Medieval France. An Encyclopedia

technically rebelling against the throne. It was thus an important diplomatic and propaganda tool in his war with France. How se ...

though it resulted in the temporary victory of the pro-English party there and the capture of Bertrand du Guesclin, the constabl ...

born to noble parents in the Main Valley. As a boy, Einhard was educated at the monastery of Fulda and soon after 791 went to th ...

great-grandmother Hildegard, wife of William VIII of Aquitaine, was the illegitimate daughter of Duke Robert of Burgundy, King R ...

Facinger, Marion F. “A Study of Medieval Queenship: Capetian France, 987–1237.” Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History 5(19 ...

ELNE . Founded by Celto-Iberians in the 7th century B.C., the oppidum of Illiberis occupied a naturally fortified site above the ...

John Bell Henneman, Jr. [See also: ELECTION; GÉNÉRAUX] Henneman, John Bell. Royal Taxation in Fourteenth Century France: The Dev ...

Plaque showing the Pentecost (Mosan 1150–75). Champlevé enamel on copper gilt. Courtesy of The Cloisters Collection, Metropolita ...

Enamel: Cross (French, ca. 1190), Champlevé enamel and gilding on copper. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift from J.H ...

Enamel: Three Worthies in Fiery Furnace (Mosan). Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. packed into cells on the metallic ...

by John, duke of Berry, as a gift for his brother, King Charles V. It is now in the British Museum. William W.Kibler Gauthier, M ...

ENQUÊTEUR . Beginning ca. 1247, the crown periodically commissioned a small group of special investigators and judges, probably ...

ENTRIES, ROYAL . During the 14th century, French towns instituted a unique ceremony for receiving kings and particularly for cel ...

Records of entries were kept in guild and town registers, royal chanceries, and parlements, as well as occasionally in chronicle ...

translated Maximus the Confessor’s Quaestiones ad Thalassium and Gregory of Nyssa’s De hominis opificio. Eriugena’s major intell ...

historical reality of his career can be pieced together from scattered documents and inscriptions: a 1284 contract mentions Erwi ...

Poitou and Saintonge, and the second only in Burgundy and the south generally. In northern regions, all other titles were entire ...

McGee, Timothy, J., ed. Medieval Instrumental Dances. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. Streng-Renkonen, Walter O., e ...

When asked to grant taxes, the Estates usually avoided a binding commitment. In 1333, 1343, and 1346, the Estates convened, each ...

inhabitants because, in times of war, they maintained and repaired local transportation routes. They also appointed deputies to ...