-family-the-fief-and-the-feudal-monarchy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-bretons-and-normans-of-england-1066-1154-the-family-the-fief-and-the-feudal-monarchy/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:43:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25432 The Bretons and Normans of England 1066-1154: the family, the fief and the feudal monarchy Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Nottingham Mediaeval Studies, 36 (1992) Abstract Of all the available studies of the Norman Conquest none has been more than tangentially concerned with the fact, acknowledged by all, that the regional origin of those who participated in or benefited from […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-bretons-and-normans-of-england-1066-1154-the-family-the-fief-and-the-feudal-monarchy/feed/ 0 The Bayeux Tapestry: a stripped narative for their eyes and ears http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/the-bayeux-tapestry-a-stripped-narative-for-their-eyes-and-ears/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/the-bayeux-tapestry-a-stripped-narative-for-their-eyes-and-ears/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:23:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25405 The Bayeux Tapestry: a stripped narative for their eyes and ears Brilliant, Richard Word and Image, Vol..7, (1991) Abstract The Bayeaux Tapestry, a masterpiece of medieval narrative art, tells the highly politicised story of the ascension to the English crown, held by Edward the Confessor. The historical narrative begins in 1064 while Edward was still […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/the-bayeux-tapestry-a-stripped-narative-for-their-eyes-and-ears/feed/ 0 More about Magnus, Count of Wroclaw http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/more-about-magnus-count-of-wroclaw/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/13/more-about-magnus-count-of-wroclaw/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:53:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25400 More about Magnus, Count of Wroclaw Skarbek-Kozietulski, Marek Genealogia Mediaevalis Genetica, August 4, (2011) Abstract Twentieth-century German medieval researchers saw Piotr Wlostowic, the famous Palatine of the Polish Duke Wladyslaw II the Exile, as a grandson of Magnus, the Count (Comes) of Wroclaw. They argued this from two sources, the records of Gallus Anonymus’ “Polish […]

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