Michael Prestwich
Autor de Edward I
Sobre El Autor
Michael Prestwich is Emeritus Professor of History at Durham University.
Obras de Michael Prestwich
Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles (Regions and Regionalism in History) (2008) 5 copias
Thirteenth Century England IX: Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 2001 (2003) — Editor — 4 copias
Thirteenth Century England VIII: Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 1999 (2001) — Editor — 4 copias
Thirteenth Century England VII: Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 1997 (1999) — Editor — 3 copias
Thirteenth Century England VI: Proceedings of the Durham Conference, 1995 (1997) — Editor — 2 copias
Obras relacionadas
The Normans and their Adversaries at War: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister (2001) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2000 (2000) — Author "Reassessing the Hammer of the Scots" — 9 copias
The Medieval Way of War: Studies in Medieval Military History in Honor of Bernard S. Bachrach (2015) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
Thirteenth Century England III: Proceedings of the Newcastle upon Tyne Conference, 1989 (1991) — Contribuidor — 4 copias
Thirteenth Century England I: Proceedings of the Newcastle upon Tyne Conference 1985 (1986) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
La Guerra de los Cien Años I — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Prestwich, Michael Charles
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1943-01-30
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Durham, England, UK - Educación
- University of Oxford (Magdalen College, Christ Church)
- Ocupaciones
- historian
university professor - Premios y honores
- FRHistS
FSA
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- 3.8
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- 7
- ISBNs
- 63
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- 4
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- 3
I was amused by some of my country’s long-forgotten surnames, like William Standupryght for example, or the gentleman referred to in the following quote.
“In 1347 Roger Sweatinbed of Friesthorpe was accused of fornication with Letitia Bat.”
English surnames aren’t what they used to be.
It’s amazing how people thought during those times. The following quote of man’s knowledge of woman’s body made me eyebrows move in an upward direction:
“Nor was the female anatomy understood; one view was that it was similar to the male, but turned inside out. In comparison to the male, however, the female body ‘hath smalle ballokkys’, as a late medieval writer put it. Even odder, but well founded in classical writings, was the notion that the uterus was capable of wandering about the body, causing great problems should it lodge in an inappropriate place, such as the chest.”
Medical knowledge has grown considerably since medieval times!… (más)