Medievalists.net » Haskins 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 Women do not sit as Judges, or do they? The office of Judge in Vincentius Bellovacensis’ Speculum http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/women-sit-judges-office-judge-vincentius-bellovacensis-speculum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/women-sit-judges-office-judge-vincentius-bellovacensis-speculum/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:11:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54063 It was Charles Homer Haskins (1870-1936) who coined the expression “Renaissance of the twelfth century”. Before him this expression referred more specifically to the Italian Renaissance of the fifteenth century as nineteenth century Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt put it.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/women-sit-judges-office-judge-vincentius-bellovacensis-speculum/feed/ 0 Was Theoderic a Great Builder? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/was-theoderic-a-great-builder/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/was-theoderic-a-great-builder/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:52:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44818 Or was he a great recycler?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/was-theoderic-a-great-builder/feed/ 0 The Knighting of Henry, son of William the Conqueror, in 1086 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/the-knighting-of-henry-son-of-william-the-conqueror-in-1086/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/the-knighting-of-henry-son-of-william-the-conqueror-in-1086/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:19:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37318 This paper was part of SESSION VIII: Power & Politics in the Long Twelfth Century, at the Haskins Conference at Boston College.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/the-knighting-of-henry-son-of-william-the-conqueror-in-1086/feed/ 0 Death on the Dorset Ridgeway: a Viking Murder Mystery http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/death-on-the-dorset-ridgeway-a-viking-murder-mystery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/death-on-the-dorset-ridgeway-a-viking-murder-mystery/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:35:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37168 Angela Boyle recounts the extraordinary archaeological discovery made in the summer of 2009 in Dorset in southwest England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/death-on-the-dorset-ridgeway-a-viking-murder-mystery/feed/ 0 Customs and Lordship in Greater-Anjou http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/08/customs-and-lordship-in-greater-anjou/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/08/customs-and-lordship-in-greater-anjou/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:19:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36997 This is another Haskins conference paper from SESSION VI: Lordship. This paper focused on monasteries, changes in lordship and expectations between the lord and the monastery.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/08/customs-and-lordship-in-greater-anjou/feed/ 0 Excusing the Inexcusable: Abbots Who Diminish the Patrimony, and the Monks Who Love Them Anyway http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/07/excusing-the-inexcusable-abbots-who-diminish-the-patrimony-and-the-monks-who-love-them-anyway/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/07/excusing-the-inexcusable-abbots-who-diminish-the-patrimony-and-the-monks-who-love-them-anyway/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:37:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36959 This paper was part of the fantastic SESSION IV: Abbots between Ideals and Institutions, 10th–12th Centuries. This paper focused on the writing about abbots during the tumultuous period of Stephen's reign.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/07/excusing-the-inexcusable-abbots-who-diminish-the-patrimony-and-the-monks-who-love-them-anyway/feed/ 0 Death as a Symbolic Arena: Abbatial Leadership, Episcopal Authority and the “Ostentatious Death” of Richard of Saint Vanne http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/death-as-a-symbolic-arena-abbatial-leadership-episcopal-authority-and-the-ostentatious-death-of-richard-of-saint-vanne/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/death-as-a-symbolic-arena-abbatial-leadership-episcopal-authority-and-the-ostentatious-death-of-richard-of-saint-vanne/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:39:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36953 This is another paper from Haskins in: SESSION IV: Abbots between Ideals and Institutions, 10th–12th Centuries. This paper talks about Abbot Richard of Verdun and the politics, and ritual surrounding his death.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/death-as-a-symbolic-arena-abbatial-leadership-episcopal-authority-and-the-ostentatious-death-of-richard-of-saint-vanne/feed/ 0 Abbot Majolus of Cluny, Ambassador to the Dead http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/abbot-majolus-of-cluny-ambassador-to-the-dead/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/abbot-majolus-of-cluny-ambassador-to-the-dead/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:44:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36943 This paper was part of a intriguing session on monasticism entitled: SESSION IV: Abbots between Ideals and Institutions, 10th–12th Centuries. Here, we meet the unsung hero of Cluny's early history, Abbot Majolus.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/abbot-majolus-of-cluny-ambassador-to-the-dead/feed/ 0 “Engineers of the Angevin Empire (1154-1242)” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/engineers-of-the-angevin-empire-1154-1242/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/engineers-of-the-angevin-empire-1154-1242/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:56:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36931 This paper was also featured in SESSION III: The Medieval Experience of Siege at the Haskins conference. It explained the importance and contributions of Angevin engineers during the twelfth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/engineers-of-the-angevin-empire-1154-1242/feed/ 0 SESSION III: The Medieval Experience of Siege http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/session-iii-the-medieval-experience-of-siege/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/session-iii-the-medieval-experience-of-siege/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:40:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36915 These are two papers from SESSION III: The Medieval Experience of Siege given at Boston College's Haskin's Conference. The first paper examined knightly interaction during sieges and the second paper delved into the actions of the besieged and besiegers during times of war.

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