Renée Levine Melammed
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195151671
- eISBN:
- 9780199849215
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195151671.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
The chapter examines the trial proceedings of a midwife Beatriz Rodriguez whom the Archbishopric of Toledo were anxious to convict. The Inquisition collected information concerning this conversa for ...
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The chapter examines the trial proceedings of a midwife Beatriz Rodriguez whom the Archbishopric of Toledo were anxious to convict. The Inquisition collected information concerning this conversa for fifty years. The character and religious beliefs of a midwife were of utmost concern to the ecclesiastical authorities. The midwife was valued and trusted by the community; this situation presented a challenge to the Church, for “the acquisition of power by peasant women posed a threat to the Church.”Less
The chapter examines the trial proceedings of a midwife Beatriz Rodriguez whom the Archbishopric of Toledo were anxious to convict. The Inquisition collected information concerning this conversa for fifty years. The character and religious beliefs of a midwife were of utmost concern to the ecclesiastical authorities. The midwife was valued and trusted by the community; this situation presented a challenge to the Church, for “the acquisition of power by peasant women posed a threat to the Church.”
P. G. Walsh and M. J. Kennedy
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780856683053
- eISBN:
- 9781800342835
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9780856683053.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Prose and Writers: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This chapter provides commentary on William of Newburgh's History of English Affairs, Book I. The crucial theatre of action in the revolt of 1088 was Kent and Sussex, where William I faced his ...
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This chapter provides commentary on William of Newburgh's History of English Affairs, Book I. The crucial theatre of action in the revolt of 1088 was Kent and Sussex, where William I faced his principal opponent, his uncle Bishop Odo of Bayeux. When Odo and his main supporters fell into the king's hands with the surrender of Rochester castle in July, this signalled the end of any serious threat to William's possession of the throne. Meanwhile, after his coronation, Henry I, aware of his vulnerability to attack, wrote respectfully to Anselm explaining the circumstances of his accession and asking the archbishop to return to England as quickly as possible. Though Anselm was anxious, on his return to England in 1100, for good relations with the king, he refused to do homage, to be invested by him with his archbishopric or to consecrate bishops-elect who had accepted investiture.Less
This chapter provides commentary on William of Newburgh's History of English Affairs, Book I. The crucial theatre of action in the revolt of 1088 was Kent and Sussex, where William I faced his principal opponent, his uncle Bishop Odo of Bayeux. When Odo and his main supporters fell into the king's hands with the surrender of Rochester castle in July, this signalled the end of any serious threat to William's possession of the throne. Meanwhile, after his coronation, Henry I, aware of his vulnerability to attack, wrote respectfully to Anselm explaining the circumstances of his accession and asking the archbishop to return to England as quickly as possible. Though Anselm was anxious, on his return to England in 1100, for good relations with the king, he refused to do homage, to be invested by him with his archbishopric or to consecrate bishops-elect who had accepted investiture.
Tom Licence
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780300211542
- eISBN:
- 9780300255584
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300211542.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter focuses on the years from 1049 to 1053, a delineated a period of political struggle which reconfigured Edward the Confessor's alliances. It explains how Edward had to contend with the ...
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This chapter focuses on the years from 1049 to 1053, a delineated a period of political struggle which reconfigured Edward the Confessor's alliances. It explains how Edward had to contend with the developing threats from Flanders to the east and Gruffudd ap Rhydderch to the west. It also talks about Edward's installation of his own candidates in the archbishoprics in several important offices, which collided with other powerful agents who sought to install theirs. The chapter analyzes how Edward had to raise his political game to become a European player abroad and how he had to integrate newcomers into a small and jealous circle of lords without somehow upsetting the balance. It also assesses how Edward would negotiate the first rebellion of his reign.Less
This chapter focuses on the years from 1049 to 1053, a delineated a period of political struggle which reconfigured Edward the Confessor's alliances. It explains how Edward had to contend with the developing threats from Flanders to the east and Gruffudd ap Rhydderch to the west. It also talks about Edward's installation of his own candidates in the archbishoprics in several important offices, which collided with other powerful agents who sought to install theirs. The chapter analyzes how Edward had to raise his political game to become a European player abroad and how he had to integrate newcomers into a small and jealous circle of lords without somehow upsetting the balance. It also assesses how Edward would negotiate the first rebellion of his reign.
D. M. Palliser
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199255849
- eISBN:
- 9780191746871
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199255849.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
The book surveys the history of York in the Middle Ages, starting with a brief sketch of its origins as a Roman fortress and town and its near-desertion in the fifth century. It then relates York’s ...
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The book surveys the history of York in the Middle Ages, starting with a brief sketch of its origins as a Roman fortress and town and its near-desertion in the fifth century. It then relates York’s urban rebirth, and looks in turn at its Anglian, Viking, Norman, and later medieval history, ending with the revolutionary changes brought about by Henry VIII. Context is given both to the major archaeological finds from the early Middle Ages (including Viking Coppergate) and to the great days of the 13th–15th centuries when it was intermittently an alternative royal capital, and which produced many of the surviving medieval buildings. The city’s story is interwoven with that of its archbishopric and cathedral, crucial to York’s importance in making it also an ecclesiastical capital. This is an interdisciplinary study, weaving the evidence of archaeology, documents, coins, buildings, art, and architecture to draw a vivid and readable picture of the city in the round.Less
The book surveys the history of York in the Middle Ages, starting with a brief sketch of its origins as a Roman fortress and town and its near-desertion in the fifth century. It then relates York’s urban rebirth, and looks in turn at its Anglian, Viking, Norman, and later medieval history, ending with the revolutionary changes brought about by Henry VIII. Context is given both to the major archaeological finds from the early Middle Ages (including Viking Coppergate) and to the great days of the 13th–15th centuries when it was intermittently an alternative royal capital, and which produced many of the surviving medieval buildings. The city’s story is interwoven with that of its archbishopric and cathedral, crucial to York’s importance in making it also an ecclesiastical capital. This is an interdisciplinary study, weaving the evidence of archaeology, documents, coins, buildings, art, and architecture to draw a vivid and readable picture of the city in the round.
