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Agnes of Poitou (c.1025-1077) and ‘Medieval’ Attitudes to Women in Power?
by Emily Ward Popular interest in medieval queenship was sparked by the recent television dramatization of the novel, The White Queen, and its portrayal of the relationship between a queen mother and her young sons, the ‘princes in the tower’. This triggered thoughts for me about my own research period, the eleventh and twelfth centuries. …
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British Library Doctoral Open Day
by Emily Ward The British Library is one of those resources which can be so initially overwhelming that you don’t know the first place to start in order to make the best use of it. With over 56 million items, even navigating through the 17 different online catalogues seemed a daunting prospect to me. It…
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“There’s no such thing as the Middle Ages…”
By Emily Ward What does the early Middle Ages have in common with the Illuminati, the moon landing and JFK? The answer – that, like the other three, it has also been the subject of a conspiracy theory – may come as a surprise. This conspiracy, often called Phantom Time Hypothesis, suggests that the early…
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Sir James Clarke Holt (26 April 1922 – 9 April 2014)
By Emily Ward Sir James Clarke Holt, perhaps best known by his publishing moniker of J. C. Holt, died on 9 April 2014 aged 91. Holt’s contribution to the field of medieval British history has been vast. His publications span a period of over fifty years, from the early 1950s to his last article published…
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Jacques Le Goff (1 January 1924 – 1 April 2014)
by Emily Ward On 1 April 2014, the French historian Jacques Le Goff died aged ninety. His life spanned the majority of the twentieth century and his contribution to the field of medieval history can only be revered and respected. Le Goff was born in Toulon on 1 January 1924. During his life he experienced…
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