Medievalists.net » Treason 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 BOOK REVIEW: The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2015 22:32:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59993 Joanna Stafford, our intrepid ex-Dominican super sleuth is at it again. This time, she’s hurled straight into the midst of plotting and deception at Henry VIII’s court.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/feed/ 0 Under the Greenwood Tree : Outlaws in Medieval England and modern medievalist crime novels http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/under-the-greenwood-tree-outlaws-in-medieval-england-and-modern-medievalist-crime-novels/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/under-the-greenwood-tree-outlaws-in-medieval-england-and-modern-medievalist-crime-novels/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:27:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38933 A recurring theme in several medievalist crime novels is the subject of outlaws. They are used to create ambience, they can be the adversary and main threat to the protagonists, they can be cast in somewhat more heroic roles, and they are sometimes essential to the plot.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/under-the-greenwood-tree-outlaws-in-medieval-england-and-modern-medievalist-crime-novels/feed/ 0 Spectacularizing Justice in Late Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/spectacularizing-justice-in-late-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/spectacularizing-justice-in-late-medieval-england/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:53:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37555 I use the word ritual because in cases of treachery use of a general ‘script’ as ordered by these two accounts emerges with surprising frequency in England in the late 13th and early 14th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/spectacularizing-justice-in-late-medieval-england/feed/ 0 The Precognition of Crime: Treason in Medieval England and Terrorism in Twenty-first Century America http://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/27/the-precognition-of-crime-treason-in-medieval-england-and-terrorism-in-twenty-first-century-america/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/05/27/the-precognition-of-crime-treason-in-medieval-england-and-terrorism-in-twenty-first-century-america/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 18:38:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=8356 The Knight of the Two Swords in Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur (1485) tells a story of an invisible knight who without provocation kills other knights.

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