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Henry V, Flower of Chivalry

Medievalists.net — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 03:03:24 +0000

Kingship and chivalry were not separate constructs in late medieval didactic works, chronicles and biographies which praised ideal qualities like loyalty largesse, honour and above all prudence that were essential for both kings and knights.

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Rituals of Royalty: Prescription, Politics and Practice in English Coronation and Royal Funeral Rituals c. 1327 to c. 1485

Medievalists.net — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 03:51:35 +0000

This thesis examines English royal ritual culture in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, focusing specifically upon the rituals of coronation and funeral.

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BOOKS: Medieval Ireland

Medievalists.net — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:54:22 +0000

In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, here are some great books on medieval Ireland!

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The King’s Courts and the King’s Soul: Pardoning as Almsgiving in Medieval England

Medievalists.net — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 15:42:49 +0000

This paper examines the workings of the English royal courts in the thirteenth century through one of their practices—pardoning—and argues that the king and his officials could see courts not just as venues for justice, but also as institutions through which the king could see to the health of his own soul.

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The Prologue to Alfred’s Law Code: Instruction in the Spirit of Mercy

Medievalists.net — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:54:24 +0000

The Prologue to Alfred’s Law Code: Instruction in the Spirit of Mercy Michael Treschow Florilegium: Volume 13 (1994) Abstract Alfred’s law code tends to receive scant attention in discussions of the char- acter of his reign. It lacks the distinctive stamp of his other writings and acts. It is a conservative code that seeks not […]

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Intellectual Cartographic Spaces: Alfonso X, the Wise and the Foundation of the Studium Generale of Seville

Medievalists.net — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:10:05 +0000

This dissertation, "Intellectual Cartographic Spaces: Alfonso X, the Wise and the Foundations of the Studium Generale of Seville," I reevaluate Spain's medieval history, specifically focusing on the role of Alfonso X and his court in the development of institutions of higher education in thirteenth-century Andalusia.

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Of sagas and sheep: Toward a historical anthropology of social change and production for market, subsistence and tribute in early Iceland

Medievalists.net — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:50:13 +0000

This dissertation deals with the formation of chiefdoms, communities, ecclesiastical institutions and state, and with production for market, subsistence and tribute in early Iceland in the context of climatic change and ecological succession.

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Dynastic Intrigues and Domestic Realities during the Reigns of Andrew I and Bela I

Medievalists.net — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:15:38 +0000

In the mid-1030s, the cousin of King Stephen I of Hungary, Prince Vazul (the son of Michael, the younger brother of Geza, Stephen's father) conspired to assassinate the elderly and ailing king.

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Rose without Thorn, Eagle without Feathers: Nation and Power in Late Medieval England and Germany

Medievalists.net — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:01:54 +0000

It is hard at times to take the Agincourt Carol entirely seriously. Patriotism of such brash exuberance seems more properly to belong in a brightly lit Laurence Olivier world of mid twentieth-century medievalism than amid the grim and tangled realities of fifteenth- century politics and war.

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The Lit de Justice: Semantics, Ceremonial, and the Parlement of Paris, 1300–1600

Medievalists.net — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:44:29 +0000

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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