Medievalists.net » William II/William Rufus http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Normans are an Unconquerable People: Orderic Vitalis’s Memory of the Anglo-Norman Regnum during the Reigns of William Rufus and Henry I, 1087-1106 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/01/normans-unconquerable-people-orderic-vitaliss-memory-anglo-norman-regnum-reigns-william-rufus-henry-1087-1106/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/01/normans-unconquerable-people-orderic-vitaliss-memory-anglo-norman-regnum-reigns-william-rufus-henry-1087-1106/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:20:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47961 This essay examines Orderic’s portrayal of the three sons of William the Conqueror, as well as one member of the Anglo-Norman high aristocracy, in an effort to understand how and why his Historia Ecclesiastica recreates the nineteen-year period between the death of William the Conqueror and the ascension of Henry I as an age of violence, poor lordship, and ambiguous gender roles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/saint-anselm-of-canterbury-and-charismatic-authority/feed/ 0 Stories of the Death of Kings: Retelling the Demise and Burial of William I, William II and Henry I http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/07/stories-of-the-death-of-kings-retelling-the-demise-and-burial-of-william-i-william-ii-and-henry-i/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/07/stories-of-the-death-of-kings-retelling-the-demise-and-burial-of-william-i-william-ii-and-henry-i/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:08:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40315 This paper examines the accounts that describe the death and burial of three successive kings: William the Conqueror, William Rufus, and Henry I.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/07/stories-of-the-death-of-kings-retelling-the-demise-and-burial-of-william-i-william-ii-and-henry-i/feed/ 0 Aspects of the English royal succession, 1066-1199: the death of the king http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/aspects-of-the-english-royal-succession-1066-1199-the-death-of-the-king/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/28/aspects-of-the-english-royal-succession-1066-1199-the-death-of-the-king/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:53:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38380 The death of any ruler in the twelfth century, even if it were expected, caused a considerable amount of shock and disquiet amongst those who were left behind.

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