Phalerae Poetae and the Prophet’s New Words in the Anticlaudianus of Alan of Lille
Phalerae Poetae and the Prophet’s New Words in the Anticlaudianus of Alan of Lille Marshall, L.E. Florilegium, vol.1 (1979) Introduction Autoris mendico stilum…
Mediaeval Medicine and Arcite’s Love Sickeness
Mediaeval Medicine and Arcite’s Love Sickeness By M. Ciavolella Florilegium, vol. 1 (1979) Introduction: In The Allegory of Love C. S. Lewis, commenting…
Women and Crime in Later Mediaeval England: An Examination of the Evidence of the Courts of Gaol Delivery, 1388 to 1409
Women and Crime in Later Mediaeval England: An Examination of the Evidence of the Courts of Gaol Delivery, 1388 to 1409 Garay, Kathleen…
Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno
Exhuming Trotula, Sapiens Matrona of Salerno Rowland, Beryl Florilegium, vol. 1 (1979) Introduction In the catalogues of the mediaeval libraries as Canterbury and…
The Old English Physiologus and the Homiletic Tradition
The Old English Physiologus and the Homiletic Tradition Letson, D. R. Florilegium, vol. 1 (1979) Introduction In a recent article I outlined in…
The Purification of Women after Childbirth: A Window onto Medieval Perceptions of Women
In the second quarter of the thirteenth century Bishop Roger Niger found it necessary to issue a statute in the archdeaconry of London regarding the rite known as the Purification of Women after Childbirth, more commonly spoken of today as churching.
Patterns of the Fall: Adam and Eve in the Old English Genesis A
Patterns of the Fall: Adam and Eve in the Old English Genesis A By Larry N. McKill Florilegium, Vol. 14 (1995-6) Introduction: No serious scholar…
The Late Anglo-Saxon Psalter: Ancestor of the Book of Hours?
Then, as now, the psalms were the principal teaching text for all Christians, explaining and exemplifying the praise and penitence that form the cornerstones of medieval piety and faith.
The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered
The Anglo-Norman Civil War of 1101 Reconsidered By Neil Strevitt Anglo-Norman Studies v.24 (2004) Introduction: In July 1101, Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy…
Civilizing the Natives: State Formation and the Tudor Monarchy, c.1400-1603
From the 12th to the 17th centuries, however, the English monarchy adapted and exploited the theory in its dealings with the neighbouring Christian peoples of the British Isles, denigrating the Irish, Scots, and Welsh as primitive savages and barbarians
English and Galician in the Middle Ages: A Sociohistorical Survey
English and Galician in the Middle Ages: A Sociohistorical Survey By Begoña Crespo García Revista Alicantina de Estudios Inglese, No.17 (2004) Introduction: It is the…
Latin Charms of Medieval England: Verbal Healing in a Christian Oral Tradition
In what follows I shall address four elementary questions: (1) What are the near-allied genres? In other words, in what contexts do charms appear in the manuscripts? (2) In what sense can the genre be described as oral traditional? (3) What are the forms of language in which the genre coheres? (4) How, on what occasion, by whom, and for whom are charms performed, and how do they function within these situations?
Killing Cats in the Medieval Period: An Unusual episode in the history of Cambridge, England
Were they viewed as pets or pests? How important were they in the extermination of vermin? How much value was put on their skins? And were they ever eaten?
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits
Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits By Andrew Rabin Old English Newsletter, Vol. 41.3 (2008) Introduction The…
Eighth-Century Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Attitudes to Dreams and Visions
Eighth-Century Anglo-Latin Ecclesiastical Attitudes to Dreams and Visions By Jesse Keskiaho Ennen Ja Nyt, Vol.4 (2004) Introduction: In Anglo-Saxon England, Christianised from the late 6th…
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks
Mediaeval Colchester’s Lost Landmarks By John Ashdown-Hill Breedon Books, 2009 ISBN: 978 1 85983 686 6 Colchester is proud of being the ‘Britain’s…
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis
The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis By Amanda Jane Hingst University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 ISBN:…
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.
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim
Saving the Appearances: Chaucer’s ‘Purse’ and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim By Paul Strohm Chapter 4 of Hochon’s Arrow: The Social Imagination…
A medieval woodland manor: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
A medieval woodland manor: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire By James Patrick Toomey Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham (1997) Abstract: A woodland manor in the…
Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages
Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages By Rees Davies, edited by Brendan Smith Oxford University Press, 2009…
Parks in Medieval England
Parks in Medieval England By S.A. Mileson Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-19-956567-2 Parks were prominent and, indeed, controversial features of the medieval…
The Ljudota Sword? An Episode of Contacts Between Britain and Scandinavia in the Late Viking Age
At the end of the 19th century, a sword dating from the Late Viking Age was found near Hvoshcheve village in Ukraine.
The Rise And Fall of Markets in Southeast England
The Rise And Fall of Markets in Southeast England By Mate Mavis Canadian Journal of History, Vol.31:2 (1996) Abstract: This article discusses the…
The Mobilization of Labour in the Milling Industry of Thirteenth- and Early Fourteenth-century England
The Mobilization of Labour in the Milling Industry of Thirteenth- and Early Fourteenth-century England By John Langdon Canadian Journal of History, Vol.31:2 (1996)…