Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Editor's Note
- Abbreviations
- 1 Francia and the History of Medieval Europe
- 2 Royal Control and the Disposition of Estates in Tenth-Century England: Reflections on the Charters of King Eadwig (955–959)
- 3 Denis Bethell Prize Essay: Frutolf of Michelsberg's Chronicle, the Schools of Bamberg, and the Transmission of Imperial Polemic
- 4 Manipulating Historical Memory: Cosmas on the Sees of Prague and Olomouc
- 5 Poetry and History: Baudry of Bourgueil, the Architecture of Chivalry, and the First Crusade
- Authors' Preface to Chapters 6 and 7
- 6 Men and Masculinities at the Courts of the Anglo-Norman Kings in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis
- 7 Men and Masculinities in William of Malmesbury's presentation of the Anglo-Norman Court
- 8 The Personnel of Comital Administration in Greater Anjou, 1129–1151
- 9 The Murder of Gilbert the Forester
- 10 The Object as Subject in Medieval Art
9 - The Murder of Gilbert the Forester
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Editor's Note
- Abbreviations
- 1 Francia and the History of Medieval Europe
- 2 Royal Control and the Disposition of Estates in Tenth-Century England: Reflections on the Charters of King Eadwig (955–959)
- 3 Denis Bethell Prize Essay: Frutolf of Michelsberg's Chronicle, the Schools of Bamberg, and the Transmission of Imperial Polemic
- 4 Manipulating Historical Memory: Cosmas on the Sees of Prague and Olomouc
- 5 Poetry and History: Baudry of Bourgueil, the Architecture of Chivalry, and the First Crusade
- Authors' Preface to Chapters 6 and 7
- 6 Men and Masculinities at the Courts of the Anglo-Norman Kings in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis
- 7 Men and Masculinities in William of Malmesbury's presentation of the Anglo-Norman Court
- 8 The Personnel of Comital Administration in Greater Anjou, 1129–1151
- 9 The Murder of Gilbert the Forester
- 10 The Object as Subject in Medieval Art
Summary
In early August 1175, King Henry II came to his castle at Nottingham, a king victorious over his enemies. With the king was his eldest son, the Young King, whose submission following his prominent part in the rebellion of 1173–4 had been publicly announced at a council convened at Westminster in May. Both kings were now making their way to York to receive – for the second or third occasion since July 1174 – the fealty and homage of William, king of Scots, recently released from English custody. Also present with these kings were the bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset, the justiciar, Richard de Lucy, a sizeable number of northern barons and knights whose support had been instrumental in winning the war in the northern English theater, and a host of other courtiers, officials, and household clerks. Among the latter was one Roger the chaplain, who is likely to be the northern chronicler, Roger of Howden; his narrative of events at Nottingham may therefore offer us valuable eyewitness testimony. There, in his magnificent castle of Nottingham, in the midst of a town which must still have borne the scars of its sacking and burning in 1174, the king and his court resided for more than a week. The king's jubilant mood may be judged from the fact that he was joined, and presumably entertained, there by his bear (ursus regis) and bear-keeper (ursarius).
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- The Haskins Society Journal 232011. Studies in Medieval History, pp. 155 - 204Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014