King John and Rouen: Royal itineration, kingship, and the Norman ‘capital’, c. 1199 – c. 1204
In considering King John and Rouen, this study will take the reign of the last duke as the focal point for discussion of the importance of Rouen at the end of Angevin rule in Normandy.
Self-Representation of Court and City in Flanders and Brabant in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries
Self-Representation of Court and City in Flanders and Brabant in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries BLOCKMANS, WIM DONCKERS, ESTHER Leiden University (1999)…
Account of the Viking Siege of Paris offers new insights into the early Middle Ages
By Peter Konieczny and Sandra Sadowski The chance to work on an amazing and unique story was the reason behind Nirmal Dass producing…
‘For What Purpose Do They Spend?’ Some Preliminary Thoughts on Penwork Produced by William de Brailes and his Collaborators
‘For What Purpose Do They Spend?’ Some Preliminary Thoughts on Penwork Produced by William de Brailes and his Collaborators Johnston, Cynthia Marginalia, Vol. 9,…
Grammar and Her Children: Learning to Read in the Art of the Twelfth Century
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Almeria Silk and the French Feudal Imaginary: Toward a “Material” History of the Medieval Mediterranean
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An Essay on Cistercian Liturgy
An Essay on Cistercian Liturgy Kerr, Julie Cistercians in Yorkshire, University of Sheffield (2004) Abstract Concerning the mode and order of Divine services, the…
Guyot Marchant’s Danse Macabre: The Relationship Between Image and Text
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Vows, Boasts and Taunts, and the Role of Women in some Medieval Literature
Vows, Boasts and Taunts, and the Role of Women in some Medieval Literature Murphy, Micheal English Studies, (1985) Abstract In a paper entitled…
Teenagers at War During the Middle Ages
What were these two teenagers doing, fighting in a war which seemed to know no chronological bounds, especially if, as was shown above, it might have been unusual for teenagers to have fought in medieval wars?
The Gypsies and Their Impact on Fifteenth-Century Western European Iconography
Since Gypsies had no chroniclers of their own, their history is difficult to reconstruct. The origin of the Gypsies was a complete mystery until late in the eighteenth century, when their derivation from India was proved by means of early linguistic com- parison.
THE ELEVATION OF THE HOST: A REACTION TO TWELFTH CENTURY HERESY
THE ELEVATION OF THE HOST: A REACTION TO TWELFTH CENTURY HERESY GRANT, S.J., GERARD G. (St. Mary’s College, Kansas) Theological Studies Vol.1 (1940) Abstract…
Unchaste Female Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages: Literary Representations as Reflections of Urban Cultural Reality
Unchaste Female Pilgrims in the Later Middle Ages: Literary Representations as Reflections of Urban Cultural Reality Peake, Rose-Marie MIRATOR 1 (2007) Abstract Despite…
The One-Eyed Monk Who Got an Eyeful: A Reading of the Second Tale of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles
This article explores various layers of meaning in a tale from the Cent nouvelles nouvelles, a collection of stories from the fifteenth century loosely modeled on Boccaccio’s Decameron
The Ideology of Monastic and Aristocratic Community in Late Roman Gaul
The Ideology of Monastic and Aristocratic Community in Late Roman Gaul By Ralph W. Mathisen Polis: Revista de ideas y formas políticas de…
The Rouen Riot and Conan’s Leap
In the course of the eleventh century, and more commonly in the twelfth, many of the growing towns of Western Europe were disrupted by communal riots.
Le Menagier de Paris: A Parisian Bourgeoisie Household in 1400
Le Menagier de Paris: A Parisian Bourgeoisie Household in 1400 Luckhardt, Courtney Quaestio: UCLA Undergraduate History Journal (2002) Abstract In about the year 1400,…
Fashions in Monastic Patronage: The Popularity of Supporting Cistercian Abbeys for Women in Thirteenth-Century Northern France
Fashions in Monastic Patronage: The Popularity of Supporting Cistercian Abbeys for Women in Thirteenth-Century Northern France By Constance H. Berman Proceedings of the…
The Peace of God and its legal practice in the Eleventh Century
The Peace of God and its legal practice in the Eleventh Century By Thomas Gergen Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho, Vol.9 (2002) Introduction:…
St. Anselm of Canterbury and Romano Guardini
St. Anselm of Canterbury and Romano Guardini de Gaál, Ph.D., Father Emery (University of St. Mary of the Lake) The Saint Anselm Journal…
Feudal Imagery or Christian Tradition? A Defense of the Rationale for Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo
Feudal Imagery or Christian Tradition? A Defense of the Rationale for Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo Cohen, Nicholas (Boston College) The Saint Anselm Journal…
Faith and Reason in Anselm: Two Models
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Human Free Will in Anselm and Descartes
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“Graduating in Paradise”: Robert of Sorbon and the Importance of Universities in the Middle Ages
“Graduating in Paradise”: Robert of Sorbon and the Importance of Universities in the Middle Ages By Jean-Luc Solère Originally published as “Etre licencié…
De Abbatibus (of Mont Saint Michel) Rubrica Abreviata: Towards a New Edition
De Abbatibus (of Mont Saint Michel) Rubrica Abreviata: Towards a New Edition Thomas N. Bisson (Harvard University) Summary De Abbatibus was a well…