Medievalists.net » Seventeenth Century

The Strange Mystery Of The King’s Head: Henry IV of France (1553-1610)

Medievalists.net — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 23:22:06 +0000

This paper reexamines the claims which were made in both the documentary and a subsequent book on the subject and, with respect, challenges the conclusions made by the investigators.

The post The Strange Mystery Of The King’s Head: Henry IV of France (1553-1610) appeared first on Medievalists.net.

Fashion Old and New: Weaving and Tailoring in the Early Medieval and Early Modern Period

Medievalists.net — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:34:41 +0000

Fashion fan? Interested in medieval and early modern textiles? Then this was your session. 2 papers from opposite ends of the spectrum: Early Medieval weaving and Early Modern Tailoring.

The post Fashion Old and New: Weaving and Tailoring in the Early Medieval and Early Modern Period appeared first on Medievalists.net.

Trolls in the Middle Ages

Medievalists.net — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:03:26 +0000

Where did trolls come from? What did medieval and early modern people think of trolls? How did the concept of the modern day troll evolve?

The post Trolls in the Middle Ages appeared first on Medievalists.net.

The Ultimate Military Entrepreneur

Medievalists.net — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:30:47 +0000

With profit his only aim, Count Albrecht von Wallenstein successfully combined the profession of business and the art of war during the early seventeenth century.

The post The Ultimate Military Entrepreneur appeared first on Medievalists.net.

Love and Marriage on the Medieval English Stage: Using the English Cycle Plays as Sources for Social History

Medievalists.net — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:53:04 +0000

Much scholarship concerning the concept of “companionate” marriage traces its origins to the early modern period as clergymen, especially Protestant ones, began to publish “guides” to the relationships and respective duties of husbands and wives in the 1500s and 1600s.

The post Love and Marriage on the Medieval English Stage: Using the English Cycle Plays as Sources for Social History appeared first on Medievalists.net.

Flandria Illustrata: Flemish Identities in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

Medievalists.net — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 03:08:16 +0000

This chapter discusses identity formation in early modern Flanders. It argues that policy makers and their intellectual agents transformed the perception of a province that had been divided by urban rivalries, civil war and conflicts with the Burgundian and Habsburg overlords, into a bastion of the Catholic Counter Reformation with strong ties to the Spanish King and his representatives.

The post Flandria Illustrata: Flemish Identities in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period appeared first on Medievalists.net.

The Lit de Justice: Semantics, Ceremonial, and the Parlement of Paris, 1300–1600

Medievalists.net — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:44:29 +0000

The curious phrase lit de justice originated in the fourteenth century and by the first decade of the fifteenth century designated particularly important royal sessions of the Parlement of Paris.

The post The Lit de Justice: Semantics, Ceremonial, and the Parlement of Paris, 1300–1600 appeared first on Medievalists.net.

10 Things to See at Southwark Cathedral

Medievalists.net — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:23:39 +0000

My 10 favourite things about Southwark Cathedral.

The post 10 Things to See at Southwark Cathedral appeared first on Medievalists.net.

A monastic landscape: The Cistercians in medieval Leinster

Medievalists.net — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:56:10 +0000

This study endeavours to discuss the Cistercian monasteries of Leinster with regard to their physical location in the landscape, the agricultural contribution of the monks to the broader social and economic world and the interaction between the cloistered monks and the secular world.

The post A monastic landscape: The Cistercians in medieval Leinster appeared first on Medievalists.net.

Irish Hagiographical Lives in the Twelfth Century: Church Reform before the Anglo-Norman Invasion

Medievalists.net — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 22:37:08 +0000

In order to further disentangle the reality and fiction of this view of culture versus barbarity and of reform versus wickedness, I shall analyse twelfth-century Irish vitae.

The post Irish Hagiographical Lives in the Twelfth Century: Church Reform before the Anglo-Norman Invasion appeared first on Medievalists.net.