Historiography Archive
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Edward I and the Ritualization of English Royal Round Table Festivals
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsIn the Annales Angliae et Scotiae, a chronicle written around the year 1312 by a monk from the abbey of St Albans, there is a description of the wedding ceremonies between King Edward I and Margaret of France, that took place on 10 September 1299. -
The Pictish Tattoo: Origins of a Myth
Posted on May 20, 2012 | No CommentsBy tracing the extant literary references based on Caesar’s remark it is possible to see just how the innocent observation came to apply to a totally different people—how the myth was born. -
‘He contents the people wherever he goes’ Richard III: His Parliament and Government
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsIn recent years new biographies of great figures such as Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy have shed great light on key issues of English-European relations, while studies of Margaret Beaufort have redefined the political role of the women of this era. -
William of Ockham’s Early Theory of Property Rights: Sources, Texts, and Contexts
Posted on April 22, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis is nominally about William of Ockham, a theologian who did not care to read potentially damning papal constitutions until tapped to do so by a superior (superiore mandate). Following a suggestion of R. G. Collingwood, a proper first question we should ask, is what was this supposedly unwilling theologian trying to do by composing the longest defense of Franciscan poverty ever written? -
Between Apathy and Antipathy: The Vikings in Irish and Scandinavian History
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No Comments... during the seventies there was a veritable boom in specialised studies of the Vikings in Ireland. -
A historiographical and artistic survey of confraternities from the later Middle Ages to the early Renaissance
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsOverall, the analysis will allow for a closer examination of not just the culture of a particular confraternity, but also the cultural values, ideals, and practices of an entire community in one period of time. Furthermore, the examination of confraternal artwork will prove important, as it will demonstrate the unique power of confraternities. -
Joan of Kent : life and legends
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsThere is no biography of Joan, contemporary or modern. All that we know about her life has been pieced together from chronicles and legal records. -
Maccabees on the Baltic: the Biblical apologia of the Teutonic Order
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe Teutonic Order, came into being as the third and last of the great medieval crusading orders. The Order began its existence as a temporary hospital for German speaking crusaders during the siege of Acre in 1190. -
Medieval futures: Attitudes to the future in the Middle Ages
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsMedieval Futures explores the rich variety of ways in which medieval people imagined the future, from the prophetic anticipation of the end of the world to the mundane expectation that the world would continue indefinitely, permitting ordinary human plans and provisions. -
HAPPY ST.PATRICK’S DAY: Books on all things Irish! Sláinte!
Posted on March 17, 2012 | No CommentsCelebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these great reads and some green beer! -
The Lebor Gabála Érenn at a Glance: an Overview of the 11th Century Irish Book of Invasions
Posted on March 11, 2012 | No CommentsThis document is intended as an orientation for students of the Lebor Gabála Érenn (LGE), a refresher for those who have read it in the past, and a rapid reference in relation to the genealogy of persons mentioned in the LGE. -
Charlemagne in medieval East Central Europe (ca. 800 to ca. 1200)
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsDuring the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the legend of Charlemagne gained widespread popularity, as the figure of the emperor became a model for rulers and crusaders. -
Chacun son Guesclin : La réception des quatre versions de l’oeuvre de Cuvelier entre 1380 et 1480
Posted on February 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe goal of the present thesis is to study the reception of the Chanson de Bertrand du Guesclin by Cuvelier from the time of its creation around 1385 up to the publication in print of one of its prose versions around 1480. -
The viaggio in Inghilterra of a viaggio in Oriente: Odorico da Pordenone’s Itinerarium from Italy to England
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsOdorico da Pordenone was a Franciscan Friar who, in the wake of the thirteenth-century expansion of the Mongolian empire, travelled to the court of the Great Khan at Khanbalik (modern Beijing). -
“The World on the End of a Reed”: Marguerite Porete and the annihilation of an identity in medieval and modern representations – a reassessment
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsCentral to the aims of this thesis is the question “how did Porete „fit‟ the religious landscape of her period?” A seeming obstacle to this pursuit are claims from within the scholarship that Porete did not „fit‟ at all, but was, rather, as an aberration amidst other female mystics of the period.
