Medieval History
News of the Past Week
Fisherman nets rare medieval cooking pot:
http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=2594&ArticleID=2028695
New Discovery at Bodian Castle:
http://www.hastingstoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=479&ArticleID=2027227
Medieval Leper colony in Coventry:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/6331147.stm
2/2:
Saints:
Blessed Peter Cambiano, OP (Dominican), Priest, Inquisitor General Also
known as Peter de Ruffi
Birthday:
1208 James I, "the Conqueror," King of Aragon
Death:
1014 Sweyn, King of Denmark
1451 Murad II, Sultan of the Ottomans
Events:
2/2 Candlemas
962 Coronation of Otto I, King of the Lombards, as Holy Roman Emperor
1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, claims the throne of Burgundy
1077 Scheduled date for the Diet to convene at Augsburg, Germany, to
settle the matters relating to Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.
1160 Fredrick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, takes Crema, Italy, in a
siege noted for atrocities
1190 Richard I, King of England, holds council at Rouen, France, and
appoints William Longchamps as Chief Justicar south of the Humber, with
the North under Hugh Puiset
1258 Hulagu Khan takes Baghdad
1317 Philip V recognized as King of France
1387 Marguerithe I, Queen of Denmark, named Queen of Norway
1389 Last date for English Guilds to send particulars of their
organization to the Royal Council
1440 Coronation of Fredrick III as Holy Roman Emperor
1461 SECOND ST. ALBANS (Edward IV defeats his Earls)
1494 Columbus founds the West Indies slave trade
2/3:
Saints:
St. Blaise, bishop (of Sebaste), martyr
Bl. Odoric of Pordenone, Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscan)
St. Ansgar, Apostle of the North
Death:
619 St. Laurence of Canterbury
1014 Sweyn Forkbeard
1116 Koloman, King of Hungary
1468 Johann Gutenberg
Events:
316 Martyrdom of St. Blaise
590 Election of Pope Gregory I, "the Great"
1200 Count Baldwin of Flanders takes the Crusader's Cross at Bruges
1238 Mongols take Vladimir, Russia
1347 John VI Cantacuzenus enters Constantinople - end of the Civil War
1376 Massacre of the city of Cesena, Italy by Sir John Hawkwood
1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross
1472 Reconsecration of York Cathedral
1488 Bartholomew Dias anchors in Mossel Bay, South Africa
2/4:
Saints:
St. Joan of Valois, Queen of France
Feast of the Flight into Egypt
Death:
211 Septimus Severus of Rome
846 St. Joannicius
854 Rabanus Maurus
1189 St. Gilbert of Sempringham
1498 Antonio Pollaivolo, sculptor
Events:
855 Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz, dies
900 Coronation of Louis, "the Child," King of Germany
1194 Richard I, King of England, freed from captivity in Germany
2/5:
Saints:
St. Agatha, virgin, martyr Martyred c.250
Events:
1204 Alexius V proclaimed Emperor in Byzantium
1265 Election of Pope Clement IV
2/6:
Saints:
St. Amand of Maastricht, Abbot
Death:
679 St. Amand of Maastricht
1215 Hojo Tokimasa
1497 Jean d' Ockeghem
Events:
337 Election of Pope Julius I
743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
1190 Jews of Norwich, England are massacred
1481 First Auto-da-Fe of the Spanish Inquisition
2/7:
Saints:
St. Theodore the General (Stratelates)
Birthday:
1478 Sir Thomas More
Events:
457 Leo proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor
1301 Edward I revives the title Prince of Wales, confers it on his son
1313 Robert, "the Bruce," captures Dumfries, Scotland
2/8:
Saints:
St. John of Matha, founder of the Trinitarians
Birthday:
412 St. Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
1291 Alfonso IV of Portugal
Death:
1265 Hülegü, grandson of Ghengis Khan
Events:
1250 AL MANSURA; death of Fakhr ad-Din, 7th Crusade defeated by Baibars
1254 William of Rubrick records the use of oracles among the Mongols
1492 Charles VIII of France enters Paris
Random Site of the Week:
http://www.pseudoisidor.de/html/uberblick_uber_die_falschungen.HTM
Projekt Pseudo-Isidor
Quote of the Week:
Love is a certain inborn suffering derived from the sight of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex. Andreas Capellanus, Art of Courtly
- News Of The Week
Anglo-Saxon treasures will stay in region - vow Same story, different take: MP in plea over ancient treasure Event passed, but only thing I found on it: MEDIAEVAL FIND TO BE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT MUSEUM Medieval splendour as Ruins welcomes visitors 'Too...
- Last Week's News
Roman camp's occupiers may have built the Antonine Wall Archeologists Discover Medieval Jewish Bath in Erfurt Clues to craft past unearthed Battle Abbey - breathtaking demonstrations Legendary Bulgarian King's Relics Prepped for 2nd Funeral...
- Medieval News
Not new, but new to me: Saxon Churches in Sussex Medieval knights' chain-mail armour paves way for futuristic smart textiles 3/30: Birthday: 1135 Maimonides [Moses ben Maimon], 1222 Nichiren 1432 Mehmed II, Ottoman sultan who took Constantinople...
- Last Week's News
Medieval age structure and objects found in Dwarka : http://timesofindia 600th Anniversary of Owain Glynd?r rebellion: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3652330.stm A Mass in a Mosque: telegraph.co.uk Search for 1,500-year-old murder clues: here Medieval...
- This Week's Medieval News
Medieval Remains Under Barn: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6345647.stm Medieval Church in Northumbria: http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=464553 Historian angers fellow Jews by exploring medieval accusations of ritual...
Medieval History
This Week's News
News of the Past Week
Fisherman nets rare medieval cooking pot:
http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=2594&ArticleID=2028695
New Discovery at Bodian Castle:
http://www.hastingstoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=479&ArticleID=2027227
Medieval Leper colony in Coventry:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/6331147.stm
2/2:
Saints:
Blessed Peter Cambiano, OP (Dominican), Priest, Inquisitor General Also
known as Peter de Ruffi
Birthday:
1208 James I, "the Conqueror," King of Aragon
Death:
1014 Sweyn, King of Denmark
1451 Murad II, Sultan of the Ottomans
Events:
2/2 Candlemas
962 Coronation of Otto I, King of the Lombards, as Holy Roman Emperor
1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, claims the throne of Burgundy
1077 Scheduled date for the Diet to convene at Augsburg, Germany, to
settle the matters relating to Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.
1160 Fredrick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, takes Crema, Italy, in a
siege noted for atrocities
1190 Richard I, King of England, holds council at Rouen, France, and
appoints William Longchamps as Chief Justicar south of the Humber, with
the North under Hugh Puiset
1258 Hulagu Khan takes Baghdad
1317 Philip V recognized as King of France
1387 Marguerithe I, Queen of Denmark, named Queen of Norway
1389 Last date for English Guilds to send particulars of their
organization to the Royal Council
1440 Coronation of Fredrick III as Holy Roman Emperor
1461 SECOND ST. ALBANS (Edward IV defeats his Earls)
1494 Columbus founds the West Indies slave trade
2/3:
Saints:
St. Blaise, bishop (of Sebaste), martyr
Bl. Odoric of Pordenone, Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscan)
St. Ansgar, Apostle of the North
Death:
619 St. Laurence of Canterbury
1014 Sweyn Forkbeard
1116 Koloman, King of Hungary
1468 Johann Gutenberg
Events:
316 Martyrdom of St. Blaise
590 Election of Pope Gregory I, "the Great"
1200 Count Baldwin of Flanders takes the Crusader's Cross at Bruges
1238 Mongols take Vladimir, Russia
1347 John VI Cantacuzenus enters Constantinople - end of the Civil War
1376 Massacre of the city of Cesena, Italy by Sir John Hawkwood
1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross
1472 Reconsecration of York Cathedral
1488 Bartholomew Dias anchors in Mossel Bay, South Africa
2/4:
Saints:
St. Joan of Valois, Queen of France
Feast of the Flight into Egypt
Death:
211 Septimus Severus of Rome
846 St. Joannicius
854 Rabanus Maurus
1189 St. Gilbert of Sempringham
1498 Antonio Pollaivolo, sculptor
Events:
855 Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz, dies
900 Coronation of Louis, "the Child," King of Germany
1194 Richard I, King of England, freed from captivity in Germany
2/5:
Saints:
St. Agatha, virgin, martyr Martyred c.250
Events:
1204 Alexius V proclaimed Emperor in Byzantium
1265 Election of Pope Clement IV
2/6:
Saints:
St. Amand of Maastricht, Abbot
Death:
679 St. Amand of Maastricht
1215 Hojo Tokimasa
1497 Jean d' Ockeghem
Events:
337 Election of Pope Julius I
743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
1190 Jews of Norwich, England are massacred
1481 First Auto-da-Fe of the Spanish Inquisition
2/7:
Saints:
St. Theodore the General (Stratelates)
Birthday:
1478 Sir Thomas More
Events:
457 Leo proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor
1301 Edward I revives the title Prince of Wales, confers it on his son
1313 Robert, "the Bruce," captures Dumfries, Scotland
2/8:
Saints:
St. John of Matha, founder of the Trinitarians
Birthday:
412 St. Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
1291 Alfonso IV of Portugal
Death:
1265 Hülegü, grandson of Ghengis Khan
Events:
1250 AL MANSURA; death of Fakhr ad-Din, 7th Crusade defeated by Baibars
1254 William of Rubrick records the use of oracles among the Mongols
1492 Charles VIII of France enters Paris
Random Site of the Week:
http://www.pseudoisidor.de/html/uberblick_uber_die_falschungen.HTM
Projekt Pseudo-Isidor
Quote of the Week:
Love is a certain inborn suffering derived from the sight of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex. Andreas Capellanus, Art of Courtly
- News Of The Week
Anglo-Saxon treasures will stay in region - vow Same story, different take: MP in plea over ancient treasure Event passed, but only thing I found on it: MEDIAEVAL FIND TO BE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT MUSEUM Medieval splendour as Ruins welcomes visitors 'Too...
- Last Week's News
Roman camp's occupiers may have built the Antonine Wall Archeologists Discover Medieval Jewish Bath in Erfurt Clues to craft past unearthed Battle Abbey - breathtaking demonstrations Legendary Bulgarian King's Relics Prepped for 2nd Funeral...
- Medieval News
Not new, but new to me: Saxon Churches in Sussex Medieval knights' chain-mail armour paves way for futuristic smart textiles 3/30: Birthday: 1135 Maimonides [Moses ben Maimon], 1222 Nichiren 1432 Mehmed II, Ottoman sultan who took Constantinople...
- Last Week's News
Medieval age structure and objects found in Dwarka : http://timesofindia 600th Anniversary of Owain Glynd?r rebellion: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3652330.stm A Mass in a Mosque: telegraph.co.uk Search for 1,500-year-old murder clues: here Medieval...
- This Week's Medieval News
Medieval Remains Under Barn: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6345647.stm Medieval Church in Northumbria: http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=464553 Historian angers fellow Jews by exploring medieval accusations of ritual...