Nicholas L Paul
Biographic Data
| ID | 3855285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas L Paul |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas L |
| FAMILY NAME | Paul |
| SIGNATURE | PAUL N L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-7880-610X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Remembering the Angevins
The Angevin dynasty were the rulers of a medieval European empire. Although their control of their cross-channel domains were relatively short lived (1154–1204), they occupy a central place in the modern imaginary of the Middle Ages. This introductory essay to the collection Remembering the Angevins explores how the administrative and legal reforms, building projects, and literary culture fostered by the Angevins created a robust framework of cul…
The Theater of War
From its beginnings in the eleventh century through its decline in the early modern period, the movement of Christian holy war known as the crusades was sustained by the enthusiasm and willing participation of the European military aristocracy. Despite this, historians have yet to explain the continuing value of crusading and the maintenance of the crusading frontier for the aristocracy. This article argues for a fundamental re-evaluation of the …
War and Memory at the Time of the Fifth Crusade, written by Megan Cassidy-Welch
Whose Middle Ages?
Anglo-Norman Studies XLI
Possession
In the year 1176 a dispute erupted over possession of a sacred object known as the Holy Cross of Antioch. Two claimants, the abbey of St. Peter of Brogne and the family of the crusader Manasses of Hierges, argued that they were the rightful heirs of the object. The nature of their claims and the mode of their argumentation, as documented in a lengthy treatise composed in the year 1211, exposes the variety of interpretations of sacred material ass…
Writing the Early Crusades
A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather than simply for the evidence they contain. The First Crusade (1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western historical writing in the first decades of the twelfth century, beginning with the so-called "eyewitness" accounts of the crusade and extending to numerous second-hand treatments in prose and verse…
In search of the Marshal's lost crusade
Despite his otherwise detailed coverage of the martial adventures in the life of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke and Striguil (d.1219), the author of the History of William Marshal (c.1224–6) remained silent about the two years William spent on crusade. Generations of historians have struggled to understand this missing episode and have offered a variety of explanations. This article offers a new solution to this old problem, by placing the His…
Remembering the Crusades
A Warlord's Wisdom
At some time in the second half of the twelfth century, a scribe working in the vicinity of Tours in northwest Francia copied a series of verses in praise of the leaders of the First Crusade (1095–99). Each hero was assigned his own line, fashioned to end with a rhyme in the masculine superlative. The qualities ascribed to the crusaders read like a laundry list of knightly virtues, including “magnanimus,” “obstinatus,” “accerimus,” and “expeditus…
Crusade, memory and regional politics in twelfth-century Amboise
This essay takes as its subject two texts, the Gesta Ambaziensium dominorum (Deeds of the lords of Amboise) and the variant manuscript G of the crusade chronicle Historia Jerosolimitana of Baudri of Bourgueil, archbishop of Dol (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale de France [BNFr.] MS Lat. 5513). These two texts represent our only sources of information about the deeds of crusaders from the seigneurial family of Amboise on the First Crusade. The informa…
Possession
In the year 1176 a dispute erupted over possession of a sacred object known as the Holy Cross of Antioch. Two claimants, the abbey of St. Peter of Brogne and the family of the crusader Manasses of Hierges, argued that they were the rightful heirs of the object. The nature of their claims and the mode of their argumentation, as documented in a lengthy treatise composed in the year 1211, exposes the variety of interpretations of sacred material ass…
In search of the Marshal's lost crusade
Despite his otherwise detailed coverage of the martial adventures in the life of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke and Striguil (d.1219), the author of the History of William Marshal (c.1224–6) remained silent about the two years William spent on crusade. Generations of historians have struggled to understand this missing episode and have offered a variety of explanations. This article offers a new solution to this old problem, by placing the His…
A Warlord's Wisdom
At some time in the second half of the twelfth century, a scribe working in the vicinity of Tours in northwest Francia copied a series of verses in praise of the leaders of the First Crusade (1095–99). Each hero was assigned his own line, fashioned to end with a rhyme in the masculine superlative. The qualities ascribed to the crusaders read like a laundry list of knightly virtues, including “magnanimus,” “obstinatus,” “accerimus,” and “expeditus…
Crusade, memory and regional politics in twelfth-century Amboise
This essay takes as its subject two texts, the Gesta Ambaziensium dominorum (Deeds of the lords of Amboise) and the variant manuscript G of the crusade chronicle Historia Jerosolimitana of Baudri of Bourgueil, archbishop of Dol (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale de France [BNFr.] MS Lat. 5513). These two texts represent our only sources of information about the deeds of crusaders from the seigneurial family of Amboise on the First Crusade. The informa…
Crusade, memory and regional politics in twelfth-century Amboise
This essay takes as its subject two texts, the Gesta Ambaziensium dominorum (Deeds of the lords of Amboise) and the variant manuscript G of the crusade chronicle Historia Jerosolimitana of Baudri of Bourgueil, archbishop of Dol (Paris Bibliothèque Nationale de France [BNFr.] MS Lat. 5513). These two texts represent our only sources of information about the deeds of crusaders from the seigneurial family of Amboise on the First Crusade. The informa…
A Warlord's Wisdom
At some time in the second half of the twelfth century, a scribe working in the vicinity of Tours in northwest Francia copied a series of verses in praise of the leaders of the First Crusade (1095–99). Each hero was assigned his own line, fashioned to end with a rhyme in the masculine superlative. The qualities ascribed to the crusaders read like a laundry list of knightly virtues, including “magnanimus,” “obstinatus,” “accerimus,” and “expeditus…
Remembering the Crusades
Writing the Early Crusades
A pioneering approach to contemporary historical writing on the First Crusade, looking at the texts as cultural artefacts rather than simply for the evidence they contain. The First Crusade (1095-1101) was the stimulus for a substantial boom in Western historical writing in the first decades of the twelfth century, beginning with the so-called "eyewitness" accounts of the crusade and extending to numerous second-hand treatments in prose and verse…
In search of the Marshal's lost crusade
Despite his otherwise detailed coverage of the martial adventures in the life of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke and Striguil (d.1219), the author of the History of William Marshal (c.1224–6) remained silent about the two years William spent on crusade. Generations of historians have struggled to understand this missing episode and have offered a variety of explanations. This article offers a new solution to this old problem, by placing the His…
Possession
In the year 1176 a dispute erupted over possession of a sacred object known as the Holy Cross of Antioch. Two claimants, the abbey of St. Peter of Brogne and the family of the crusader Manasses of Hierges, argued that they were the rightful heirs of the object. The nature of their claims and the mode of their argumentation, as documented in a lengthy treatise composed in the year 1211, exposes the variety of interpretations of sacred material ass…
Whose Middle Ages?
Anglo-Norman Studies XLI
War and Memory at the Time of the Fifth Crusade, written by Megan Cassidy-Welch
The Theater of War
From its beginnings in the eleventh century through its decline in the early modern period, the movement of Christian holy war known as the crusades was sustained by the enthusiasm and willing participation of the European military aristocracy. Despite this, historians have yet to explain the continuing value of crusading and the maintenance of the crusading frontier for the aristocracy. This article argues for a fundamental re-evaluation of the …
Remembering the Angevins
The Angevin dynasty were the rulers of a medieval European empire. Although their control of their cross-channel domains were relatively short lived (1154–1204), they occupy a central place in the modern imaginary of the Middle Ages. This introductory essay to the collection Remembering the Angevins explores how the administrative and legal reforms, building projects, and literary culture fostered by the Angevins created a robust framework of cul…
History (10 works) · Medieval History and Crusades (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Classics (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Medieval Literature and History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works)