„Two stories, one from Italy, one from England. In the one from Italy, Costanza is born which would usually be pretty great … except her parents are already in retirement and have given everything away to her older sisters, so … Weiterlesen
„Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the jewels of medieval English poetry. It was written c1400 by an unknown poet and then was left hidden in private collections until the C19th when it emerged. It tells the story of … Weiterlesen
Data and argumentation in historical pragmatics: grammaticalization of a Catalan motion verb constructionData and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical.The empirical aim of this volume is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the … Weiterlesen
„She’s the most influential woman that English history forgot, says Tom Holland – Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, daughter of Alfred the Great. Living and ruling at a time when the Anglo-Saxons were fighting back against the Vikings, Aethelflaed became … Weiterlesen
„Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the effective partition of England in the 880s after a century of Viking raids, invasions and settlements. Alfred of Wessex, the surviving Anglo-Saxon king and Guthrum, a Danish ruler, had fought each other to a … Weiterlesen
In den Archiven der ehemaligen Ushaw College Library, die heute zur Durham University gehört, wurde eine Königsurkunde aus der Frühzeit der Herrschaft von Johann Ohneland (1199–1216) entdeckt. Der Fund ist von großer Bedeutung, da die Urkunde noch im ersten Regierungsjahr … Weiterlesen
„Heinrich III. aus dem Haus Plantagenet wirkt auf den ersten Blick eher unscheinbar neben seinem als Herrscher gescheiterten Vater Johann „Ohneland“ und seinem Sohn und Nachfolger Eduard I., der in England als „Good King Edward“ galt.Auch bei Shakespeare und Dante … Weiterlesen
Author, scribe, and book in late medieval English literatureThe works of four major fifteenth-century writers re-examined, showing their innovative reconceptualization of Middle English authorship and the manuscript book. Thomas Hoccleve, Margery Kempe, John Audelay and Charles d’Orléans present themselves as … Weiterlesen