Medievalists.net » King Charles VIII 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 The Lit de Justice: Semantics, Ceremonial, and the Parlement of Paris, 1300–1600 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/lit-de-justice-semantics-ceremonial-parlement-paris-1300-1600/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/lit-de-justice-semantics-ceremonial-parlement-paris-1300-1600/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:44:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52850 The curious phrase lit de justice originated in the fourteenth century and by the first decade of the fifteenth century designated particularly important royal sessions of the Parlement of Paris.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/lit-de-justice-semantics-ceremonial-parlement-paris-1300-1600/feed/ 0 The Reputation of the Queen and Public Opinion: The Case of Isabeau of Bavaria http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/the-reputation-of-the-queen-and-public-opinion-the-case-of-isabeau-of-bavaria/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/the-reputation-of-the-queen-and-public-opinion-the-case-of-isabeau-of-bavaria/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:05:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46605 This essay takes issue with a still common tendency to read contemporary criticisms of powerful women as straightforward evidence of their “unpopularity,” using as a cast study Isabeau of Bavaria (1371-1435), who was generally imagined to have suffered the scorn of her contemporaries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/the-reputation-of-the-queen-and-public-opinion-the-case-of-isabeau-of-bavaria/feed/ 0 A note on the origins of syphilis http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/26/a-note-on-the-origins-of-syphilis/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/26/a-note-on-the-origins-of-syphilis/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:14:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30505 The name syphilis came into common usage. It came from a Latin epic poem Syphilis, sive Morbvs Gallicvs, written by Girolamo Fracastoro or Hieronymus Fracastorius(1483–1553). In his work De contagione et contagiosis morbis, he discussed the nature and the spread of infectious diseases, foretelling the germ theory of disease.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/26/a-note-on-the-origins-of-syphilis/feed/ 0 “A Vile, Infamous, Diabolical Treaty”: The Franco-Ottoman Alliance of Francis I and the Eclipse of the Christendom Ideal http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/%e2%80%9ca-vile-infamous-diabolical-treaty%e2%80%9d-the-franco-ottoman-alliance-of-francis-i-and-the-eclipse-of-the-christendom-ideal/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/%e2%80%9ca-vile-infamous-diabolical-treaty%e2%80%9d-the-franco-ottoman-alliance-of-francis-i-and-the-eclipse-of-the-christendom-ideal/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23297 “A Vile, Infamous, Diabolical Treaty”: The Franco-Ottoman Alliance of Francis I and the Eclipse of the Christendom Ideal Piccirillo, Anthony Carmen (Georgetown University) Senior Honors Thesis in History, Georgetown University, May (2009) Abstract In June of 1544, the Turkish fleet arrived at the island of Lipari thirty kilometers north of Sicily. The Ottoman admiral Khair-Eddin […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/26/%e2%80%9ca-vile-infamous-diabolical-treaty%e2%80%9d-the-franco-ottoman-alliance-of-francis-i-and-the-eclipse-of-the-christendom-ideal/feed/ 0 THE BORGIAS: “NESSUNO (NOBODY)” – SE01 EP09 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/31/the-borgias-nessuno-nobody-se01-ep09/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/31/the-borgias-nessuno-nobody-se01-ep09/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:20:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21187 “NESSUNO (NOBODY)” In this week’s episode…. “Does the Pope of Rome disappoint Your Highness? Had you hoped for gold and silvervestments? Display has its purpose, but simplicity must rule our hearts” ~ Rodrigo Borgia “You are a true clairvoyant, Lucrezia Borgia; and if we could impose on your diplomatic graces once more, we would request […]

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