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Henry III (henry + iii)

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Secrecy, splendour and statecraft: the jewel accounts of King Henry III of England, 1216,72

HISTORICAL RESEARCH, Issue 221 2010
Benjamin L. Wild
Appended to the royal wardrobe accounts, the jewel accounts of King Henry III of England are the earliest records of their type. Describing gifts that were given and received by the king, the purchase of textiles, precious metal objects and specie, as well as the regalia, the Henrician jewel accounts provide valuable information about the aesthetics and material culture of English kingship during the thirteenth century. This article explains how the royal jewel accounts were created and structured, considers their utility, and shows how they can be used to shed new light on Henry III's character and kingship. [source]

Henry III of England and the Staufen Empire, 1216,1272 By Björn K. U. Weiler

HISTORY, Issue 307 2007
SEAN McGLYNN
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

The Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of England, 1066,1266

HISTORY, Issue 292 2003
G. A. Loud
This article looks back from the political crisis in England in the 1250s to examine English and Anglo-Norman perceptions of southern Italy and Sicily, and contacts between the two regions, over the previous two centuries. Although some at least were conscious of a common Norman heritage, commentators from England knew relatively little of the southern kingdom; certainly less than the Norman chroniclers, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni, and even they were less well informed than has been suggested in the past. There was a period of increased diplomatic contact for a generation or so after 1160, in which the Becket dispute played a part, culminating in the visit of Richard I to Sicily during the Third Crusade although that episode did nothing to increase the warmth of Anglo-Sicilian relations. Thereafter there was relatively little contact for the next half-century, in spite of Frederick II's marriage to the sister of Henry III of England in 1235. Furthermore, Sicily was always perceived as an exotic and alien region indicating that the perceptions found in the 1250s had been anticipated at an earlier period. [source]