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Ælfric
Joyce Hill
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
ÆlfricIntroductionThe homilist Ælfric (c. 950–1010), monk, masspriest, and abbot of Eynsham, is the most significant vernacular prose writer from Angl...
Aelred of Rievaulx
Marsha L. Dutton
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Aelred of RievaulxIntroductionThe most prominent of the Cistercian abbots of 12th-century England, Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1110–d. 1167), also spelled ...
Alcuin of York
Valerie L. Garver
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Alcuin of YorkIntroductionAlcuin of York (b. c. 735/740–d. 804) ranks among the most influential scholars of the early Middle Ages. His works ranged a...
Alexander the Great
Charles Russell Stone
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Alexander the GreatIntroductionAlexander the Great inspired a body of literature that grew throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages by accumulating va...
Alfonso X
Joseph T. Snow
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Alfonso X Introduction Alfonso X, king of Castile, León, and Galicia (b. 1221–d. 1284; reigned 1252–1284), the firstborn son of Ferdinand III ...
Alfred the Great
Paul E. Szarmach
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Alfred the GreatIntroductionThe only English monarch to earn the epithet “Great” and who was esteemed highly by the later Victorians who considered hi...
Alighieri, Dante
Chris Kleinhenz
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Dante Alighieri Introduction As the consummate author of the European Middle Ages, Dante Alighieri (b. 1265–d. 1321) left his mark on a numbe...
Angevin Dynasty
Ralph V. Turner
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Angevin DynastyIntroductionThe Angevin dynasty in England followed the Anglo-Norman kings, who had ruled since the Norman Conquest in 1066. Henry II, ...
Anglo-Norman Realm
Emily Zack Tabuteau
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Anglo-Norman RealmIntroductionThe Anglo-Norman world was created by the union of Normandy and England in 1066, when William, duke of Normandy, conquer...
Anglo-Saxon Art
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Anglo-Saxon Art Introduction Anglo-Saxon art is the art of England between roughly the years 600 and 1100, although dates will vary depending ...
Anglo-Saxon Law
Andrew Rabin
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-06-26
Anglo-Saxon LawIntroductionA larger body of law survives from Anglo-Saxon England than from any other early medieval community. The standard edition o...
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Illumination
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Illumination Introduction “Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination” refers to those manuscripts produced in the area that i...
Anglo-Saxon Metalwork
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Anglo-Saxon Metalwork Introduction Interest in the design and structure of objects of metalwork of the pre-Conquest period can already be seen...
Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
Catherine E. Karkov
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Introduction The Anglo-Saxon period in English history covers roughly the years 600 to 1100. Stone sculpture is on...
Apocalypticism, Millennialism, and Messianism
Lorenzo DiTommaso
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Apocalypticism, Millennialism, and Messianism Introduction Apocalypticism is a worldview. It is a fundamental cognitive orientation that makes...
Archaeology of Southampton
David A. Hinton
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Archaeology of Southampton Introduction Because of its location in the middle of the south coast of England, Southampton illustrates not on...
Armenian Art
Christina Maranci
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Armenian ArtIntroductionArmenian art, difficult to define in rigid terms as a category, is understood here as art and material culture in various medi...
Art and Pilgrimage
Jennifer Lee
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Art and PilgrimageIntroductionPilgrimage art is not a type of art but rather a context for the interactions between pilgrims, people involved in the d...
Art in Italy
Sigrid Danielson, Evan Gatti
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Art in Italy Introduction Defining the category of medieval Italy is a challenging prospect, and establishing whether there was a consistent o...
Art in the Visigothic Period
Rose Walker
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Art in the Visigothic PeriodIntroductionArt in the Visigothic period lies on a spectrum. One end, it has been seen as an exceptional body of work prod...
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