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Twelfth Century (twelfth + century)

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Humanities and Social Sciences83%

Selected Abstracts

The Garden of Delights: Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century , By Fiona J. Griffiths

RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 3 2007
Constance B. Bouchard
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Secular power and its rewards in Dorset in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries,

HISTORICAL RESEARCH, Issue 215 2009
Nicholas Karn
Secular administration was in large part the business of the readily identifiable holders of specific offices in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, but alongside these operated individuals who held more informal authority. Its very intangibility has made any assessment of the importance and power of those who wielded such authority difficult. Both categories of functionary, however, operated on behalf of, and were rewarded by, the crown. Through tracing the changing allocation of resource and reward to different officers, this article presents an understanding of the fluctuating relative power of sheriffs and other functionaries over decades when new functions were altering the patterns of secular administration. [source]

Land Administration in Medieval Japan: Ito no shô in Chikuzen Province, 1131,1336

HISTORY, Issue 289 2003
Judith Fröhlich
The topic of land administration is central in historical studies of medieval Japan, since it provides insight into the social and economic development during the medieval period and highlights the lives of various social groups, courtiers, clerics, warriors and peasants. Based on the case of Ito no shô, an estate in northern Kyushu, this article analyses the establishment of a wide system of land administration under courtiers and central religious institutions during the twelfth century and its decline during the thirteenth century. The concurrent rise of local land managers and their social and economic activities during the thirteenth century are also explored. Finally, an assessment is made of the impact of the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281 on economic and social development during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, in particular the loss of influence of central authorities in regions remote from the capital and the formation of rural communities under the leadership of local warriors. [source]

Cereals, Cities and the Birth of Europe: R.I. Moore's First European Revolution c.970,1215: A Review

JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, Issue 3 2002
John O. WardArticle first published online: 7 FEB 200
The First European Revolution c.970,1215 by R. I. Moore, Professor of History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, challenges traditional understandings of the twelfth century, which have accorded perhaps undue significance to religious developments. Placing the period under study in a global chronological and geographical context, the book is very up to date but presents a generally difficult line of argument, an oblique rather than a descriptive reference to key events and developments, and displays a tendency to overemphasise French socioeconomic and political circumstances. Moore's book is nevertheless a landmark contribution, and no one will be able to say anything about European development in the timespan chosen without taking into account everything its author has argued. If convinced, the reader will go away satisfied that the period 970,1215 in European history was a decisive one, if not the most decisive one. [source]

Geophysical investigation of the site of the former monastic settlement, Clonard, County Meath, Ireland

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, Issue 1 2006
Paul J. Gibson
Abstract Clonard, in County Meath, Ireland was a major ecclesiastical centre from the early sixth century to the twelfth century and buildings associated with the monastery were in existence until the late eighteenth century. However, today no extant buildings or features associated with the monastery are known. The geophysical investigation undertaken in this project has uncovered many anomalies which may be related to the monastic settlement at Clonard. A significant number of linear anomalies have been detected east of St Finian's church using magnetic gradiometry and twin electrode resistance surveying. Many of these anomalies are probably field boundaries; however, a much greater diversity of geophysical responses is located south and west of St Finian's church. A subsquare enclosure of 60,m sides is adjacent to a 300,m long palaeochannel. A fine network of intersecting low resistance anomalies probably represent former artificial drainage channels. Three large areas associated with anomalous magnetic readings were located which might indicate sites of human activity. In addition, there are four distinct zones which have large concentrations of high resistance values suggesting the presence of walls or buildings. Resistivity and ground-penetrating radar depth slices show that one of these zones has characteristics which indicate the presence of an east,west aligned building approximately 7,m wide in a north,south direction and about 15,m long in an east,west direction. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]