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Category: 14th Century

14th Century…

The Flemish Revolt: Pierce Egan’s “Quintin Matsys” (1838)

28 Dec 2018
By Stephen Basdeo Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–80) is one of my most favourite Victorian authors. The son of the more famous Regency journalist and writer, Pierce Egan (1772–1849), he…
11th Century…

The Virgin and the Outlaw

5 Jun 2018
By Stephen Basdeo In modern popular culture, heroes often possess some supernatural powers, or at other times they are so skilled at what they do that their superiority often appears…
1370…

Visions of “Piers Plowman” in the 18th Century

11 Dec 201713 Dec 2017
The best thing about having a Robin Hood theme for this blog is that it allows me to legitimately write about both crime and medievalism (medievalism, as opposed to medieval…
1381…

The Last Dying Speech and Confession of Jack Straw

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017
In 1381, one of the most important events in English medieval history occurred: the Peasants’ Revolt. Under the leadership of a former soldier, Wat Tyler (d. 1381), a radical priest,…
11th Century…

Hang’d, Drawn, and Quartered! “Spectacular Justice” during the Medieval and Early Modern Period

31 Aug 20173 May 2018
Katherine Royer’s new book, The English Execution Narrative, 1200-1700 (2015) analyses the meanings behind the often gruesome executions carried out in the medieval and early modern period. Reviewed  by Stephen…
1381…

An Early Socialist History of the Peasants’ Revolt: Charles Edmund Maurice’s “Lives of English Popular Leaders of the Middle Ages” (1875)

15 Jul 201717 Jul 2018
By Stephen Basdeo While researching my book, The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler (2018),[i] I came across an interesting history book, written by Charles Edmund Maurice…

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