King Philip VI of Valois Archives

Real and imaginary journeys in the later Middle Ages

September 1, 2014 By Medievalists.net

For a proper understanding of the actions of men in the past it is necessary to have some idea of how they conceived the world and their place in it, yet for the medieval period there is a serious inbalance in the sources.

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BOOK REVIEW: A Triple Knot by Emma Campion

July 29, 2014 By Medievalists.net

BOOK REVIEW: A Triple Knot by Emma Campion I had the pleasure of reading another Emma Campion (Candace Robb) novel recently. Campion, who has written extensively about Alice Perrers, the royal mistress of King Edward III, in her hit, The King’s Mistress, is back on the shelves with a new book released this month entitled: A Triple Knot. This […]

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Strategic Insights: The Battle of Crecy

March 25, 2012 By Medievalists.net

This paper will explore and analyze strategic decision making by Edward III, King of England, and Philip VI, King of France, at the Battle of Crecy using the critical thinking model as a conceptual framework, in conjunction with egocentrism and sociocentrism as the two main cognitive frames of reference.

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Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I

July 19, 2011 By Medievalists.net

French manuscript art - Crusading knight

Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I Quigley, Maureen (Saint Louis University) Peregrinations, Vol.2:3 (2009) Abstract It is not unusual in the shorthand of manuscript illumination of the first half of the fourteenth century to simplify place and emphasize action when presenting a scene of historical interest. Miniatures in chronicles and […]