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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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Competition and tradition: Carolingian political rituals, 751-800

Medievalists.net — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:19:35 +0000

In 751, the Carolingians supplanted the traditional ruling dynasty of Francia. This article surveys Carolingian political rituals between 751 and 800, and argues that ritual was one means through which this new royal family sought to construct and legitimate its authority against its dynastic competitors.

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The Journey of Charles I, King of Hungary, from Visegrád to Naples (1333): Its Political Implications and Artistic Consequences

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:00:06 +0000

The aim of this article is to reconstruct the journey of Charles I, King of Hungary (1310– 1342), from Visegrád to Naples in the year 1333.

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Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan’s sisters and Frankish queenship

Medievalists.net — Sat, 10 May 2014 11:59:39 +0000

In the early years of the tenth century several Anglo-Saxon royal women, all daughters of King Edward the Elder of Wessex (899-924) and sisters (or half-sisters) of his son King Athelstan (924-39), were despatched across the Channel as brides for Frankish and Saxon rulers and aristocrats. This article addresses the fate of some of these women through an analysis of their political identities.

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BOOKS: Great Reads about Medieval Queens!

Medievalists.net — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:31:43 +0000

Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York Author: Lisa Hilton Publisher: Pegasus (August 3, 2010) Summary England’s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages placed English queens at the very center of power—the king’s bed. […]

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Kings, Conquerors, and Gods: The Autobiographies of Timur, Isma’il, and Babur

Medievalists.net — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:55:46 +0000

In 1360, a hundred years after the finalization of Mongol conquest, the most famous of these post-Genghisid rulers emerged in Kesh, not far from Samarqand. Timur Barlas, anglicized as Tamerlane, pursued a life-long career of warfare, first establishing himself in the ranks of the regional amir Kurgen and eventually awing the entire region from the Punjab to Cairo and Constantinople through his conquests. Like his predecessor Genghis, Timur has since been a hotly debated figure.

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‘Kings were not wont to render account’ Henry IV and the Authority of the King

Medievalists.net — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:58:01 +0000

Henry travelled extensively, became famed throughout Christendom as a champion jouster, crusaded in Eastern Europe, and looked after his father’s holdings whilst John of Gaunt campaigned in Spain.3 It is impossible not to note that Henry Bolingbroke’s popularity continued to increase while Richard II’s declined.

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The Symbolic Meaning of Sword and Palio in Late Medieval and Early Modern Ritual Entries: The Case of Seville

Medievalists.net — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:40:51 +0000

If I have spend some time establishing the semantic field in which these terms appear, it is because I wish to emphasize the malleability of concepts such as symbols and rituals, particularly when applied to the articulation of powers Moreover, these meanings and intents depend often on the context, temporal and geographical location.

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Kings and Courtesans: A Study of the Pictorial Representation of French Royal Mistresses

Medievalists.net — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:44:56 +0000

As France emerged from the Middle Ages, the monarchy began to establish itself as a more stable institution and a curious development took place: the French kings began to install official mistresses at court. With this official status these women became parallel members of the royal family. They lived like queens, with various estates granted to them by the kings.

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The Morosinis in Hungary under King Andrew III and the two versions of the death of the Queen of Hungary Tommasina

Medievalists.net — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:14:44 +0000

In reality, Charles Robert’s predecessor, the last Arpád, Andrew III, called the Vene- tian, was already a foreigner on the throne of Hungary.

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