Medieval records go online

Jul 23, 2009 08:36

I'm stealing arthwollipot's thunder here, but I figure it'll interest folk not on his friends list, but on mine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8160081.stm

The detailed service records of 250,000 medieval soldiers - including archers who served with Henry V at the Battle of ( Read more... )

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thebellman July 22 2009, 23:32:29 UTC
That is awesome! Putting this sort of material online is particuarly exciting, as it opens it up to detailed analysis, and will help to debunk myths about the nature of armies in the high medieval period.

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curufea July 22 2009, 23:55:11 UTC
And it's also useful for my work - Basil was quite excited about it's use for People Australia.

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homonculus July 23 2009, 00:13:33 UTC
I'll put on my "history PhD nerd" hat here and point out that 1369-1453 is most definitely Late Medieval, not High Medieval (c1000-1300).

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curufea July 23 2009, 01:40:25 UTC
I still insist on using the term "dark ages" though for 600-1066- just because it's kinda cool :)

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