Aelred of Rievaulx
in Medieval Studies
Published online April 2013.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 12679 words.
The most prominent of the Cistercian abbots of 12th-century England, Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1110–d. 1167), also spelled Ailred or Æthelred, was a popular preacher and a prolific writer,...
Aldhelm of Malmesbury
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 6260 words.
Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury (Wiltshire) and then bishop of Sherborne from about 705, was described by Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History (written some twenty-five years after Aldhelm’s...
Alfred the Great
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 8588 words.
The only English monarch to earn the epithet “Great” and who was esteemed highly by the later Victorians who considered him something of a philosopher-king, Alfred (b. 849–d. 899;...
Alice Perrers
Overview page. Subjects: literary studies (early and medieval) — medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500).
Notorious as the mistress of the ageing Edward III, at whose court she exerted great influence and patronage; she fled abroad following Edward's death, and her property was confiscated. It ...
Anglo-Saxon Art
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 10578 words.
Anglo-Saxon art is the art of England from between roughly the years 600 and 1100, although dates will vary depending on individual focus. Some scholars prefer to see “Anglo-Saxon” art...
Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Illumination
in Medieval Studies
Published online June 2012.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 13717 words.
“Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination” refers to those manuscripts produced in the area that is now England, or by Anglo-Saxon scribes and illuminators working elsewhere, between the...
Anglo-Saxon Metalwork
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2012.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 16349 words.
Interest in the design and structure of objects of metalwork of the pre-Conquest period can already be seen in the pioneering work of Brian Faussett between 1769 and 1773, exemplified in...
Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
in Medieval Studies
Published online June 2012.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 8190 words.
The Anglo-Saxon period in English history covers roughly the years 600 to 1100. Stone sculpture is one of the most important and most original forms of Anglo-Saxon art and thus holds a...
Anne of Bohemia
Overview page. Subjects: British history — literary studies (early and medieval).
Queen of England, b. 11 May 1366, da. of emperor Charles IV and Elizabeth of Pomerania; m. Richard II, 20 Jan. 1382; d. Sheen, 7 June 1394; bur. Westminster abbey.
Though Anne's marriage was very much...
Archaeology of Southampton
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: medieval and Renaissance history (500 to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); medieval and Anglo-Saxon archaeology. 10946 words.
Because of its location in the middle of the south coast of England, Southampton illustrates not only the development of a town in general but also of a port in particular. Some of its...