Quotes About Medieval

the medieval practice of proclaiming saints through the acclamation of the people.

cassocks and cowls, armour and jerkins, and

Mary's uncle presented the fifteen-year-old king with the scepter, the rod of justice and a ring

six hundred nobles were captured, including the constable and four of his sons, who were imprisoned.

Henry II sent for the Duke of Guise, then in Italy, and appointed him lieutenant-general of the kingdom.

Henry II wanted to launch a counterattack, especially against England.

The exchange turned the Hepburns into powerful border lords.

the cardinal ordered the heraldic arms of England to be blazoned with those of France and Scotland

Henry sought to conquer French territory, he had to deal first with Scotland

Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering?

Faith in the possibility of science, generated antecedently to the development of modern scientific theory, is an unconscious derivative from medieval theology.

We cannot hand our faith to one another. ... Even in the Middle Ages when faith was theoretically uniform it was always practically individual.

The muster roll for the 1300 campaign noted that Hugh fitz Heyr, a Shropshire landowner of little consequence, was obliged by the terms of his tenure to serve in the king's war 'with bow and arrow'. It also noted that 'as soon as he saw the enemy he shot his arrow, then went home'.

period in which the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms came into being.

Once he had recovered, Eadwine had retaliated by leading an army into Wessex and laying it to waste,

The 'heathen men' who attacked Lindisfarne in the summer of 793 are better known today as the vikings,

But the assault on Lindisfarne was a seismic moment that sent shockwaves right across Europe.

is often described as the finest illustrated manuscript of the entire Anglo-Saxon era.

This reportedly drew condemnation from Dunstan, but the archbishop was very elderly and died

Mercia was the last of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to emerge.

The evidence for any sort of Arthur, however, king or otherwise, is hopelessly thin and inadequate.

When it comes to Æthelbald's other priority – 'the defence of fortresses against enemies

English had been used since the start of the seventh century to draft administrative documents,

In 844 they sailed up the River Garonne, one of the great arteries of Francia,