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In 1113 Girardus secured an important papal privilege which recognized the Hospital's independence; its members were considered to be in some sense technically religious and they were given the power to elect their own ruler.

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In this context, perhaps it is necessary to look in more detail at the function of the pipe rolls, and the way in which they were used by the exchequer.

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Let us start with the concept and term 'nation' itself. In much modern discourse 'nation' and 'nationalism' have been given period-specific and pre- eminently political forms.

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The texts of Digenes Akrites that we have tell us little or nothing of value about the time of Basil I, but they do attest to the nostalgia with which later Byzantines thought of the time before the loss of the Empire’s eastern territories.

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In 1279 ‘The Form of the New Money’ (Forma nove monete) and the indenture of William de Turnmire both described the weight standards of Edward I’s new coinage. 243 pennies were to be struck from a tower pound of silver (5,400 troy grains) and the new round farthing was to be made in slightly debased ...

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For centuries King John has been regarded as the embodiment of an evil ruler. But, says Graham E. Seel, this image is largely the creation of monastic chroniclers with an axe to grind. A close examination of contemporary records reveals a more nuanced character.

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28 days ago by Medievalists.net

After an extremely perilous early career during which he survived the plots of several adventurers, politicians, and churchmen who took advantage of the fact that he had lost both parents by the age of four, this child turned into one of the most admired and hated of all the powerful rulers in thirt ...

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29 days ago by Medievalists.net

The Icelandic Free State (c.930-1262) is well known as a model of ‘a feuding society,’ due to its unique social system based on the principle of feuding without any jurisdiction by a king. Iceland came under the rule of a Norwegian king in the early 1260s, and it is generally thought that feuds in I ...

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31 days ago by Medievalists.net

This paper continues a line of inquiry begun by Ekelund, HCbert and Tollison, (hereafter, E-H-T) which uses the theories of monopoly, rent seeking, and industrial organization to explain the economics of the medieval monastery...

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Although Magna Carta 1215 says very little about the personnel of John's government, Clause 50 (which was based on chapter 40 of the Articles) does proscribe by name a group of men who originated from the Touraine.

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