The Musings of a Gentleman Historian

Interesting Medieval Lives:

Jean de Lamouilly, a Disgruntled Military Engineer in the Early Fourteenth Century

Oct 15 • 

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The Developing State: The Office of Coroner, 1194

Historical fiction can be a window for people to explore the past.

Oct 8 • 

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July 2025

The Developing State: Representation in the English Parliament, 1365

For the first posts in this series, see here and here.

Jul 13 • 

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Spencer Perceval: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

While I have embarked on this Substack adventure of writing on broad historical topics, my dissertation on the Duchy of Lancaster has remained my…

Jul 12 • 

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June 2025

Putney: The Birthplace of Radical Ministers?

Over against Fulham, on the Bank of the River Thames, is situated Putney, a small village, and famous for little, but giving birth to that remarkable…

Jun 8 • 

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The Developing State

The Lord Advocate of Scotland, 1483

Jun 8 • 

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Medieval Losers

Raymond of Toulouse, the Almost King of Jerusalem, 1095-1105

Jun 1 • 

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January 2025

Medieval Losers

Æthelwold of Wessex, 899-902

Jan 28 • 

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How to be a Medieval King, Part II

The Courage and Wisdom as Qualities of Kingship

Jan 19 • 

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Medieval Losers

Duke Tassilo of Bavaria, 787-8: Charlemagne’s Shadow

Jan 12 • 

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December 2024

Medieval Losers: Those Who Lost Out in History, 500-1500

Hello all.

Dec 23, 2024 • 

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Byland, 1322

The Worst Defeat for a Medieval English King

Dec 23, 2024 • 

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