Medievalists.net » John Balliol http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Mapping Scottish Identity in the Roman de Fergus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/mapping-scottish-identity-in-the-roman-de-fergus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/mapping-scottish-identity-in-the-roman-de-fergus/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:40:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42337 In the Roman de Fergus, a thirteenth-century verse romance in Old French, Guillaume le Clerc considers the consequences of Arthur’s assimilationist expansionism with a more focused attention to cultural difference and personal identity, again centered on the experience of a knight from Galloway, the eponymous

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/mapping-scottish-identity-in-the-roman-de-fergus/feed/ 0 Aristocratic Politics and the Crisis of Scottish Kingship, 1286–96 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36256 In late 1292 the new king of Scots, John Balliol, did homage to Edward as his superior lord and during the next three years lived with the consequences of this act.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/feed/ 0 The verity of facts depicted in Braveheart http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-verity-of-facts-depicted-in-braveheart-pravdivost-historickych-faktov-vo-filme-statocne-srdce/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-verity-of-facts-depicted-in-braveheart-pravdivost-historickych-faktov-vo-filme-statocne-srdce/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:41:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33802 So our basic aim was to bring only true facts about the life of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence, to compare all these facts with the film version and to enlight the mind of readers and film spectators.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-verity-of-facts-depicted-in-braveheart-pravdivost-historickych-faktov-vo-filme-statocne-srdce/feed/ 0 Bruce, Balliol and the lordship of Galloway: south-western Scotland and the Wars of Independence http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/03/bruce-balliol-and-the-lordship-of-galloway-south-western-scotland-and-the-wars-of-independence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/03/bruce-balliol-and-the-lordship-of-galloway-south-western-scotland-and-the-wars-of-independence/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:05:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33397 Overshadowed by the better documented and more closely studied Bruce campaigns in the north east, the savage civil war which convulsed the lordship between 1306 and 1314, and again from 1332 to 1356, is a neglected area of potentially great value, as it stemmed from a failure of Bruce policies.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/03/bruce-balliol-and-the-lordship-of-galloway-south-western-scotland-and-the-wars-of-independence/feed/ 0 The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/the-auld-alliance-1295-1560-commercial-exchanges-cultural-and-intellectual-influences-between-france-and-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/17/the-auld-alliance-1295-1560-commercial-exchanges-cultural-and-intellectual-influences-between-france-and-scotland/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:10:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19756 The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland CANALLAS, MURIEL MA Thesis, UNIVERSITE DE TOULON ET DU VAR (2009) Abstract France and Scotland have always shared an obvious sense of friendship through the centuries. Few countries in history have been connected this way. One may wonder why. We can […]

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