Medievalists.net » University of Oxford 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 12th-century copy of Consolation of Philosophy was written in Scotland, scholar finds http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/12th-century-copy-of-consolation-of-philosophy-was-written-in-scotland-scholar-finds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/12th-century-copy-of-consolation-of-philosophy-was-written-in-scotland-scholar-finds/#comments Thu, 07 May 2015 12:19:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58115 A twelfth-century copy of the ‘Consolation of Philosophy’ by Boethius, has been revealed to have been been written in Scotland, making it the oldest surviving non-biblical manuscript from that country.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/12th-century-copy-of-consolation-of-philosophy-was-written-in-scotland-scholar-finds/feed/ 0 Dervorguilla of Galloway: ‘Daughter of the Oath’ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/08/dervorguilla-galloway-daughter-oath/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/08/dervorguilla-galloway-daughter-oath/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54684 Dervorguilla is a familiar figure in Scottish history, a lady of wealth, substance and impeccable pedigree. She is mentioned because she is the great grand-daughter of King David I, the mother of King John Balliol and she confirmed the foundation of a college at the University of Oxford, creating an endowment to ensure its future.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/08/dervorguilla-galloway-daughter-oath/feed/ 0 The Vatican and Oxford University team up to digitize 1.5 million pages of medieval manuscripts http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/03/the-vatican-and-oxford-university-team-up-to-digitize-1-5-million-pages-of-medieval-manuscripts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/03/the-vatican-and-oxford-university-team-up-to-digitize-1-5-million-pages-of-medieval-manuscripts/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:28:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45459 The University of Oxford and the Vatican have jointly created a digital project that will put online over 1.5 million pages of medieval and biblical texts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/03/the-vatican-and-oxford-university-team-up-to-digitize-1-5-million-pages-of-medieval-manuscripts/feed/ 0 The Calamitous Fourteenth Century in England: All Doom and Gloom? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 14:52:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41331 This was a fantastic paper given at the Crown and Country in Late medieval England session at KZOO. There were only two papers but both were interesting and enjoyable. This paper delved into the history of science in late medieval England and examined why the fourteenth century, a time that is usually synonymous with doom and gloom, plague and uprising, wasn't all that bad upon closer observation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/feed/ 0 The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien released today http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/23/the-fall-of-arthur-by-j-r-r-tolkien-released-today/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/23/the-fall-of-arthur-by-j-r-r-tolkien-released-today/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 02:39:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41299 The poem, using Old English alliterative meter and written in modern English recounts how Arthur was a British military leader fighting the Saxon invasion, and includes characters such as Guinevere, Lancelot and Mordred.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/23/the-fall-of-arthur-by-j-r-r-tolkien-released-today/feed/ 0 Student Violence at the University of Oxford http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/09/student-violence-at-the-university-of-oxford/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/09/student-violence-at-the-university-of-oxford/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 02:49:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41005 My first foray of KZOO 2013 couldn't have been off to a better start with, “I just don’t want to die without a few scars”: Medieval Fight Clubs, Masculine Identity, and Public (Dis)order. There were only two papers in this session and both were riveting. I felt like I couldn't type fast enough to get it all in! The first paper was given by Professor Andrew Larsen of Marquette University. Professor Larsen published a book on high and late medieval student violence and the Saint Scholastica's Day Riot at Oxford university.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/09/student-violence-at-the-university-of-oxford/feed/ 0 Reality and Truth in Thomas of York: Study and Text http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/reality-and-truth-in-thomas-of-york-study-and-text/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/reality-and-truth-in-thomas-of-york-study-and-text/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:36:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39692 The investigation is conducted through a study of opposites into which being is divided. These opposites are principally the one and the many, potency and act, truth and falsity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/reality-and-truth-in-thomas-of-york-study-and-text/feed/ 0 Oxford Tolkien Spring School launched http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/25/oxford-tolkien-spring-school-launched/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/25/oxford-tolkien-spring-school-launched/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:54:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38907 Organised by Oxford University's Faculty of English Language and Literature where Tolkien taught for most of his career, the spring school is aimed at those who have read some of Tolkien’s fiction and wish to learn more.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/07/the-oxford-calculators/feed/ 0 Medieval Nunnery excavated in Oxford http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/medieval-nunnery-excavated-in-oxford/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/medieval-nunnery-excavated-in-oxford/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37183 Hundreds of volunteers worked with archaeologists from the University of Oxford to excavate the site of a medieval nunnery, and have even uncovered a small group of prehistoric worked flints, including a beautiful Bronze Age arrowhead which is about 4000 years old.

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