Medievalists.net » King John http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Final Month to See British Library’s Magna Carta Exhibit http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/final-month-to-see-british-librarys-magna-carta-exhibit/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/final-month-to-see-british-librarys-magna-carta-exhibit/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:35:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60145 It’s August, and summer has begun its inevitable wind down. Unfortunately, this means the British Library's spectacular exhibit, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty and Legacy is winding down as well. This is the final month to catch a glimpse of the famous 800 year old document before the exhibit comes to a close on September 1st.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/final-month-to-see-british-librarys-magna-carta-exhibit/feed/ 0 Exhibit: Magna Carta Through the Ages at the Society of Antiquaries of London http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/02/exhibit-magna-carta-through-the-ages-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-of-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/02/exhibit-magna-carta-through-the-ages-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-of-london/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:51:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59349 If you’re passing through London and want something to do that is very quick, free, and historical, check out this great little Magna Carta exhibit at Burlington House hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of London.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/02/exhibit-magna-carta-through-the-ages-at-the-society-of-antiquaries-of-london/feed/ 0 Magna Carta Conference Offers New Insights Into The 800-year-old Document http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59130 Magna Carta just celebrated its 800th birthday this past Monday. In honour of this incredible milestone, King’s College London, and the Magna Carta Project, hosted a 3 day conference dedicated to this historic document.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/feed/ 0 KZOO 2015: Session #42 – Magna Carta in Context http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 15:51:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58255 This coming week I’ll be featuring summaries on some of my favourites sessions and papers from #KZOO2015. I kicked off my first session on Thursday with the Magna Carta.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/feed/ 0 Magna Carta: The Road to Runnymede http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/magna-carta-the-road-to-runnymede/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/magna-carta-the-road-to-runnymede/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:30:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57587 A look at the creation of the British Library's Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy exhibition.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/magna-carta-the-road-to-runnymede/feed/ 0 King John and the Making of Magna Carta http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/01/king-john-making-magna-carta/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/01/king-john-making-magna-carta/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:48:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56544 All sorts of myths and legends grew up around King John and the Magna Carta - this is a part of history that passed into popular culture.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/01/king-john-making-magna-carta/feed/ 0 The ‘Madness’ of King John http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/10/madness-king-john/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/10/madness-king-john/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 05:33:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56026 As we approach the eight hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, Euryn Roberts asks whether king John really was a ‘devil incarnate’, or just an energetic, ambitious monarch who was prepared to go to extremes to secure his rights?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/10/madness-king-john/feed/ 0 The Anonymous of Bethune, King John and Magna Carta http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/29/anonymous-bethune-king-john-magna-carta/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/29/anonymous-bethune-king-john-magna-carta/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:04:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55758 One of the most frequently met generalizations about King John is that he was unfortunate to have lived at a time when those authors who chronicled the events of their own day were churchmen

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/16/king-john-gets-app/feed/ 0 Serving the man that ruled: aspects of the domestic arrangements of the household of King John, 1199-1216 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/07/serving-man-ruled-aspects-domestic-arrangements-household-king-john-1199-1216/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/07/serving-man-ruled-aspects-domestic-arrangements-household-king-john-1199-1216/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:52:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53135 This thesis interrogates the evidence of the household ordinances from the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, by using a corpus of record sources extant from 1199 onwards, which break through the façade of departmentalism to reveal the complexity of the royal household.

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