RORY MACLELLAN
Biographic Data
| ID | 5786589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | RORY MACLELLAN |
| GIVEN NAMES | RORY |
| FAMILY NAME | MACLELLAN |
| SIGNATURE | MACLELLAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7776-8160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prisoners, Sanctuary‐Seekers, and Workers
The most significant built remnant of the Jewish history of medieval England is not a synagogue but a castle: the Tower of London. From 1189 to 1290, hundreds of Jews entered the Tower as prisoners, sanctuary‐seekers or workers. In the thirteenth century, the Constable of the Tower not only had authority over the London Jewry but also had the unique right to arrest Jews anywhere in the kingdom and to preside over certain legal cases involving the…
A New Set of First World War Diaries for the Mesopotamia Campaign, February 1916 to June 1917
Two diaries written by a Territorial Force officer serving in Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1917 have been recently discovered. They contain valuable insight into the difficulties and dangers of life on campaign, an account of the action of As Sahilan (11 September 1916), and what appears to be a unique description of the escort of an Ottoman princeling to a prisoner-of-war camp. These diaries help shed light on a theatre of the First World War that i…
Hospitaller confraternity scripts, crusading and the English Reformation, c .1440–1537
Three fifteenth- and sixteenth-century scripts used by the Knights Hospitallers to recruit for their lay confraternity survive. Though two have been briefly discussed in prior research, no transcription or detailed study has been published. This article makes available an edition of the third document (T.N.A., E 135/6/70, the ‘Henrician Appeal’), and discusses what all three reveal about English popular interest in crusading and the order's uniqu…
The Leper and the Lion
Prisoners, Sanctuary‐Seekers, and Workers
The most significant built remnant of the Jewish history of medieval England is not a synagogue but a castle: the Tower of London. From 1189 to 1290, hundreds of Jews entered the Tower as prisoners, sanctuary‐seekers or workers. In the thirteenth century, the Constable of the Tower not only had authority over the London Jewry but also had the unique right to arrest Jews anywhere in the kingdom and to preside over certain legal cases involving the…
The Leper and the Lion
The Leper and the Lion
Hospitaller confraternity scripts, crusading and the English Reformation, c .1440–1537
Three fifteenth- and sixteenth-century scripts used by the Knights Hospitallers to recruit for their lay confraternity survive. Though two have been briefly discussed in prior research, no transcription or detailed study has been published. This article makes available an edition of the third document (T.N.A., E 135/6/70, the ‘Henrician Appeal’), and discusses what all three reveal about English popular interest in crusading and the order's uniqu…
A New Set of First World War Diaries for the Mesopotamia Campaign, February 1916 to June 1917
Two diaries written by a Territorial Force officer serving in Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1917 have been recently discovered. They contain valuable insight into the difficulties and dangers of life on campaign, an account of the action of As Sahilan (11 September 1916), and what appears to be a unique description of the escort of an Ottoman princeling to a prisoner-of-war camp. These diaries help shed light on a theatre of the First World War that i…
Prisoners, Sanctuary‐Seekers, and Workers
The most significant built remnant of the Jewish history of medieval England is not a synagogue but a castle: the Tower of London. From 1189 to 1290, hundreds of Jews entered the Tower as prisoners, sanctuary‐seekers or workers. In the thirteenth century, the Constable of the Tower not only had authority over the London Jewry but also had the unique right to arrest Jews anywhere in the kingdom and to preside over certain legal cases involving the…
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