MagnaCarta/FineRolls

@Henry3FineRolls

Representing both The Magna Carta Project and Henry III Fine Rolls Project. Tweets by & David Carpenter.

KCL, UEA, Canterbury CC
Joined June 2011

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  1. British council/embassy at Guadalajara book fair excellent use of British Library Magna Carta film and facsimile MC - blog to follow.

  2. David Carpenter's Magna Carta one of best history books of 2015!

  3. OTD 1203 King John abandoned the defence of Normandy and fled to England, saying he would be back soon. He wouldn't:

  4. Hurrah, it's Eleanor of Aquitaine tomorrow for the first years. What will they make of her book on her tomb?

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  5. Our thanks to Professor David Carpenter of for a great lecture on the Magna Carta project yesterday!

  6. Oh, excited tho, got sessions confirmed! My paper is Tues 9am w/ David Crouch & , & chairing 9am Weds

  7. "When the sarcophagus is full, we don't put another corpse in". Medieval proverbs are great.

  8. "One more lamprey couldn't hurt... aarggh!" King Henry I died 1100 after ignoring doctor's orders:

  9. 1 Dec 1135 Death of Henry I, last son of the Conqueror, aged 68 after 35 years as king, sparking The Anarchy.

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  10. 1 Dec 1241 Death of Isabella of England, daughter of King John, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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  11. Congrats to whose King John has been named on list of best books of 2015!

  12. Ahora en el Prof. David Carpenter habla sobre en su 800 Aniversario

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  13. "MagnaCarta has become the most important document for constitutions" Prof. David Carpenter en

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  14. A multi-lingual chancery in action from Sicily, 1190; scribes working in Arabic, Latin and Greek. Bern BB 120.

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  15. 1290, Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I, died. Edward erected the Eleanor Crosses in her memory.

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  16. Another wonderful Lyon coin: rare 7th-c. Anglo-Saxon solidus, mounted as a brooch

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  17. If Stephen Langton had an iPhone, he would definitely be rocking this cover

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  18. Off later today (David Carpenter writes) to fly Magna Carta flag in Mexico!

  19. Last week I did a podcast about King John's siege of Rochester Castle for .

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