Aelred of Rievaulx
in Medieval Studies
Published online April 2013.
Article. Subjects: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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;...
Anglo-Saxon Art
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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...
Archaeology of Southampton
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval 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...
Art and Pilgrimage
in Medieval Studies
Published online December 2010.
Article. Subjects: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology. 7415 words.
Pilgrimage art is not a type of art but rather the interaction between pilgrims, people involved in the devotional practice of pilgrimage, and the art and architecture they encountered....
Art of East Anglia
in Medieval Studies
Published online August 2012.
Article. Subjects: early history (500 CE to 1500); literary studies (early and medieval); medieval and Renaissance philosophy; Byzantine and medieval art (500 CE to 1400); Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology. 22251 words.
East Anglia derives its name and one of the definitions of its extent from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was effectively ended by the Viking invasion of 869. Within the context of...