Medievalists.net » Matilda of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/matilda-of-scotland-queen-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/matilda-of-scotland-queen-of-england/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:29:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40271 Matilda was to become adept at combining family connections, political alliances and patronization of the Church to her advantage.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/matilda-of-scotland-queen-of-england/feed/ 0 The speaking cross, the persecuted princess and the murdered earl: the early history of Romsey Abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:27:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39093 The Old-English note may have begun life as an endorsement, either to the grant of privileges or (what is perhaps more likely) to the agreement about the woodland belonging to Romsey, a notice of which has become attached to it; it was not uncommon when diplomas were collected into cartularies for such endorsements to be used as ‘headings’ for the text.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/feed/ 0 Partners in Rule: A Study of Twelfth-Century Queens of England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/partners-in-rule-a-study-of-twelfth-century-queens-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/partners-in-rule-a-study-of-twelfth-century-queens-of-england/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 20:23:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32252 The queens of twelfth-century England provide a prime example of how the queen was not, in fact, powerless in the rule of her realm, but rather a significant governmental official who had the opportunity to take a complementary part in royal rule that suited her strengths.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/30/partners-in-rule-a-study-of-twelfth-century-queens-of-england/feed/ 0 Politics, power and prestige : the historiography of medieval English queens, 1821-1998 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/politics-power-and-prestige-the-historiography-of-medieval-english-queens-1821-1998/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/09/politics-power-and-prestige-the-historiography-of-medieval-english-queens-1821-1998/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:33:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25225 Politics, power and prestige : the historiography of medieval English queens, 1821-1998 Forget, Natalie Erica (The University of Guelph)  Thesis: M.A. Arts, University of Guelph, August (1998) Abstract This thesis is an investigation of the histories of medieval English queens published h m 1821 to 1998. The purpose of this study is to highlight how […]

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