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Lackland: The Loss of Normandy in 1215

November 22, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Nick Barratt argues that Normandy’s loss in the reign of King John has had a far-reaching impact on Britain.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: England, France, King John, Military History, Normans, Philip II of France, Politics, Thirteenth century

Robbing Churches and Pulling Beards: The Rebellious Sons of Henry II

October 3, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Robbing Churches and Pulling Beards: The Rebellious Sons of Henry II Anderson, Elizabeth J. (University of Huddersfield) Skepsi: Bad Behaviour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Volume III, Issue 1, Summer (2010) Abstract: The unruly sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry the Young King, Richard I, Geoffrey of Brittany and King John, […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Eleanor of Aquitaine, England, Gender, Geoffrey of Brittany, King Henry II, King John, King Richard the Lionheart, Politics, Rebellion, Social History, Thirteenth century, Twelfth Century

Cross-Channel communication and the end of the ‘Anglo-Norman realm’: Robert FitzWalter and the Valognes inheritance

September 7, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Cross-Channel communication and the end of the ‘Anglo-Norman realm’: Robert FitzWalter and the Valognes inheritance By Daniel Power Tabularia, No.11 (2011) Abstract: The collapse of the ‘Anglo-Norman realm’ in 1204 placed the Anglo-Norman aristocracy in an uneviable position, as most of its members were forced to choose between keeping their English or their French lands. […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Anglo-Norman, England, Feudalism, France, King John, Normans, Politics, Thirteenth century

Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188)

August 14, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188) Cerda, José Manuel (University of New South Wales) Separation of Powers and Parliamentarism: The Past and the Present, 56th Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions, Cracow, 2005 (Warsaw, 2007) Abstract […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Angevin, Christianity, Crime, England, King Henry II, King John, King Richard the Lionheart, Kingship, Politics, Social History, Spain, Thirteenth century, Twelfth Century, Urban Studies

Papal Intervention In England in the Thirteenth Century

July 31, 2011 By Medievalists.net

John came to power the year following Innocent III and died three months after Innocent. These two men fought a titanic struggle over papal prerogatives and the rights of kingship as it relates to the Church.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Canon Law, Churches, Ecclesiastical History, England, High Middle Ages, King John, Papacy, Politics, Pope Innocent III, Social History, Thirteenth century, Twelfth Century

King John and Arthur of Brittany

February 6, 2011 By Medievalists.net

King John and Arthur of Brittany Powicke, F.M. English Historical Review, Vol.24 (1909) Abstract After studying, in the order of their composition, the authorities which refer to or discuss the death of Arthur and the alleged condemnation of King John by his peers in the French court, I have been led to feel considerable doubt concerning […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Crusades, England, France, King John, King Richard the Lionheart, Literature, Matthew Paris, Politics, Thirteenth century

King John and Rouen: Royal itineration, kingship, and the Norman ‘capital’, c. 1199 – c. 1204

January 20, 2011 By Medievalists.net

In considering King John and Rouen, this study will take the reign of the last duke as the focal point for discussion of the importance of Rouen at the end of Angevin rule in Normandy.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Administration, France, King John, Normandy, Politics, Thirteenth century

The Siege of Nottingham Castle in 1194

January 19, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Painting by Henry Dawson 1847 of King Charles I raising his standard at Nottingham Castle 24 August 1642

Both Howden and the Histoire relate that a great battle and some fierce close fighting took place, even if Howden lacks the details of the operation. The king himself was in the thick of the fighting.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Castles, England, King John, King Richard the Lionheart, Military History, Twelfth Century