Unavailable in your country. Jane Yolen, The Wild Hunt. Jane Yolen, The Wild Hunt (Harcourt Brace, 1995) Much snow is falling, winds roar hollowly, The owl hoots from the elder, Fear in your heart cries to the loving-cup: Sorrow to sorrow as the sparks fly upward. The log groans and confesses: There is one story and one story only. Excerpt from the Robert Graves poem, 'To Juan on the Winter Solstice" (and the preface to The Wild Hunt) Ahhh, but is there but 'one story and one story only' or are there as many tales as there are tellers? In this novel lies the answer (possibly) to that question.
There are certain works of literature that I re-read every year, usually even at the same time of the year, as that is when they should be read. Some of them are James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, a tale set at Christmas time in a Royal Court that never was quite that way, and Jennifer's Stevenson's Solstice chapbook, a story of a dance party quite unlike anything a mortal has seen, both of which I read around the Winter Solstice. [Cat Eldridge] Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/St. William (1) - Wikisource, the free online library. (WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, also called WILLIAM OF THWAYT). Archbishop of York. Tradition represents him as nephew of King Stephen, whose sister Emma was believed to have married Herbert of Winchester, treasurer to Henry I. William became a priest, and about 1130 he was canon and treasurer of York.
In 1142 he was elected Archbishop of York at the instance of the king, in opposition to the candidature of Henry Murdac, a Cistercian monk. The validity of the election was disputed on the ground of alleged simony and royal influence, and Archbishop Theobald refused to consecrate him pending an appeal to Rome. St. Bernard exercised his powerful influence against William in favour of Murdac, but in 1143 the pope decided that William should be consecrated, if he could clear himself from the accusation of bribery, and if the chapter could show that there had been no undue royal pressure.
JOHN OF HEXHAM, Continuation of SYMEON OF DURHAM in R.S. Edwin Burton. Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Walter of St-Victor - Wikisource, the free online library. Mystic philosopher and theologian of the twelth century. Nothing is known about Walter except that (about the year 1175) he was prior of the monastery of St-Victor that about the time of the Third Lateran Council (1179) he wrote the celebrated polemic, "Contra quatuor labyrinthos Franciae", and that he died about the year 1180.
Du Boulay in his "Hist. Univ. Paris. " (1665) first called attention to Walter's treatise and published excerpts from it (republished in P.L., CXCIX). More recently Denifle has described the manuscript And Geyer has published a critical text of the second book. The "four labyrinths" against whom the work is directed are Abelard, Gilbert de la Porrée, Peter Lombard, and Peter of Poitiers. Roman de Brut. Arthur finds a giant roasting a pig. (British Library Egerton MS 3028, fol. 49) Roman de Brut or Brut is a verse literary history of Britain by the poet Wace.
Written in the Norman language, it consists of 14,866 lines. It is based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, and was probably begun around 1150 and finished in 1155. It was intended for a Norman audience interested in the legends and history of the new territories of the Anglo-Norman realm, covering the story of King Arthurius and taking the history of Britain all the way back to the mythical Brutus of Troy. See also[edit] Further reading[edit] Editions and translations[edit] Wace, Roman de Bruted. and tr.
Gilbertine Order. Seal of the Master of the Order of Sempringham The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest. It was the only completely English religious order and came to an end in the 16th century at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Founding[edit] Gilbert of Sempringham flanked by two nuns Gilbert initially established a community for enclosed contemplative nuns. As the serving maids requested that they too might have a dress and rule of life, on the advice of William, abbot of Rievaulx, he decided to add lay sisters to the community.[2] Eventually Gilbert added lay brothers to work the fields. In 1147 he left England for Continental Europe to seek assistance, and approached the Cistercian Order at its major house in Cîteaux to take on the running of his foundations.
Habit[edit] Layout[edit] Lay Brothers[edit] One source of perpetual pain for Gilbert were the lay brothers. Dissolution[edit] John of Worcester. King Henry I's Dream in the Chronicle. John of Worcester (died circa 1140) was an English monk and chronicler. He is usually held to be the author of the Chronicon ex chronicis. Chronicon ex chronicis[edit] The Chronicon ex chronicis is a world wide history which begins with the creation and ends in 1140. The chronological framework of the Chronicon was presented by the chronicle of Marianus Scotus (d. 1082). A great deal of additional material, particularly relating to English history, was grafted onto it. Authorship[edit] The greater part of the work, up to 1117 or 1118, was formerly attributed to the man Florence of Worcester on the basis of the entry for his death under the annal of 1118, which credits his skill and industry for making the chronicle such a prominent work.[1] In this view, the other Worcester monk, John, merely wrote the final part of the work.
Manuscripts[edit] The Chronicon survives in five manuscripts (and a fragment on a single leaf): Sources for English history[edit] Herbert_MartinOfTours.pdf. Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in the ... - Benjamin T. Hudson. The Land of Cockaygne: Introduction. Saint Cadocs Church Caerleon by Eija Kennerley from Gwent Local History. Gwent Local History No. 50, Spring 1981 Saint Cadoc's Church, Caerleon by Eija Kennerley A guide book to the church of St.
Cadoc in Caerleon starts with the exposition that "a place of Christian worship has existed on the site of the present church for about eight hundred years. " The building itself does not give many indications of its age. The usual assumption, following from the fact that the church bears the name of St. Professor E. Canon E. There is no archaeological evidence of a Celtic or pre-Norman church at the site in Caerleon, if one does not take the finding of a fragment of a Celtic cross in the churchyard as such evidence.
The Norman arch, now sunk into the wall of St. Although both Canon Davies and Professor Bowen seem to be quite certain that in Caerleon was an early cell of St. Reasons for this strange namelessness can be many, one of them being the destruction of documents. The life of Saint Cadoc or Cadog has come down to us in a legendary form. E T. The name, St. I. Who's Who in Medieval History - Index for the Years 1101-1200. Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain. Geoffrey ap Arthur, later known as Geoffrey of Monmouth, completed this work in 1136. He claimed that Walter Mapes, Archdeacon of Oxford, discovered an ancient manuscript in Armorica (Brittany) written in the British tongue i.e. the Celtic language of the Britons prior to the arrival of the Saxons and Danes, something like the Welsh language.
Geoffrey said that Walter Mapes asked him to translate this document into Latin - which he was delighted to do. Though nowadays this work is considered by many as little more than fiction, it is interesting to note that when it first appeared it was mostly met with approval. It was not until the seventeenth century that the authenticity of the content was questioned.
How the work came into being, and how accurate its contents are, are important questions to be argued over again and again. However, few would argue over its importance and contribution to literature; for without it the legend of King Arthur would surely not have developed. Browse All : Images from 12th century, beginning - ODL. The annals of Roger de Hoveden : Comprising the... Mandeville's travels : the Egerton version / from the edition by George F. Warner. A History of Western Philosophy 2.9. Jacques Maritain Center : A History of Western Philosophy Vol. II / by Ralph McInerny Introduction What links the twelfth century with Carolingian times is the survival of the monastic and cathedral schools which had been the objects of imperial concern. The cathedral school of Chartres is one of the most important centers of learning and inquiry, more so than the cathedral school of Paris.
The Eucharistic controversy of the eleventh century with its opposition between dialectician and nondialectician carries over into the twelfth. Much of the importance of Chartres lies in its Platonism, a Platonism revealed in the interest shown in the Timaeus. The points of contact are Southern Italy and Sicily, on the one hand, and Spain, on the other. From the middle of the twelfth century onward we are faced with the emerging situation that will define the thirteenth. The twelfth century, then, is a complex one. Century XII | Manuscript Art. William of Malmesbury. William of Malmesbury was born in Wiltshire in about 1095. His father was a Norman and his mother came from England. William became a Benedictine monk at Malmesbury Abbey, and while working in its library he became interested in history. Malmesbury's books include Deeds of the Kings of England (449 to 1127) and Recent History (1128 to 1142).
In his work he praised Harold but justified the Norman invasion because of what he called the "sins of the flesh" of the English. Malmesbury was a conscientious historian. William's willingness to look critically at primary sources and his interest in cause and effect, helped him become one of the most important historians of the medieval period. (S1) William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of the English (c1128) William Rufus had a red face, yellow hair, different coloured eyes... astonishing strength, though not very tall and his belly rather projecting... he had a stutter, especially when angry.
The next day he went into the forest... Williamofmalmesb1847will_bw.pdf. The English Anarchy of the 12th Century. Matilda was fortunate enough to benefit from yet another quarrel between Stephen and Earl Ranulf of Chester. The earl was engaged in a dispute with the king over his birthright, Carlisle. When Raulf revolted against Stephen in 1140, he narrowly escaped capture and fled to Matilda's side. Stephen was still at Lincoln, and this new ally prompted Robert of Gloucester to immediately march in that direction, collecting Ranulf's forces in Cheshire. For his part, Stephen was unaware of their impending arrival until just before the battle. Stephen soon found out what kind of men served a weak and ineffective king.
Despite this victory, Matilda then faced the most difficult of tasks: securing the crown for herself. Just as Stephen had done, so too did Matilda set about securing the support of the papal legate, Henry. Unfortunately for Matilda, while the clergy was open to the idea of her rule, the people of London were not so easily convinced.
Matilda's fortunes continued to go downhill. Old English Literature and the Old Testament. Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World. Government, Religion and Society in Northern England, 1000-1700. Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 - Paul Dalton. Saints and their Communities : Miracle Stories in Twelfth-Century England ... - Simon Yarrow. The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past. Essays in Anglo-Saxon History - James Campbell. The English in the Twelfth Century: Imperialism, National Identity, and ... - John Gillingham. Historical Writing in England: c. 500 to c. 1307 - Antonia Gransden.
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon. (circa 1115 -1152) Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon was the son of King David I of Scotland. Through his mother Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, he was the grandson of the Saxon Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and Huntingdon, who was beheaded by William the Conqueror in 1075 and his wife Judith of Lens, the daughter of Lambert II, Count of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale.
Henry was named after his uncle, King Henry I of England, who had married his paternal aunt Edith of Scotland. He was described as handsome in body and virtuous of life, beloved by all, devout towards God and most compassionate to the poor. He was granted Doncaster and the lordship of Carlisle, the honour and earldom of Huntingdon in around 1136. Henry accompanied his father King David I on his invasion of England in summer of 1138, where he led a valiant but unsuccessful charge of cavalry at the the Battle of the Standard. Siward Earl of Northumbria. The larger than life figure of Siward, earl of Northumbria first appears on the pages of history in the year 1033, when he stood as a witness in a charter by King Canute for Archbishop Ælfric of York.
Siward is generally considered to be of Danish stock, the 'Vita Ædwardi Regis', which was compiled by an anonymous author circa 1067 and commissioned by Queen Edith, the widow of King Edward the Confessor, records that Siward's nickname was ‘Digri’, or ‘Digara’, deriving from the Danish Diger meaning ‘the Stout’, or ‘the Strong’. The biography of Siward's son Waltheof, states that Siward was the son of a Scandinavian earl named Bjorn. A legend preserved in the twelfth century claims that Bjorn was descended from the union of a lady and a white bear.
Siward grew to be powerful figure in the north of England during the reign of King Canute the Great, a formidable Viking warrior who conquered England and made himself king in the first decade of the eleventh century. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society - Abstract - Presidential Address: The People of Britain and Ireland, 1100–1400, 1.Identities.
The Treasury of Basel Cathedral | MetPublications. The History of France: (Ancient Gaul) - Parke Godwin. Heretics and Scholars in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1200 - Heinrich Fichtenau. The Uses of the Past in the Early Middle Ages. In Samuel's Image: Child Oblation in the Early Medieval West - Mayke De Jong. The Uses of Literacy in Early Mediaeval Europe. Medieval Goliards: The Boorish Scholars. Those secular medieval musicians that shook up monophony I’ve decided to submit essays from my past studies as writing samples. If you would like receive a list of resources, please reach out to me on twitter (@trevormolag) or elsewhere. This was one of my first essays from my time at the University of Lethbridge. (2011) Monophonic music is a type of music that contains the simplest melody — one without any sort of harmony.
It is played one note after the other, and was the principal type of music played in the early medieval ages of Western Europe. There are two primary subdivisions of medieval music: sacred and secular. Sacred refers to music that was performed in the church, carrying religious significance, and secular music can be defined as any music that was not a part of the church.
Secular (non-religious) music is not very well known by modern day scholars; this is because we have very little written documentation of it. History as a Visual Art in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance - Karl F. Morrison. The History of Grammar in the Middle Ages, Collected Papers. With a select bibliography, and indices - Google Play. Illustrations of the history of mediaeval thought, in the departments of theology and ecclesiastical politics - Google Play. A Bloody Good Read:Where writers and readers of historical thrillers talk shop: Dominic Selwood: Turning History Into Thrills. By Nancy Bilyeau I learned about the fiction of Dominic Selwood by reading a piece of riveting nonfiction--an article in the Daily Telegraph titled "How a Protestant Spin Machine Hid the Truth About the English Reformation. " (Read it here.) In the nearly 10 years I've been researching England's break from Rome, the backdrop to my historical thrillers, I'd come to many of the same conclusions about Henry VIII and Cromwell's actual agenda as this writer.
I "etroduced" myself on twitter, and soon learned that apart from being a historian and former criminal solicitor, Dominic too was writing fiction. His thriller, set in modern times, is called The Sword of Moses. I downloaded the novel and proceeded to not get much sleep for the next two days. Every spare waking moment, far into the night, I read Dominic's page-turning thriller. Dominic kindly agreed to subject himself to my questions. How would you describe the connection between the Knights Templar and the Freemasons? Hybrid Atlantics: Future Directions for the History of the Atlantic World - Cañizares-Esguerra - 2013 - History Compass. Illustrations of the history of mediaeval thought, in the departments of theology and ecclesiastical politics - Google Play. Unavailable in your country.
Thierry, Count of Flanders. William Clito. Tostig Godwinson. Category:1140s deaths. Family tree of the German monarchs. Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. Salian dynasty. Siward, Earl of Northumbria. David I of Scotland. Duncan II of Scotland. Pope Innocent II. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - PREPARER'S NOTE: World Wide School Library - History-European-Heimskringla. Ingibiorg Finnsdottir. Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne. Cressing Temple. Battle of Wilton. William Martel. Battle of Wilton. Battle of the Standard. Category:Battles of The Anarchy. Timeline of Medieval Britain. The Council, Siege and Rout of Winchester (1141) Matilda of Boulogne. Rout of Winchester. Battle of Lincoln (1141) Fulk, King of Jerusalem. Category:1143 deaths. Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. Anselm of Havelberg: Deeds Into Words in the Twelfth Century - Jay Terry Lees. Category:1144 deaths. Conrad I of Salzburg. Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia. Siege of Weinsberg. Category:12th-century conflicts.
Category:12th-century conflicts. Norman conquest of southern Italy. Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson. Kingdom of Sicily. Philip of Swabia. 6 Legendary Mercenary Armies — HISTORY Lists. Is not available. First text in Middle English? Historical-Background-and-Biographies. Medieval Church Treasures. Heroes of the Old Testament: Picturing the Story of David and Goliath.
Hemingway’s Twentieth-Century Medievalism. St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle – The Hazel Tree. Englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.gr/2014/09/richard-i-in-holy-land.html.