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Pre-Carolingian Western European Kingdoms
Gregory I. Halfond
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Pre-Carolingian Western European KingdomsIntroductionBetween c. 500 and 750 ce western Europe experienced significant political transformation. In the...
Prick of Conscience, The
James H. Morey
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
The Prick of Conscience Introduction The Prick of Conscience (PC) is a mid-14th-century poem of over 9,000 lines in octosyllabic couplets that...
Pucci, Antonio
Maria Bendinelli Predelli
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Antonio PucciIntroductionLeaving aside Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio—the three exceptional figures of the Italian Trecento—Antonio Pucci (b. c. 1310–...
Queens
Elena Woodacre, Miriam Shadis
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
QueensIntroductionAs the wives, mothers, and daughters of kings, medieval queens acquired their status in one of two ways, either through marriage or,...
Rate Manuscript (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 61)
Wendy Matlock
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Rate Manuscript (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 61)IntroductionOxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 61 is often referred to as the Rate manuscri...
Regions of Medieval France
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...
Regular Canons
Martin Heale
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Regular CanonsIntroductionThe regular canons—clerics living in common and following a monastic rule—are not easy to categorize. In theory, the vocatio...
Religious Lyrics
John C. Hirsh
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Religious LyricsIntroductionAlthough dimly anticipated by certain Old English poetic texts, the Middle English religious lyric appears in the manuscri...
Robert Mannyng of Brunne
Kate Greenspan
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Robert Mannyng of BrunneIntroductionEnglish poet and historiographer Robert Mannyng (b. c. 1283–d. c. 1338), the author of Handlyng Synne and The Stor...
Rolle, Richard
Margaret Connolly
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Richard Rolle Introduction Richard Rolle, who died in 1349, is the earliest of a group of five English writers who are generally referred to a...
Roman Law
Thomas Izbicki
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Roman LawIntroductionDuring the Middle Ages, law loomed large in efforts to manage life situations, beginning with the adaptation of late imperial law...
Romances (East and West Norse)
Marianne Kalinke
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
Romances (East and West Norse)IntroductionMedieval Scandinavian romances are categorized as East Norse (that is, Swedish), and West Norse (that is, No...
Romanesque Art
Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Romanesque Art Introduction The fully vaulted building and its large-scale sculptural decoration is the great invention of Romanesque art of ...
Ruthwell Cross
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Ruthwell Cross Introduction The Ruthwell Cross is a freestanding stone cross, or high cross. It was carved and erected at some point in the 8t...
Saint Plays and Miracles
Clifford Davidson
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Saint Plays and Miracles Introduction Shows based on the lives and martyrdoms of saints appear perhaps to have been the most widespread type o...
Saint-Denis
Robert F. Berkhofer
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Saint-Denis Introduction The monastery of Saint-Denis, just north of Paris along the Seine River, was dedicated to Denis (Dionysius), the 3rd...
Scandinavian Migration-Period Gold Bracteates
Nancy L. Wicker
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Scandinavian Migration-Period Gold BracteatesIntroductionScandinavian bracteates of the Migration period (5th and 6th centuries ce) are small disks (u...
Schools in Medieval Britain
Nicholas Orme
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Schools in Medieval BritainIntroductionSchools are here defined as places where literary skills are taught to children and adolescents up to about the...
Scogan, Henry
Andrew Galloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Henry Scogan Introduction Henry Scogan (b. c. 1361–d. 1407) emerged into view accurately only with Kittredge 1892 (cited under Biography), as a...
Seals
Brigitte Miriam Bedos-Rezak
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Seals Introduction A medieval seal is a dual object: a metallic seal-matrix (or die) engraved intaglio, and the imprints or impressions issued...
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