The Politics of Death: Monarchy and Mortality in Late Medieval England, 1399-1413
The Politics of Death: Monarchy and Mortality in Late Medieval England, 1399-1413 By Ciara – Marie Shevlin Mortality, Dying and Death, edited by T Chandler…
Rolul ideologiei politice în apariţia şi fixarea tipului de necropolă voievodală în Moldova în secolele al XV-lea şi al XVI-lea
Rolul ideologiei politice în apariţia şi fixarea tipului de necropolă voievodală în Moldova în secolele al XV-lea şi al XVI-lea By Vlad Bedros…
Counselling the Prince: Advice and Counsel in Thirteenth-Century Welsh Society
Counselling the Prince: Advice and Counsel in Thirteenth-Century Welsh Society By Kathryn Hurlok History: The Journal of the Historical Association, Vol: 94:313 (2009)…
Machiavelli’s The Prince
Machiavelli’s The Prince Two lectures by Steven B. Smith Given at Yale University, Fall 2006 From his Introduction to Political Philosophy The lecture…
The Idea of the Renaissance, Revisited
The idea of the Renaissance as a historical period was first formulated by Jacob
Burckhardt in his book Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (1860). In this lecture I want to review some of the many directions taken by Renaissance studies since then, and to make some suggestions for future work.
The Process of Nationbuilding in Medieval Germany. A Brief Overview
The Process of Nationbuilding in Medieval Germany. A Brief Overview By Raphaela Averkorn Nations and Nationalities in Historical Perspective, edited by Gudmunður Hálfdanarson and Ann Katherine Isaacs (University…
The Regnum Francie of Sugar of Saint-Denis: An Expansive Ile-de-France
The Regnum Francie of Sugar of Saint-Denis: An Expansive Ile-de-France By Jeremy du Quesnay Adams Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol.19:2 (1993) Synopsis: Examines the…
Queen’s and Princesses’ Political Function at the end of the Middle Ages (14th and 15th Centuries)
Queen’s and Princesses’ Political Function at the end of the Middle Ages (14th and 15th Centuries) By Anne Lemonde Political Systems and Definitions of…
Women and Power in the Middle Ages: Political Aspects of Medieval Queenship
Examines the role and life of medieval queens, using examples from queens in Merovingian and Carolingian states, England, France, Castile and Aragon.
The Republican Idea
The Republican Idea By William J. Connell Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins (Cambridge University Press, 2000) Synopsis: Examines…
Cynewulf the Poet, Alfred the King, and the Nature of Anglo-Saxon Duty
Cynewulf the Poet, Alfred the King, and the Nature of Anglo-Saxon Duty Schlosser, Donna Comitatus Vol.31 (2000) Introduction: Whether he composed his verse…
Lords Temporal and Spiritual: The Interactions of Papal and Royal Power in John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Cronicles
Lords Temporal and Spiritual: The Interactions of Papal and Royal Power in John Capgrave’s Abbreuiacion of Cronicles Konkol, Slawomir Medieval Forum Vol. 5(2006)…
The Middle Ages as Fantasy
Discusses the famous writers J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and the influence of medievalism on their storytelling.