Medievalists.net » Simon de Montfort http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +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 With All For All: The Life of Simon de Montfort http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/23/life-simon-de-montfort/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/23/life-simon-de-montfort/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:49:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56379 This biography follows his life from his birth and upbringing in France until his defeat and death at the hands of the future Edward I.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/23/life-simon-de-montfort/feed/ 0 CONFERENCES: Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an Early London chronicler http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/04/conferences-arnold-fitz-thedmar-early-london-chronicler/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/04/conferences-arnold-fitz-thedmar-early-london-chronicler/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:51:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53049 Another fascinating paper given at the Institute for Historical Research in central London. For those of you interested in chronicles, urban history and London, this paper was definitely for you. Ian Stone discussed his dissertation about thirteenth century London through the eyes of wealthy Alderman, Arnold Fitz Thedmar.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/04/conferences-arnold-fitz-thedmar-early-london-chronicler/feed/ 0 The Great Parliament of 1265: Medieval origins of modern democracy http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/24/great-parliament-1265-medieval-origins-modern-democracy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/24/great-parliament-1265-medieval-origins-modern-democracy/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2014 04:51:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52813 On the eve of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta – the charter recognised as laying the foundations of England's modern democracy – new research by a medieval historian from the University of Lincoln, reminds us that 2015 also marks 750 years since the earliest forerunner of a modern parliament was held.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/24/great-parliament-1265-medieval-origins-modern-democracy/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 Saint by Association: Samson, Thomas Becket, and Simon de Montfort http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/11/saint-by-association-samson-thomas-becket-and-simon-de-montfort/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/11/saint-by-association-samson-thomas-becket-and-simon-de-montfort/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:52:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27886 The seemingly unusual companionship of Samson (of Samson and Delilah fame), Thomas Becket, the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, and Simon de Montfort, the leader of the Barons War, has come about, for this paper, because of their mutual presence in the British Library’s Harley Manuscript 978.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/11/saint-by-association-samson-thomas-becket-and-simon-de-montfort/feed/ 0 Simon de Montfort and the historians http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/09/simon-de-montfort-and-the-historians/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/09/simon-de-montfort-and-the-historians/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:45:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=15092 The career and personality of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (c. 1208– 1265), the leader of the baronial revolt against King Henry III, provides a striking exemplar of the malleability of historiographical opinion.

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