Medievalists.net » Propaganda http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Foundation Myths in Medieval and Renaissance Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/10/foundation-myths-in-medieval-and-renaissance-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/10/foundation-myths-in-medieval-and-renaissance-italy/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:50:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58832 The 3 papers featured here looked at the development of the civic identities of Florence, Genoa and Rome through art, architecture and foundation legends.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/10/foundation-myths-in-medieval-and-renaissance-italy/feed/ 0 The Prologue to Alfred’s Law Code: Instruction in the Spirit of Mercy http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/prologue-alfreds-law-code-instruction-spirit-mercy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/prologue-alfreds-law-code-instruction-spirit-mercy/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:54:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53992 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/prologue-alfreds-law-code-instruction-spirit-mercy/feed/ 0 Medieval Perspectives: Jean de Waurin and His Perception of the Turks in Anatolia in the Late Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/medieval-perspectives-jean-de-waurin-perception-turks-anatolia-late-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/medieval-perspectives-jean-de-waurin-perception-turks-anatolia-late-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:54:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52296 This paper discusses the reasons Wavrin wrote his account of the crusade of Varna and Walerin de Wavrin’s expedition into the Balkans, which was later published within his history of Britain and how he perceived and accordingly presented the Turks to the renaissance readers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/medieval-perspectives-jean-de-waurin-perception-turks-anatolia-late-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:21:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52242 The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/feed/ 0 The Uses Made of History by the Kings of Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/07/uses-made-history-kings-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/07/uses-made-history-kings-medieval-england/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:15:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50942 The kings of medieval England, besides using history for the entertainment of themselves and their courts, turned it to practical purposes. They plundered history-books for precedents and other evidences to justify their claims and acts. They also recognised its value as propaganda, to bolster up their positions at home and strengthen their hands abroad.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/07/uses-made-history-kings-medieval-england/feed/ 0 Warfare and propaganda: the portrayal of Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282 – 1328) as an incompetent military leader in the Histories of John VI Kantakouzenos (1347-1354) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/09/warfare-and-propaganda-the-portrayal-of-andronikos-ii-palaiologos-1282-1328-as-an-incompetent-military-leader-in-the-histories-of-john-vi-kantakouzenos-1347-1354/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/09/warfare-and-propaganda-the-portrayal-of-andronikos-ii-palaiologos-1282-1328-as-an-incompetent-military-leader-in-the-histories-of-john-vi-kantakouzenos-1347-1354/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2014 11:18:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47459 The Histories of Kantakouzenos is the main source for the civil war between Andronikos II and Andronikos III which was fought intermittently from 1321 until 1328.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/09/warfare-and-propaganda-the-portrayal-of-andronikos-ii-palaiologos-1282-1328-as-an-incompetent-military-leader-in-the-histories-of-john-vi-kantakouzenos-1347-1354/feed/ 0 Queer times: Richard II in the poems and chronicles of late http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/queer-times-richard-ii-in-the-poems-and-chronicles-of-late/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/queer-times-richard-ii-in-the-poems-and-chronicles-of-late/#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:14:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46462 The article focuses on the representation of deviant sexual behavior in 14th-century English poetry and other chronicles. The portrayal of King of England Richard II as a rebellious youth, which is interpreted as perverse and lacking manliness, and the propaganda needed to offset this perception are discussed. Historical information is given about the political culture and power of the church. The murder of Edward II after being accused of sodomy by the Bishop of Hereford is mentioned.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/queer-times-richard-ii-in-the-poems-and-chronicles-of-late/feed/ 0 The Enduring Appeal of Richard III http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/the-enduring-appeal-of-richard-iii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/the-enduring-appeal-of-richard-iii/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:44:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40484 It has indeed been confidently asserted that [Richard the 3d] killed his two Nephews & his Wife, but it has also been declared that he did not kill his two Nephews.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/the-enduring-appeal-of-richard-iii/feed/ 0 Robert Bruce’s Bones: reputations, politics and identities in nineteenth-century Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/robert-bruces-bones-reputations-politics-and-identities-in-nineteenth-century-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/robert-bruces-bones-reputations-politics-and-identities-in-nineteenth-century-scotland/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:24:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36483 ‘We, on the whole, do our Hero-worship worse than any other Nation in this world ever did it before.’ Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/robert-bruces-bones-reputations-politics-and-identities-in-nineteenth-century-scotland/feed/ 0 The Holy Roman Empire, the Schmalkald League, and the Idea of Confessional Nation-Building http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-holy-roman-empire-the-schmalkald-league-and-the-idea-of-confessional-nation-building/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/12/the-holy-roman-empire-the-schmalkald-league-and-the-idea-of-confessional-nation-building/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:40:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36452 Recent research on nationalism draws a fundamental heuristic distinc- tion between political and cultural nationalism. Scholars define the his- torian’s task as the analysis of political and cultural nationalism in each historic context.

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