The Experience of Civilian Populations during the Hundred Years War in France 1330-1440
From that time on all went ill with the kingdom and the state was undone. Thieves and robbers rose up everywhere in the land. The nobles despised and hated all others and took no thought for the mutual usefulness and profit of lord and men.
Profit and Loss in the Hundred Years War: the Subcontracts of Sir John Strother, 1374
Profit and Loss in the Hundred Years War: the Subcontracts of Sir John Strother, 1374 By Simon Walker The Bulletin of the Institute…
Literary Representations of History in Fourteenth Century England: Shared Technique and Divergent Practice in Chaucer and Langland
Literary Representations of History in Fourteenth Century England:Shared Technique and Divergent Practice in Chaucer and Langland Lassahn, Nicole Essays in Medieval Studies, vol.…
Queer Relations
Queer Relations Dinshaw, Carolyn Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 16 (1999) Abstract This paper draws on materials from my book, Getting Medieval: Sexualities…
Pseudo-Autobiography and the Role of the Poet in Jean Froissart’s Joli Buisson de Jonece
Pseudo-Autobiography and the Role of the Poet in Jean Froissart’s Joli Buisson de Jonece Lassahn, Nicole Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998)…
The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider
The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider Goodman, Barbara A. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval ‘Bullion Famines’, 1384 – 1482
Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval ‘Bullion Famines’, 1384 – 1482 By John Munro Published Online (2009) Abstract: This paper…
Cataracts and hernias: aspects of surgical practice in the fourteenth century
Cataracts and hernias: aspects of surgical practice in the fourteenth century By Michael McVaugh Medical History, Vol.45:3 (2001) Introduction: Let me begin by paraphrasing…
Feeding the Brethren: Grain Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1280-1370
Feeding the Brethren: Grain Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1280-1370 By Philip Slavin PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2008 Abstract: The present dissertation…
Nepotism, illegitimacy and papal protection in the construction of a career: Rodrigo Pires de Oliveira, bishop of Lamego (1311-1330†)
Dom Rodrigo de Oliveira was one of many fourteenth-century Portuguese clergymen who reached the top of the ecclesiastical hierarchy as a result of the widespread practice of nepotism.
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I By Nancy Goldstone Walker & Company, 2009 ISBN: 978-0802716705 On March 15, 1348, Joanna…
Holy Medicine and Diseases of the Soul: Henry of Lancaster and Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines
Henry of Grosmont (c.1310-61) was one of the most outstanding English aristocrats of the mid-fourteenth century.
Inventing the Lollard Past : The Afterlife of a Medieval Sermon in Early Modern England
This essay explores the evolving significance of a famous fourteenth-century Paul’s Cross sermon by Thomas Wimbledon in late medieval and early modern England and its transmission from manuscript to print.
Ports of Call: Boccaccio’s Alatiel in the Medieval Mediterranean
Ports of Call: Boccaccio’s Alatiel in the Medieval Mediterranean By Sharon Kinoshita and Jason Jacobs Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Vol. 37:1…
MEDIEVAL RIDING GEAR AND WEAPONS FROM THE BILOGORA AREA
MEDIEVAL RIDING GEAR AND WEAPONS FROM THE BILOGORA AREA Jakovljević, Goran Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology, Vol.32 No.1 May 2009.…
MEDIEVAL MONOLITHIC TOMBSTONES/STEĆCI AT THE GREBINE SITE NEXT TO ČEVELJUŠA (PLINA) NEAR PLOČ
MEDIEVAL MONOLITHIC TOMBSTONES/STEĆCI AT THE GREBINE SITE NEXT TO ČEVELJUŠA (PLINA) NEAR PLOČ Sunjic, Maja Opvscvla Archaeologica Papers of the Department of Archaeology,…
Transition to the Renaissance: Republican Values and Ideals in Florence and Siena, 1300-1500
By the close of the fourteenth century, Siena, once an expanding medieval Italian commune, was declining almost as quickly as she had risen.
On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375
On German Knights in Denmark during the reign of Valdemar Atterdag 1340-1375 By Juha Heinänen Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: German nobility in 14th…
Castleford’s Lost Chronicle: The Historic Imagination in Yorkshire
The Chronicle by Thomas of Castleford, which was written in the fourteenth century in the Middle English vernacular, provides an intersting complement to other vernacular chronicles of the same time.
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.
Contemporary Views of Edward III’s failure at the Siege of Tournai
All military historical logic indicates that Edward III should not have been defeated at the siege of Tournai in 1340. He had superior numbers, many local allies, good supplies, a relief army unwilling to come to battle with him, and a town on the verge of hopeless starvation.
The Scrope and Grosvenor Controversy, 1385-1391
Caught at an event wearing the exact same outfit as someone else? Well, what if you wore the same coat of arms to a battle? In 1385, King Richard II of England invaded Scotland with his army. During this invasion, two of the king’s knights realized that they were using the same coat of arms.
The development of the Florentine silk industry: a positive response to the crisis of the fourteenth century
When we talk about the ‘crisis of the fourteenth century’, we are generally referring to a series of phenomena that have almost always been viewed as negative, especially when attention has focused on the evolution of the European economy
Prices in the Medieval Near East and Europe
This phase of growth came to a stop with the Black Death beginning in 1347. Population declined, as well as agricultural and industrial production. The Near East suffered from impoverishment during the second half of the fifteenth century, according to Ashtor. Grain prices fell because of declining demand. Compared to the previous century, standards of living were reduced for the great majority.
The First Siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans (1394-1402) and its Repercussions on the Civilian Population of the City
A detailed study of the events between 1394 and 1402 shows that the Ottomans used in their assault upon Constantinople their proven method of blockading the enemy city for a long period of time, thus causing its surrender.