‘Castles of Communities’: medieval town defences in England; Wales and Gascony
This paper introduces the findings of a research project exploring the phenomenon of town defences in the later medieval period.
Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French warfare, 1337-1360
Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French warfare, 1337-1360 By Timothy J. Runyan American Neptune, v.46 (1986) Introduction: The most consuming military and naval conflict of later…
Gossip and Resistance among the Medieval Peasantry
I aim in this article to offer a defence of the study of gossip in medieval (and not only medieval) history.
Domesday Book and the Malets: patrimony and the private histories of public lives
The Malets were the only Norman family of any significance to have had associations with both Normandy and England throughout the century, something that both entitles them to a special status as the ‘Anglo-Norman’ family par excellence and merits a fresh study.
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe
Landscape with Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe By Lisa Bitel Oxford University Press,…
I Serve
I Serve By Rosanne E. Lortz Publisher: Anno Domini, January 1, 2009 ISBN: 9780979214547 This novel details the events of one knight, Sir…
Forgetting the Weakness of Her Sex and a Woman’s Softness: Historians of the Anglo-Norman World and their Female Subjects
Abelard warns that the devil can ‘easily seduce a woman when her desire is for authority’ and he warns against making a local noblewoman into an abbess, for her authority could easily lead to pride and presumptuousness.
Innovations in Sculpture and the Status of Artists at the Court of Burgundy
Innovations in Sculpture and the Status of Artists at the Court of Burgundy Lecture by Sherry C.M. Lindquist Given at the Metropolitan Museum…
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon Session:Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the Fourteenth Century By Robert Ticknor, Tulane University This paper dealt…
Taking the war to Scotland and France: The supply and transportation of English armies by sea, 1320-60
The study will analyse the involvement of the English merchant marine in the wars of Edward II and Edward III.
The Albigensian Crusade: A Historiographical Essay
The Albigensian Crusade:A Historiographical Essay By Eric O. Rummel Perspectives in History, Vol.21 (2005-6) Introduction: By the beginning of the 13th century an…
Norman Imposition: The Medieval Castle and the Urban Space, 1050–1150
Norman Imposition: The Medieval Castle and the Urban Space, 1050–1150 Session: New Directions in European Castle Research – May 14, 2010 By Michael…
Review: Robin Hood
Review: Robin Hood Warning: Spoilers Sandra: Peter and I saw Robin Hood on the opening weekend and both of us were pleasantly surprised…
The Astronomer
The Astronomer by Lawrence Goldstone Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, April 27, 2010 ISBN:9780802719867 Lawrence Goldstone’s The Astronomer is set against the political and religious…
