Urban-rural connections in Domesday Book and the late Anglo-Saxon town Haslam, Jeremy Urban-rural connections, Vol.7, (2011) Abstract The issue concerning the origin of the attachment of urban tenements to rural properties shown in Domesday Book and in earlier sources, which has generated controversy for more than a century, is examined in a new way. The […]
“Apud Lotharingos Altus et Doctus”: Leofric of Exeter, 1050-1072
September 22, 2011 By
“Apud Lotharingos Altus et Doctus”: Leofric of Exeter, 1050-1072 Corradini, Erika (University of Leicester) The Proceedings of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Postgraduate Conference (2005) Abstract The life and activities of Leofric, bishop of Exeter, 1050−1072, have recently been the focus of a substantial amount of critical study that has highlighted the bishop’s importance […]
Trial by Combat for the English Throne: Assessing King Harold Godwineson During the Norwegian and Norman Invasions of 1066
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Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut
September 20, 2011 By
Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut Tyler, Elizabeth M. Early Medieval Europe, 13 (4) (2005) Abstract The Encomium Emmae Reginae was written in the early 1040s to support the interests of Queen Emma amidst the factionalism which marked the end of the period of Danish […]
Saints, Monks and Bishops; cult and authority in the diocese of Wells (England) before the Norman Conquest
September 19, 2011 By
Saints, Monks and Bishops; cult and authority in the diocese of Wells (England) before the Norman Conquest Costen, Michael (University of Bristol, UK) Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 3, No. 2 (2011) Abstract This paper is founded upon a database, assembled by the writer, of some 3300 instances of dedications to saints […]
The Origins of King’s Lynn? Control of Wealth on the Wash Prior to the Norman Conquest
September 17, 2011 By
The Origins of King’s Lynn? Control of Wealth on the Wash Prior to the Norman Conquest Hutcheson, A.R.J. Medieval Archaeology, 50, (2006) Abstract This paper investigates the archaeology and history of ‘productive’ sites, estate centres and towns between A.D. 600 and 1100 in north-western East Anglia. Whilst it concentrates on a specific sub-region (NW. Norfolk), an […]
The Seigneurial residence in Normandy, 1125-1225: an Anglo-Norman Tradition?
September 17, 2011 By
The Seigneurial residence in Normandy, 1125-1225: an Anglo-Norman Tradition? Impey, Edward Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (1999) Abstract England and Normandy shared a common (although not exclusive) tradition in the design of seigneurial houses between c. 1125 and 1225, typified by the housing of the hall and chambers in separate buildings, both built to an increasingly standardized […]
The later pre-Conquest boroughs and their defences
September 17, 2011 By
The later pre-Conquest boroughs and their defences Radford, C.A. Ralegh Medieval Archaeology, Vol.14 (1970) Abstract For nearly two centuries before the Norman Conquest the burh, or defensible centre of population, is often mentioned in contemporary documents. The typical burhof the eleventh century was plainly an artificial creation in which men of different lords lived together […]
The early Norman castle at Lincoln and a re-evaluation of the original West Tower of Lincoln Cathedral
September 17, 2011 By
The early Norman castle at Lincoln and a re-evaluation of the original West Tower of Lincoln Cathedral Vince, Alan and Stocker, David Medieval Archaeology, Vol.41 (1997) Abstract This note emerges from discussions undertaken as a result ofwork carried out on two related projects, both funded by English Heritage. The first of these is the production of […]
The status of French in medieval England: evidence from the use of object pronoun syntax
September 15, 2011 By
The status of French in medieval England: evidence from the use of object pronoun syntax Ingham, Richard (UCE Birmingham) Vox Romanica 65 (2006) Abstract The special status of Anglo-Norman (AN) in relation to continental French has recently been subject to renewed debate, one perspective emphasising its sui generis status as a second language in England […]
Resources, Roles, and Conflict: Active Resource Management in the Anglo-Norman Kingdom
September 15, 2011 By
Resources, Roles, and Conflict: Active Resource Management in the Anglo-Norman Kingdom By Dolores M. Wilson, M.A. Thesis, University of Houston (2003) Abstract: Contrary to the view that the Middle Ages was simply a time of rapid environmental exploitation and degradation, legal documents of the Anglo-Norman kings who reigned England and Normandy 1066-1135 reveal that medieval landholders […]
The Normans between Byzantium and the Islamic World
September 15, 2011 By
The Normans between Byzantium and the Islamic World TRAVAINI, LUCIA Dumbarton Oaks Papers: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.(2001) Abstract When dealing with the subject of monetary transactions and exchanges involving the Normans of Italy, Byzantium, and the Islamic world, scholars have been cautioned to use care when discussing terms such as influence […]
Cultural syncretism and ethnic identity: The Norman ‘conquest’ of Southern Italy and Sicily
September 15, 2011 By
Cultural syncretism and ethnic identity: The Norman ‘conquest’ of Southern Italy and Sicily Drell, Joanna H.(Department of History, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York) Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 25, No. 3,(1999) Abstract The culturally syncretic character of medieval Southern Italy and Sicily was never so apparent as under Norman rule in the twelfth century. From the […]
The Justification of the Conquest Chapter 1 of Conquered England: Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166
September 14, 2011 By
The Justification of the Conquest Chapter 1 of Conquered England: Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166 Garnett, George Abstract The author of the D manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was almost certainly a member of Archbishop Ealdred of York’s household. He was, therefore, probably at the centre of events during 1066, and his testimony deserves to be […]
The Bayeux Tapestry: a stripped narative for their eyes and ears
September 13, 2011 By
The Bayeux Tapestry: a stripped narative for their eyes and ears Brilliant, Richard Word and Image, Vol..7, (1991) Abstract The Bayeaux Tapestry, a masterpiece of medieval narrative art, tells the highly politicised story of the ascension to the English crown, held by Edward the Confessor. The historical narrative begins in 1064 while Edward was still […]
More about Magnus, Count of Wroclaw
September 13, 2011 By
More about Magnus, Count of Wroclaw Skarbek-Kozietulski, Marek Genealogia Mediaevalis Genetica, August 4, (2011) Abstract Twentieth-century German medieval researchers saw Piotr Wlostowic, the famous Palatine of the Polish Duke Wladyslaw II the Exile, as a grandson of Magnus, the Count (Comes) of Wroclaw. They argued this from two sources, the records of Gallus Anonymus’ “Polish […]
What was the true identity of Magnus, Count of Wroclaw?
September 13, 2011 By
What was the true identity of Magnus, Count of Wroclaw? Skarbek-Kozietulski, Marek Genealogia Mediaevalis Genetica (2010) Abstract Which clan of Polish medieval nobility1 derives its male lineage from Count Magnus of Wroclaw? This man of noble birth, who bore a mysteriously non-Slavic name, was mentioned twice in the Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus. This vexed question has […]
The fall of the last Anglo-Saxon King: a case of leadership failure during a crisis
September 13, 2011 By
The case describes the Battle of Hastings, placing emphasis on the decisions made by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. First the events leading up to the battle are presented to provide the context and show the preparations undertaken by Harold. Next the Battle itself is explored.
Odo of Bayeux At War: Linking The Bayeux Tapestry And “The Song Of Roland”
September 13, 2011 By
Odo of Bayeux At War: Linking The Bayeux Tapestry And “The Song Of Roland” Jameson, Carl (University of Delaware) Thesis: B.A., University of Delaware, Spring (2009) Abstract In 1066 England was conquered by Duke William of Normandy, and during the next ten years a magnificent work of art was created to glorify the conquest: the […]
The Mercian Connection, Harold Godwineson’s Ambitions, Diplomacy and Channel-crossing, 1056-1066
September 13, 2011 By
The Mercian Connection, Harold Godwineson’s Ambitions, Diplomacy and Channel-crossing, 1056 -1066 VAN KEMPEN,AD F. J. (Tilburg, The Netherlands) History, Volume 94, Issue 313 (2009) Abstract It is supposed that the Vita Ædwardi contains some information about Harold’s dealings with William of Normandy in 1064. This article links these covert references with William of Poitiers’ statements […]
Possible narratives: re-telling the Norman Conquest
September 13, 2011 By
William of Malmesbury (1125) casts the Norman Conquest as an ‘ancipitous narrative’ – equally possible courses of events leading to the same outcome.
The Battle of Hastings according to Gaimar, Wace and Benoit: rhetoric and politics
September 13, 2011 By
Unlike Wace and Benoit, Gaimar did not base his Estoire des Engleis principally on Latin chronicles composed by Norman apologists intent on glorifying William of Normandy and justifying the invasion of England in 1066
Lincolnshire and the Danes
September 5, 2011 By
Lincolnshire and the Danes Criddle, Peter LINCOLNSHIRE LIFE • October (2008) English historians of Victorian times were often very interested in the emergence of Englishness in the period before the Norman Conquest, which many regarded as an unwelcome interruption in the history of their country. Except for certain western areas, the Anglo-Saxons (Angles, Jutes and […]
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