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East Anglia, Art of
Nicholas Rogers
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Art in East Anglia Introduction East Anglia derives its name and one of the definitions of its extent from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was ef...
England, Post-Conquest
Joel Rosenthal
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Post-Conquest England Introduction The customary periodization of English history refers to the period before the Norman Conquest as the Angl...
England, Pre-Conquest
Robin Fleming
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Pre-Conquest England Introduction Before 1990, historians of Anglo-Saxon England generally concerned themselves with the descendants of German...
England, Towns and Cities Medieval
Benjamin McRee
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Towns and Cities in Medieval England Introduction England was famously unurbanized in the medieval era, at least in comparison with much of the Eur...
Feudalism
Constance B. Bouchard
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Feudalism Introduction “Feudalism” is a term that has confused more than clarified the nature of medieval society. Until quite recently scholar...
Folk Custom and Entertainment
Thomas Pettitt
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Folk Custom and Entertainment Introduction Custom is the segment of performance culture that comprises activities closely associated with recu...
Food, Drink, and Diet
Constance B. Hieatt, Johnna Holloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Food, Drink, and Diet Introduction Most of our information about this subject comes from the very end of the medieval period, the 14th and 15...
France
Robert F. Berkhofer
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
France Introduction The subject category of “medieval France” bespeaks an Anglo-American approach to periods of French history, rather th...
France, Regions of Medieval
Robert F. Berkhofer
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Regions of Medieval France Introduction While there were kings who claimed to rule the western Frankish kingdom after the division of the C...
French of England, The
Thelma Fenster
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-09-20
The French of England Introduction French of England studies is a field that recognizes the claim of medieval England’s French culture, as rep...
Friars
Jens Röhrkasten
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Friars Introduction The friars (mendicants, mendicant orders) represented a form of religious life that clearly differed from earlier forms of...
Games and Recreations
Nicholas Orme
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Games and Recreations Introduction The history of games and recreations found an early exponent in Joseph Strutt in 1801 but attracted little a...
Gerson, Jean
Daniel Hobbins
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Jean Gerson Introduction Jean Gerson (b. 1363–d. 1429; also Jean de Gerson, or, originally, Jean Charlier) was the most popular and influential...
Gower, John
Andrew Galloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
John Gower Introduction As emphatically shown by the sculpture on John Gower’s elaborate tomb in Southwark Cathedral, London—three massiv...
Gregory VII
John Doran
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Gregory VII Introduction Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085) was one of the most important and controversial popes of the Middle Ages. His elevation ...
High Crosses
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
High Crosses Introduction High crosses are freestanding stone sculptures that are a feature of early medieval art in England, Ireland, Scotlan...
Hilton, Walter
Michael G. Sargent
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Walter Hilton Introduction Walter Hilton was a writer of English and Latin works of spiritual guidance who died as an Augustinian canon (canon...
Hoccleve, Thomas
Andrew Galloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Thomas Hoccleve Introduction Of all Chaucer’s “literary associates,” Thomas Hoccleve (b. c. 1367–d. 1426) claims the closest knowledge of, and ...
Hood, Robin
John Marshall
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Robin Hood Introduction For someone who probably never existed, Robin Hood has led a remarkable life. Indisputably a creation of the Middle Age...
Hungary
Elod Nemerkenyi
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Hungary Introduction The traditional chronological scope of the medieval kingdom of Hungary ranges from the beginning of the reign of King Sa...
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