Collection items

Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII

Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 14th century

As the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope led one of the most powerful institutions of the Middle Ages, making laws t...

Neville of Hornby Hours

Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 14th century

Medieval Christian belief stated that demons were fallen angels who underwent a physical transformation to become the be...

Portrait of King John hunting

Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1300-99

This famous image shows King John, hunting on horseback in the forest. The crowned king sits on a grey horse, while his...

Statute book containing Magna Carta issued by King...

Manuscript, Charter Created date: c. 1300 - 1399

During the 13th and 14th centuries, Magna Carta was frequently copied into chronicles and collections of charters and st...

Taymouth Hours

Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 14th century

A 14th-century Book of Hours. Books of Hours were popular books of devotion during the late Middle Ages and Renaissanc...

William de la Dene, Historia Roffensis

Manuscript Created date: 1314–50

The Historia Roffensis (History of Rochester) is a biographical chronicle in Latin, written at Rochester Cathedral Prior...