MONTFORT » History Discussion http://simon-de-montfort.com The Founder of Parliament Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:20:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 King Lear’s Town – A Little History of the City of Leicester http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/king-lear%e2%80%99s-town-a-little-history-of-the-city-of-leicester/ http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/king-lear%e2%80%99s-town-a-little-history-of-the-city-of-leicester/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:20:40 +0000 Katherine http://simon-de-montfort.com/?p=1662 I’ve got another article over at at the English Historical Fiction Authors website on the history of the City of Leicester.

The city’s colorful history didn’t begin when Henry III granted Simon de Montfort VI the Earldom, however.  I’ve presented the reader with a good deal of background from the time of the conquest of England by the Angles and Saxons.  Evidence suggests that it was also the site of the castle of King Lear.

Click here to read the article.

Enjoy! And feel free to post comments here at on my blog.

- Katherine

 

]]> http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/king-lear%e2%80%99s-town-a-little-history-of-the-city-of-leicester/feed/ 0 Mysteries, Miracles and Tableaux: Early Theater in England http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/early-theater-in-england/ http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/early-theater-in-england/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:29:17 +0000 Katherine http://simon-de-montfort.com/?p=1522 I’ve written an article on the beginnings of English theater. Please read my latest post at the English Historical Fiction Authors website by clicking here .

Enjoy! And feel free to post comments here at on my blog.

- Katherine

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]]> http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/new-interview-with-katherine-posted/feed/ 0 An Alchemist, an Earl and the Stupor Mundi: the cannon and gunpowder in 13th century Europe, with a nod to Tess of the D’Urbervilles. http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/an-alchemist-an-earl-and-the-stupor-mundi-the-cannon-and-gunpowder-in-13th-century-europe-with-a-nod-to-tess-of-the-d%e2%80%99urbervilles/ http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/an-alchemist-an-earl-and-the-stupor-mundi-the-cannon-and-gunpowder-in-13th-century-europe-with-a-nod-to-tess-of-the-d%e2%80%99urbervilles/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:54:54 +0000 Katherine http://simon-de-montfort.com/?p=1412 I’ve written an article on the earliest European military use of gunpowder and cannon.  Please read my latest post at the English Historical Fiction Authors website by clicking here .

Enjoy!  And feel free to post comments here at on my blog.

- Katherine

]]> http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/an-alchemist-an-earl-and-the-stupor-mundi-the-cannon-and-gunpowder-in-13th-century-europe-with-a-nod-to-tess-of-the-d%e2%80%99urbervilles/feed/ 1 Open Thread – Montfort’s Descendants and Genealogy http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/open-thread-genealogy/ http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/open-thread-genealogy/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:54:02 +0000 admin http://simon-de-montfort.com/?p=978 Please feel free to add to our knowledge, or comment on the subject. This is an open thread.

– Katherine

]]> http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/open-thread-genealogy/feed/ 15 8th centennial? http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/8th-centennial/ http://simon-de-montfort.com/historical-references/8th-centennial/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:14:38 +0000 admin http://simon-de-montfort.com/uncategorized/8th-centenniel/ Was Simon de Montfort born in 1209? Most historians lean toward that date. He would have been twenty or twenty-one when he arrived in England: at the point of coming of age if he had been in wardship. I don’t think it was his “coming of age,” but rather his brother Amaury’s disqualification for the inheritance when he was made Marshall of France, that prompted Simon’s arrival to press the family claim on the earldom of Leicester. My own view is he was probably born around 1213. Let’s hope that by 2013 the founder of modern democracy will be well enough known to have a splendidly happy birthday celebration.

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