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Andy Stephenson / Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/71c62303-b574-4cef-bf4c-aa2665e94e3d/Morgan+M638+fol+4r.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out Medieval huntsman with a bow. Morgan Bible, fol 4r https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/f38e6ccd-0538-4c4e-87cf-90fbaeeba9da/hunter.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out A hunter with his dogs, from a 13th-century French manuscript (Harvard University Houghton Library). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/b3562bcc-a87a-4fca-8487-16c8765b3deb/Garendon.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out Reconstruction of Garendon Abbey in the 13th century. Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/c1b924a0-c3e3-4309-b573-a9e2ce8fe66c/A+Geste+of+Robyn+Hode.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out A 15th-century depiction of Robin Hood as a mounted archer. From the broadsheet ‘Geste of Robyn Hode’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/4b08e239-5638-4341-8981-59a8eafa7640/Sherwood+heath.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out While some of Sherwood Forest was woodland, there were also farms and villages, and large areas of heath like this one. Phil Champion / Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/43c54c6a-0eb5-46c6-843a-f686f2993ca9/Morgan+M638+fol+3r.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out Knights and their captives. From the Morgan Bible (c.1250), M.638 folio 3r. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/f21807ab-451a-4984-8676-c9681be86ea1/Maastricht.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out Mounted huntsman. Maastricht Book of Hours, British Library Stowe MS17 f.127r https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/34fd87d9-1cf6-49c0-8733-6e5b7b6ded3e/Robin+at+Edwinstowe.jpg Journal - Roger Godberd - Make it stand out A modern statue of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood, in Sherwood Forest. Source: Wikimedia http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2023/12/8/the-knights-of-evesham-1 monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/c17777b2-0eee-43e2-ac14-9e73bfc9175c/morgan1.jpg Journal - The Knights of Evesham - Make it stand out 13th Century knights in battle, from the Morgan Bible (c.1250) http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2023/11/7/who-was-ralph-de-monthermer monthly 0.5 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/fba69df3-eaae-4a26-a328-0172e8e8f430/seal+1.jpg Journal - Who was Ralph de Monthermer? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/ec79f287-b552-4b77-8009-9795bf84468b/Ralph+de+Monthermer.jpg Journal - Who was Ralph de Monthermer? - Make it stand out Arms of Ralph de Monthermer. Source: Wappenwiki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/29ae1496-111a-4f49-8d48-e448fdaf9cc9/worcester+.jpg Journal - Who was Ralph de Monthermer? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/b8a38684-be6e-42eb-924a-9d2c0b3c990b/pendant+1.jpg Journal - Who was Ralph de Monthermer? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2022/11/28/ten-things-medieval-england-did-not-have monthly 0.5 2023-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/7c17befd-100f-4d85-b086-ee6f94f13d1d/Life+of+Edward+the+Confessor+1.jpg Journal - Ten Things Medieval England did not have... - Make it stand out Medieval warfare - not such a common occurence. From the Life of Edward the Confessor, c.1250-60. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/789722ef-83c1-490a-8f17-01c82c8962cd/bath.jpg Journal - Ten Things Medieval England did not have... - Make it stand out Medieval bathtime. From Aldobrandino of Siena’s Le Régime du Corps, c.1265. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/70ae87bc-a430-4094-afe0-d24d3c635f70/Book+of+St+Alban+knight.jpg Journal - Ten Things Medieval England did not have... - Make it stand out 13th Century mounted retinue, from The Book of St Albans, c.1250 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/e8dbe1ba-c952-44d4-a7cc-813d694c34fa/bed.jpg Journal - Ten Things Medieval England did not have... - Make it stand out No privacy, even for kings… Merlin and the barons address King Uther Pendragon, from L'estoire de Merlin, in the Lancelot-Grail of 1316. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/8060c47c-829b-4e76-a19a-bd115a0a39be/Smithfield+Decretals Journal - Ten Things Medieval England did not have... - Make it stand out Woman defending a castle, Smithfield Decretals, c.1300-40. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/55bf18a9-be9f-47f3-b332-e7717e8cb1c1/Dragon+Li+Livres+dou+Tr%C3%A9sor.jpg Journal - Ten Things Medieval England did not have... - Make it stand out Dragon from Li livres dou trésor, early 14th Century. http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2022/8/9/getting-medieval monthly 0.5 2023-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/4820df3f-177c-49d4-bf69-28daa6399b22/Morgan+Bible+M638+fol+29v.jpg Journal - Getting Medieval - Make it stand out 13th Century warfare, image from the Morgan ‘Crusader Bible’, c.1244-1254 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/eda22f13-c937-4b7c-9269-76dd00b88767/Latin+10136%2C+Lazzarino+Gherardini+Giandone.+c.1230-1240.jpg Journal - Getting Medieval - Make it stand out Image from an Italian manuscript, c.1230-1240 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/157481fd-dfa9-49fb-92c3-25bb9d1003b5/Queen+Mary+Psalter+2a.jpg Journal - Getting Medieval - Make it stand out Image from the Queen Mary Psalter, c.1310-1320 http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2021/4/11/twilights-end-farewell-to-aurelius-castus monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1618225730832-388U5E9T2KJBNG0J3YVH/cover+cropped+2.jpg Journal - Twilight's End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1618173834399-AH0N5BSKLYO0W5T4T377/IMG_3071.JPG Journal - Twilight's End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1618225565708-NG7JTWVB06LE9YXNE9M8/Mask+stack.jpg Journal - Twilight's End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1618173939532-GB2PKDRK3592P30OMIAS/IMG_4133.JPG Journal - Twilight's End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1618174411965-IOCQZS8P092YKYPJY9HW/Triumph-new-quotes.gif Journal - Twilight's End http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2019/8/23/the-end-of-roman-britain monthly 0.5 2023-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1566595553616-W7VIBEQP9E6SR2WVF5X9/Britons+1.jpg Journal - The Unravelling of Roman Britain The departure of the Roman legions - a traditional view. From Cassell’s History of England, 1909 edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1566596151803-1XCC1MKT2H0TT5439NKK/St+Albans+hoard.jpg Journal - The Unravelling of Roman Britain Gold solidi from a hoard of 159 coins found near St Albans. They were all minted between AD388 and 408, with the majority featuring Honorius, the presiding emperor at the time that Britain was parted from imperial control. Details from the Portable Antiquities Scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1566599092008-MKFHSWRHAB2YX0F4XM73/cons+iii+coin.jpg Journal - The Unravelling of Roman Britain Gold solidus of Constantine III, minted at Lyon. The reverse shows him trouncing a fallen barbarian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1566596847089-HHKKW9Y2V7D0DO6KU0L2/John+Everett+Milais+Romans+Leaving+Britain+1865.jpg Journal - The Unravelling of Roman Britain ‘The Romans Leaving Britain’, by John Everett Millais (1865) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1566603065324-C3J3D518IRS2KJCEXKFY/honorius+3.jpg Journal - The Unravelling of Roman Britain Ivory consular diptych of Anicius Probus, AD406, portraying the Emperor Honorius in martial guise. In reality, the young emperor had no experience of war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1566600047054-PPNSK0YWGJEKP29WUNX6/portchester+1.jpg Journal - The Unravelling of Roman Britain Surviving Roman fortifications at Portchester, a coastal fort originally built in the later 3rd century. The regular Roman garrison was probably withdrawn c.AD407 http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2018/7/11/the-fates-of-fausta-and-crispus-an-ancient-murder-mystery monthly 0.5 2023-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1531333246119-0EBKMQ98RBIF5BGKGY7J/crispus+and+fausta.jpg Journal - The Fates of Fausta and Crispus: an ancient murder mystery? http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2018/4/28/aethiops-quidam-e-numero-militari-black-africans-in-the-roman-army monthly 0.5 2023-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1524927021841-QNVOGKU5VZ2OUW2T3QOJ/black+cornicen.jpg Journal - "Aethiops quidam e Numero Militari" - Black Africans in the Roman Army A black legionary cornicen on the northern frontier, c.AD200. Illustration by Pavel Šimák. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1524927296473-VGHTSLSLUG9TW2EDRVX9/Severan+Tondo.jpg Journal - "Aethiops quidam e Numero Militari" - Black Africans in the Roman Army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1524927464603-WWKTFD90EOGE8AV9BI53/Fayum+Portrait+black+African Journal - "Aethiops quidam e Numero Militari" - Black Africans in the Roman Army A Romano-Egyptian mummy portrait from Fayum, 2nd-3rd century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1524927608624-4WLAPIB7PEBRAUU5TDWT/Trajans+Column+Moorish+Cavalry Journal - "Aethiops quidam e Numero Militari" - Black Africans in the Roman Army North African light cavalry in action, as portrayed on Trajan’s Column in Rome, cAD110 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1524927680202-1RGS2I6ECZXT1HT24U8F/pentateuch+1.jpg Journal - "Aethiops quidam e Numero Militari" - Black Africans in the Roman Army A Biblical scene from the 6th-7th century Ashburnham/Tours Pentateuch; the figures are dressed in typical late Roman style. http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2018/2/12/how-christian-was-constantine monthly 0.5 2018-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1518445462806-UBN2GT2305WD2WTNS8F5/head.jpg Journal - How Christian was Constantine? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1518445159257-NIJRAGRTAZCV0AQPB366/Constantine+Sol+Coin.jpg Journal - How Christian was Constantine? Bronze coin issued by Constantine in AD317. The reverse shows the sun god Sol Invictus, referred to as 'Companion of the Emperor'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1518446347777-G861FMO60VGF3P30P99Z/Constantine+hand.JPG Journal - How Christian was Constantine? The hand from the colossal statue of the emperor Constantine in Rome; originally it would have held a sceptre, probably featuring a Christian monogram. http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2017/6/17/diocletians-palace-before-dawn monthly 0.5 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1497710887082-IYBRE2SGHW6YI7LOYPNY/The+Peristyle+of+Diocletian%27s+Palace%2C+Split%2C+3.30am Journal - DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE, TWILIGHT TILL DAWN 3.30am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1497710957473-KDWHL5JDMFSZF1R4JTGH/Diocletian%27s+Palace%2C+Split%2C+4.15am Journal - DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE, TWILIGHT TILL DAWN 4.15am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1497711019420-1PG54FDTGRUEF0GH5UIX/Diocletian%27s+Palace%2C+Split%2C+Emperor+Appearance Journal - DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE, TWILIGHT TILL DAWN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1497711091439-PFBMK5FWM4PZRWNZRQUC/Theodosius+Missorium Journal - DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE, TWILIGHT TILL DAWN http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2017/1/5/snails-for-the-boys-on-the-road-with-theophanes-of-hermopolis monthly 0.5 2018-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1483628057245-EXNTV9G7XPCTM9IXNO4D/Theophanes+Carriage Journal - "Snails for the boys" - On the road with Theophanes of Hermopolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1483633632388-8P1FZ9MB2E1G6ZGRZ9CP/Yakto+Mosaic+ancient+Antioch Journal - "Snails for the boys" - On the road with Theophanes of Hermopolis Scenes of everyday life in Antioch, from the 5th century Yakto mosaic. http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2016/12/28/knights-vs-romans monthly 0.5 2023-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1482937261869-JELUGIHSQZLSTURQD5HN/Knights+Vs+Romans Journal - Knights vs Romans? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1482937939988-OQS2VFO0092NAGX7KBXE/image-asset.jpeg Journal - Knights vs Romans? Roman cart-mounted bolt-shooting ballistae, shown on Trajan's Column (AD113) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1482938119369-6YL1WGJBSMLNCLM80FA9/image-asset.jpeg Journal - Knights vs Romans? English bowmen in training, from the Luttrell Psalter of c.1325 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1482938346483-9V94FXKAAOBOMPRR1Q2X/Roman+caltrops Journal - Knights vs Romans? Roman caltrops from the 1st century BC, found at the battle site of Alesia in France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1482938614961-ZAXUD7SFEJI7QHW7KS1G/image-asset.jpeg Journal - Knights vs Romans? Knights doing what they do best... From the Maciejowski Bible, c.1250 http://ianjamesross.com/journal/2016/8/24/did-the-romans-have-maps monthly 0.5 2018-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1472059992847-BUHZTRBHCU5U0SGF4T88/image-asset.jpeg Journal - DID THE ROMANS HAVE MAPS? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1472059473991-547SJ9AQ8T3HPN447G1M/Marble+Plan+Rome Journal - DID THE ROMANS HAVE MAPS? One of the surviving fragments of the marble plan of Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/558dadc5e4b0813627c48032/1472059546916-GP20310AL84JG825B95S/Peutinger+Table Journal - DID THE ROMANS HAVE MAPS? 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