Medieval History Buff
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Medieval History Buff
@Medievalhtybuff
Medieval blogger. I post my own blogs, extracts from medieval sources, such as letters and chronicles and images. Like medieval history, follow this page!
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Archbishop of Canterbury Theobald of Bec crowning Henry II king in late 1154
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King Stephen and his men listening to a speech given to their army before the battle of Lincoln in 1141. As king, Stephen may have been expected to give the speech himself but, conscious of his rather weak voice, he chose a substitute motivational speaker. Whatever was said didn't work as they were and defeated by the forces of Robert of Gloucester, the half brother of Stephen's rival Empress Matilda. Despite throwing himself into the throng with bravery and fighting determinedly, Stephen was captured by the enemy and only released when Robert was later taken captive.
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Templars being burned at the stake during the destruction of the order in the early 14th century
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Philip IV of France lying in state after his death in 1314
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The future Edward III with his uncle, the king of France, Charles IV. The young prince is seen also with his mother, the controversial Queen Isabella
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Depiction of the end of Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants Revolt
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Bodiam castle, East Sussex, built during the reign of Richard II in the late 14th century
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13th century depicting the coronation of Harold Godwinson
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The stop where Harold II, and Anglo Saxon England, died at Hastings
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Froissart writing of Edward III refusing to coming to his son's (Edward The Prince) assistance at Crecy in 1346;
"The King asked the knight, whose name was Sir Thomas of Norwich: "Is my son dead or stunned, or so seriously wounded that he cannot go on fighting?" “No, thank God,” replied the knight, “but he is very hard pressed and needs your help badly.” "Sir Thomas," the King answered, "go back to him and to those who have sent you and tell them not to send for me again today, as long as my son is alive. Give them my command to let the boy win his spurs, for if God has so ordained it, I wish the day to be his and the honor to go to him and to those in whose charge I have placed him."
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Jean Froissart on the Battle of Poities 1356;
"So that battle was fought as you have heard, in the fields of Maupertuis, six miles from the city of Poitiers , on the nineteenth day of September , 1356 . It began in the early morning and was finished by mid-afternoon, although many of the English did not return from the pursuit until late evening…There died that day, it was said, the finest flower of French chivalry, whereby the realm of France was sorely weakened and fell into great misery and affliction, as you will hear later."
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Jean Froissart on the rebels of the Peasants Revolt;
"Consider for a moment what it is like when the people are roused to revolt and get the upper hand of their master, and especially in England. Then there is no stopping it, for they are the most dangerous common people in the world, the most violent and presumptuous. And of all the commons in England the Londoners are the ringleaders."
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Battle of Ewloe, 1157. Henry II suffers a defeat in Wales and is lucky to escape with his life
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Human life in the medieval period isn't valued enough. Historians and authors discuss terrible events like massacres in a very matter of fact way. Because most of the victims are nameless and faceless to us now tends to mean people don't invest anything emotionally in such an event which I tend to think is wrong.
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History is funny.
Genghis Khan is one of the worst (if not the worst) mass-murderers in history.
But the same people handwaving away this incredible slaughter because (incidentally) trade improved would try to ruin my life if I had a similarly framed argument/opinion about Hitler.
Is modern scholarship going to move on from their wholly negative views on Hitler too?
Does this say something about human nature? Any villainy can be rehabilitated with enough time?
I find the casual way people both dismiss the great slaughter of the medieval Mongols and lionize them as great instruments of civilization (or worse, Genghis as a great man of history) to be a very strange contrast with more modern conflicts and the way we think about them (and the people involved) today.
Maybe all that matters right now is winning? And with enough time, "academics will move on from any wholly negative view" and vindicate you in the end?
Swadian Butter Apreciator@butter_swadian
@MemoryMedieval @romanhelmetguy It wasn't me who coined that term. I think you should direct your complaints to the academics who did. Modern scholarship has moved on from your wholly negative views on the Mongols a long time ago.
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@nonregemesse I'm a big Conan fan. Not so much when he's with celebrities but when he's dealing with ordinary people, that's when he's at his best.
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I never really found this Conan O’Brien character that funny.
I understand he was a talented comedy writer but whenever I see a clip of him, he’s just being loud and overreacting to something.
Wall Street Mav@WallStreetMav
The audience cares less and less each year about celebrities and their political rants during award shows. 2010: 41.3 million 2015: 37.3 million 2020: 23.6 million 2025: 19.7 million 2026: 17.9 million
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@MemoryMedieval I've always said it; if people aren't insulting you on social media, you're doing something wrong. A woman on my YouTube channel called me a dolt and then subscribed 5 minutes later.
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Edgar The Peaceful looking up towards Christ
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#OTD (18th March) 978 Edward The Martyr, a 15 year old English king, is murdered after a day of hunting, most likely on the orders of his stepmother, Elfrida. Edward's successor, Aethelred, weeps when he hears of Edward's death much to the annoyance of Elfrida, his mother, who beats the 12 year old viciously for it. It seems Aethelred wasn't keen on becoming king.
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The hideously mutilated body of Simon De Montfort following his defeat to a royalist army at the battle of Evesham in 1265
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