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Portrait of King John from Matthew Paris's Histori...
Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1200-99One of the most significant works by Matthew Paris (1200–59), author, illuminator and monk of St Albans Abbey, is the Hi...
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Psalter with the Hours of the Virgin Mary
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 13th centuryThe 20 full-page illuminations at the beginning of this Psalter form one of the most outstanding prefatory cycles to sur...
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Rochester Bestiary
Manuscript Created date: c. 1230Bestiaries, or ‘Books of beasts’, provide an account of the characteristics and habits of a variety of animals, both rea...
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The poisoning of King John and coronation of King...
Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1200-99King John was taken ill in October 1216, having suffered an attack of dysentery, and he died at Newark, Nottinghamshire,...
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The siege of Lincoln Castle and battle of Sandwich
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99At the time of King John’s death, England had descended into civil war. Following the papal annulment of Magna Carta, th...
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The Unknown Charter
Manuscript, Charter Created date: 1200-99Throughout the winter of 1214–15, means were sought to restrain the king and to preserve the peace. At some point, perha...
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Verse account of Magna Carta in the Chronicle of M...
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99One of the earliest accounts of the settlement reached at Runnymede is found in the Chronicle of Melrose Abbey. Melrose...
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