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6 days ago · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
2 days ago · The early modern period is a subdivision of the most recent of the three major periods of European history: antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern period. The term "early modern" was first proposed by medieval historian Lynn Thorndike in his 1926 work A Short History of Civilization as a broader alternative to the Renaissance .
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4 days ago · The Origins of the English Gentry. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN: 521862673X; 341pp.; Price: £50.00. Professor Coss has written a splendid analysis of the changing aristocracy of the two hundred years after 1150 that will be required reading for the next century or so.
3 days ago · Political philosophers debated over Charlemagne's legacy; Montesquieu depicted him as the first constitutional monarch and protector of freemen, while Voltaire saw Charlemagne as a despotic ruler and representative of the medieval period as a Dark Age.
5 days ago · Global Medieval Sourcebook. Stanford University. Featuring a truly global collection of primary sources from the medieval period, the Global Medieval Sourcebook (GMS) is a fantastic model of an open access teaching and research platform that features an innovative modular user interface perfect for teaching and learning translation.
4 days ago · Book: The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century. Marc Morris. Woodbridge, Boydell and Brewer, 2005, ISBN: 1843831643; Price: £40.00. Reviewer: Dr Caroline Burt. New Hall, University of Cambridge. Citation: Dr Caroline Burt, review of The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century, (review no. 527)
2 days ago · Conquered England: Kingship, Succession and Tenure, 1066-1166. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 9780198207931; 401pp.; Price: £65.00. This impressive study examines the consequences for land tenure in England of William of Normandy's conquest of the country, glossed by his claim to have succeeded to the throne by the bequest of ...
