Mediaeval History: Recent submissions
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Living with the burden of illegitimacy in the society Mediaeval England in the Late Twelfth – Early Fourteenth Century
(2022-06-15) - ThesisThis thesis examines how those who were considered bastards by the society of England in the period ca. 1200 – 1350 were affected by their birth status, by seeking answers to questions about the place illegitimates had ... -
Via brocardica : the development of brocards and the Western European legal tradition (c. 1160 - c. 1215)
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis examines the historical development and the significance of a legal literary genre, brocards, from its birth in the 1160s until the stabilisation of brocardic collections around 1215. In particular, this work ... -
Anglo-papal relations, c.1066-c.1135
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between the kingdom of England and the papacy during the reigns of William the Conqueror and his sons. It will act as the first comprehensive reconsideration of Anglo-papal relations ... -
How Arthurian knights fought : reading late medieval romances with fight books
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis offers a new and interdisciplinary approach to depictions of fighting in late medieval chivalric romances by combining Arthurian literary studies with the emergent field of Historical European Martial Arts ... -
The career of Robert of Thurnham, 1191-1211
(2007-06-21) - ThesisThis thesis examines the career of Robert II of Thurnham a high ranking curial official, whose career in the royal service spanned the reigns of both Richard I [1189-1199] and John [1199-1216]. The thesis begins by ...