For the past two/three years I have been grappling (off and on, so to speak) with some defiant dates. No doubt I’ve bewailed this particular problem before because my interest in the lord concerned is quite considerable. Not least because he may have had great significance for the House of York. So here goes… Continue reading Was 29th March a day of retribution for a certain 14th-century lord….?
Tag: Mediaeval chronicles
A royal Christmas invitation for Matthew Paris of St Albans….
“ . . . . Christmas with the King [ Henry III ] doesn’t immediately sound like the social engagement you would expect for a Benedictine monk, but wind the clock back to the early 13th century and for one particularly colourful religious figure, a royal invitation was nothing out of the norm . .… Continue reading A royal Christmas invitation for Matthew Paris of St Albans….
Some Mediaeval Chronicles
These are generally quite obscure but can be very useful: http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/five-medieval-chronicles-that-you-can-read-translated-online/
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