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3 days ago · EARLY MEDIEVAL CHESTER 400-1230. Sub-roman and early english chester. The 10th-century refortification and reoccupation. Chester and the west saxon rulers, 907-40. The hiberno-norse community. The mint and trade in the 10th century. Chester and the ealdormen and earls of mercia. Chester in 1066. Chester and the anglo-norman earls.
4 days ago · 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. A constantly growing depository of medieval texts from 600 ...
4 days ago · Dover Castle, Kent, England, U.K. Dover Castle, medieval fortified castle complex in Dover, Kent, England, looking over the English Channel at the crossing’s narrowest point from a height of 375 feet (114 m) above sea level. It has defended England since the beginning of the Common Era and is one of the largest castles in the country.
3 days ago · At the outset of the 14th century the great disaster happened to Skinburness. On Feb. 12, 1301, King Edward I granted a charter making Skinburness a port and a borough (Register no. 267 c .) On August 8, 1301, Bishop John de Halton at Bridekirk authorized the abbey to build a chapel or church to serve their vill or burgh near the port of ...
16 hours ago · The final two chapters in this section are case studies and focus on office-holding and leadership. Judith Frost (pp. 251–66) draws on a 16th-century chronicle of Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire, to examine the claustral careers of its canons. She focuses on Thomas Greetham who presided over Thornton in the late 14th century.
3 days ago · Incense clocks were being used in China by the 6th century. In the medieval period, Islamic water clocks were unrivalled in their sophistication until the mid-14th century. The hourglass, invented in Europe, was one of the few reliable methods of measuring time at sea.
2 days ago · Hugh the Chanter: The History of the Church of York 1066-1127 is of prime importance. The author, Hugh Sottovagina (or Sottewain), was a canon of York by c. 1109, and perhaps as early as the archiepiscopate of Gerard, before 21 May 1108. Before August 1133 he became precentor, and also acted as archdeacon of Cleveland.
