Medievalists.net » Rebellion http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Magna Carta Conference Offers New Insights Into The 800-year-old Document http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59130 Magna Carta just celebrated its 800th birthday this past Monday. In honour of this incredible milestone, King’s College London, and the Magna Carta Project, hosted a 3 day conference dedicated to this historic document.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/22/magna-carta-conference-offers-new-insights-into-the-800-year-old-document/feed/ 0 KZOO 2015: Session #42 – Magna Carta in Context http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 15:51:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58255 This coming week I’ll be featuring summaries on some of my favourites sessions and papers from #KZOO2015. I kicked off my first session on Thursday with the Magna Carta.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/feed/ 0 The Montfortian bishops and the justification of conciliar government in 1264 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/23/the-montfortian-bishops-and-the-justification-of-conciliar-government-in-1264/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/23/the-montfortian-bishops-and-the-justification-of-conciliar-government-in-1264/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:06:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46001 In 1266, five English bishops were suspended from office for supporting Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, in rebellion against King Henry III.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/23/the-montfortian-bishops-and-the-justification-of-conciliar-government-in-1264/feed/ 0 The Fortune of War: Henry I and Normandy, 1116 – 1120 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/08/the-fortune-of-war-henry-i-and-normandy-1116-1120/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/08/the-fortune-of-war-henry-i-and-normandy-1116-1120/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:17:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42698 The Fortune of War: Henry I and Normandy, 1116 – 1120 Dillon Byrd Oklahoma Christian University, Tau Sigma, Journal of Historical Studies, Vol.21 (2013) Abstract Henry I had great success in keeping the peace in England and Normandy, aside from the first two years of his reign. There were only two Norman uprisings against Henry, the first […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/08/the-fortune-of-war-henry-i-and-normandy-1116-1120/feed/ 0 Flemings in the Peasants’ Revolt, 1381 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/flemings-in-the-peasants-revolt-1381/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/flemings-in-the-peasants-revolt-1381/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:30:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37144 While the Peasants’ Revolt has been studied in depth by generations of medieval historians, the same cannot be said of England’s foreign-born inhabitants, and the largest group among these, the so-called Flemings (a term which was also applied to those from other principalities in the Low Countries besides Flanders).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/14/flemings-in-the-peasants-revolt-1381/feed/ 0 Utopia Pre-Empted: Kett’s Rebellion, Commoning, and the Hysterical Sublime http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/24/utopia-pre-empted-kett%e2%80%99s-rebellion-commoning-and-the-hysterical-sublime/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/24/utopia-pre-empted-kett%e2%80%99s-rebellion-commoning-and-the-hysterical-sublime/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:08:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26629 Utopia Pre-Empted: Kett’s Rebellion, Commoning, and the Hysterical Sublime Holstun, Jim (State University of New York, Buffalo) Historical Materialism, 16 (2008) Abstract In 1549, on Mousehold Heath, outside Norwich, the campmen of Kett’s Rebellion created the greatest practical utopian project of Tudor England. Using a commoning rhetoric and practice, they tried to restore the moral […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/24/utopia-pre-empted-kett%e2%80%99s-rebellion-commoning-and-the-hysterical-sublime/feed/ 0 Robbing Churches and Pulling Beards: The Rebellious Sons of Henry II http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/03/robbing-churches-and-pulling-beards-the-rebellious-sons-of-henry-ii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/03/robbing-churches-and-pulling-beards-the-rebellious-sons-of-henry-ii/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:03:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26115   Robbing Churches and Pulling Beards: The Rebellious Sons of Henry II Anderson, Elizabeth J.  (University of Huddersfield) Skepsi: Bad Behaviour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Volume III, Issue 1, Summer (2010) Abstract: The unruly sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry the Young King, Richard I, Geoffrey of Brittany and King John, […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/03/robbing-churches-and-pulling-beards-the-rebellious-sons-of-henry-ii/feed/ 0 The Eclipsed Scourge: The Pestilence of 1361 and the Origins of the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/18/the-eclipsed-scourge-the-pestilence-of-1361-and-the-origins-of-the-english-peasants%e2%80%99-revolt-of-1381/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/18/the-eclipsed-scourge-the-pestilence-of-1361-and-the-origins-of-the-english-peasants%e2%80%99-revolt-of-1381/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 18:38:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20815 The Eclipsed Scourge: The Pestilence of 1361 and the Origins of the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 By Benjamin Harry Farr Bachelor of Arts Thesis, Middlebury College, 2009 Introduction: King Richard II rode out to Mile End accompanied by all of the members of his Council – with the exception of Robert Hales and Simon […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/18/the-eclipsed-scourge-the-pestilence-of-1361-and-the-origins-of-the-english-peasants%e2%80%99-revolt-of-1381/feed/ 0 Was the ‘anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign a reaction to Anglo-Norman government? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/20/was-the-%e2%80%98anarchy%e2%80%99-of-king-stephen%e2%80%99s-reign-a-reaction-to-anglo-norman-government/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/20/was-the-%e2%80%98anarchy%e2%80%99-of-king-stephen%e2%80%99s-reign-a-reaction-to-anglo-norman-government/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:02:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17261 Was the ‘anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign a reaction to Anglo-Norman government? Stark, Donald Published Online Abstract The first thing to note regarding the turbulent period of 1139-53 is that the ‘anarchy’ described by many people never took the form of a general uprising against the principle of monarchy or royal government. Instead the ‘disturbance […]

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