Conquest, Crusade and Pilgrimage: The Alliterative Morte Arthure in its Late Ricardian Crusading Context
Conquest, Crusade and Pilgrimage: The Alliterative Morte Arthure in its Late Ricardian Crusading Context Nievergelt, Marco Arthuriana 20.2 (2010) Abstract This article explores…
Henry Monte and the Prussian Rising of 1260
Henry Monte and the Prussian Rising of 1260 Urban, William (Monmouth College) LITHUANIAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Volume 24, No.2 – Summer…
Archaeologists explore Battle of Bannockburn site
Excavations have taken place at Bannockburn battlefield to see if there are any medieval finds from the famous 1314 battle. Archaeologists have investigated…
William the Bastard at War
Although what he did – and what Harold did – in 1066 itself has been endlessly discussed, no real attempt has been made to put that decisive campaign into the context of William’s whole career as a war leader.
Saracen Archers in Southern Italy
The Normans, soon after the conquest of Sicily was complete, began using Sicilian Saracen mounted and foot archers as auxiliary troops: in 1076 they were included in the Guiscard army at the seizure of Salerno
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem Kenaan-Kedar, Nurith (Tel Aviv University) Assaph Studies in Art History, 3 (1998) Abstract The art and architecture of…
Institutionalized Sufism and Non-Institutionalized Sufism: A Reconsideration of the Groups of Sufi Saints of the Non-Ṭarīqa Type as Viewed through the Historical Documents of Medieval Maghreb
Institutionalized Sufism and Non-Institutionalized Sufism: A Reconsideration of the Groups of Sufi Saints of the Non-Ṭarīqa Type as Viewed through the Historical Documents of Medieval Maghreb…
The Later Pre-Conquest Boroughs and their Defences
The Later Pre-Conquest Boroughs and their Defences RADFORD, C. A. RALEGH Medieval Archaeology Vol. 14 (1970) Abstract ‘For nearly two centuries before the…
The Tercentenary of the Four Masters of Ireland
The Tercentenary of the Four Masters of Ireland KENNEY, JAMES F. Canadian Catholic Historical Association Report, Vol.12 (1944-45) Abstract Ireland is the end…
Three Views of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Three Views of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster Rocke, Sean Published Online ~ Course: British Studies (ID 382), Harlaxton College, Spring (2011) Abstract John…
Do We Know What We Think We Know? Making Assumptions About Eleanor of Aquitaine
A survey of the literature on Eleanor of Aquitaine reveals that time after time, scholars who accuse their predecessors of ‘exaggeration and anachronistic fantasy …wish-fulfillment and projection’ or ‘gossip’ about the queen cannot avoid the lure of doing the same.
Continuity and Discontinuity: Illuminating and Interlacing the Adventures of Viviane and Merlin in the Prose Merlin
Continuity and Discontinuity: Illuminating and Interlacing the Adventures of Viviane and Merlin in the Prose Merlin Fabry, Irene Marginalia, Vol. 3 (2006) Abstract…
The Emergence and Formation of the Second Estate as the Knightly Class in France, 814-1230
The Emergence and Formation of the Second Estate as the Knightly Class in France, 814-1230 By Christopher Connor Distinguished Senior Thesis, Pacific University,…
The Lanterns of Chuko Liang
The Lanterns of Chuko Liang By P. H. Hase Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, vol.28 (1988) Introduction: The Mongol…
A Crusader’s Sword: Concerning the Effigy of Jean d’Alluye
A Crusader’s Sword: Concerning the Effigy of Jean d’Alluye By Helmet Nickel Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 26 (1991) Introduction: Among the sculptures in…
Discretion and deceit: a re-examination of a military stratagem in Egils saga
Discretion and deceit: a re-examination of a military stratagem in Egils saga By Ian McDougall The Middle Ages in the Northwest: papers presented…
Writing and Imagining the Crusade in Fifteenth-Century Burgundy: The Case of the Expedition Narrative in Jean de Wavrin’s Anciennes Chroniques d’Angleterre
This study emulates and supports these efforts by undertaking a close reading of a remarkable Burgundian chronicle – one which depicts and defends a rare experiment in one of the most ideologically resonant enterprises of the day.
Early byzantine lamellar armour from Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena, Spain)
Early Byzantine lamellar armour from Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena, Spain) By Jaime Vizcaíno Sánchez Gladius, Vol.28 (2008) Abstract: This article presents an Early Byzantine…
How much material damage did the Northmen actually do to ninth-century Europe?
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the material damage the Northmen perpetrated in Northern Europe during the ninth-century, and the effects of their raids on the economy of the Carolingian empire.
Was the ‘anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign a reaction to Anglo-Norman government?
Was the ‘anarchy’ of King Stephen’s reign a reaction to Anglo-Norman government? Stark, Donald Published Online Abstract The first thing to note regarding…