Tag: Medieval history Records and researchDisappointed and forbidden loveThursday 23 April 2020A lovestruck medieval clerk writing out romantic lyrics as he daydreams. A gay man...Records and researchRevolt: The story of England’s first protestThursday 16 January 2020In 1990, a march in protest of the government’s Poll Tax turned violent as...Records and researchOpen and closed: Royal correspondence and the Archbishops of York in the 14th centuryThursday 10 October 2019The Close and Patent Rolls are two different types of administrative record of the...Records and researchThe Alchemist’s Tale: Geoffrey Chaucer and alchemyWednesday 9 October 2019Where did Geoffrey Chaucer get the inspiration for his stories? As part of my...Archives and archivistsChertsey Abbey reimaginedWednesday 19 June 2019To walk through Chertsey, a medieval market town on the outskirts of London, you...Archives and archivistsMedieval Church and State, and the nun who faked her own deathWednesday 20 February 2019In the high summer of 1318, a nun of the priory of St Clement...Records and researchHenry III and the rebuilding of Westminster AbbeyTuesday 2 October 2018Book tickets for our event on Friday 12 October: The medieval royal family: Piety and...Records and researchThe day an English king covertly avoided catastrophe: Calais 1350Thursday 22 February 2018‘…so ought not this event in any history to be forgotten. Then it is...Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archives (part three)Tuesday 2 January 2018In part one and part two of this blog series I’ve been tracing the history...Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archives (Part two)Monday 27 November 2017In the first of this series of blogs, I looked into the early life...Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archivesMonday 30 October 2017When you think of Geoffrey Chaucer, what words or themes do you think of? Words like...Behind the scenesDomesday Book – a brief material historyFriday 26 May 2017Explore the history of the archival crown jewel that is Domesday Book…... « 1 2