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CHR_GMU: Yesterday, CHR heard from Residential Faculty Fellow Jacqueline Burek, whose talk, "Remembering the Past in Medieval Britain," guided us through Robert Mannyng's "Story of Inglande" and several richly-illustrated medieval manuscripts.
RelevantQuest: “For no man wist who was best
Nor in arms doughtiest—
Did he ordain the Round Table
That men tell of many fable.
None sat within, none sat without,
But all ever round about;
None sat first, none sat last,
But peer by peer ever cast…”
—Robert Mannyng (Gilbertine monk, 1275-1338)
thaliarchus: Revisiting Robert Mannyng’s story of the hermit and the bear. The bear makes fair cheer (of the sort, adds Mannyng, that a bear might make).
caitlinrgreen: According to Robert Mannyng in the 14thC, Æthelbald & Offa of Mercia were in fact kings of Lindissi & even Britons...! See
somequotesbot: "No thyng ys to man so dereAs wommanys love yn gode manere.A gode womman is mannys blys." - Robert Mannyng
semperpho: Heartful (adjective)
Characterized by deep emotion or sincerity of expression; genuine, sincere, heartfelt.
I love archaic words. This one is Late Middle English; earliest use found in writings by Robert Mannyng (1275-1338), poet and historian.
Stylisticienne: Robert Mannyng disapproves of women yellowishly, their blonde hair hidden under fabric dyed with saffron supposedly being a sign of vanity:
‘Wymples, kerchyves, saffrund betyde,
Yelugh under yelugh they hyde’
MiloMind62: @bardonthewire I’ve only just come to learn of the phrase ‘The Matter of England’ through reading Robert Mannyng and your reply....,
Stylisticienne: "Now most I nede leve here of Inglis for to write,
I had no more matere of kynges lif in scrite [in writing];"
(Robert Mannyng)
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RealPlotBot: Book idea: The Ordeal: Robert Mannyng, The Robot Kit & The China White Interdependence Incident.
thaliarchus: EXPIRED: Sin - The Seven Deadly Sins
TIRED: Dei Ecchi Ei
WIRED: Handlyng Synne, by Robert Mannyng of Brunne
CeSMABirmingham: The chronicle of Robert Mannyng anticipates Wyntoun's comments in his prologue, suggesting a cross-border conversation.
lauravarnam: (Hit me up if you're interested in reading about the representation of the church in Robert Mannyng's Handlyng Synn...
lauravarnam: Delighted that my essay on Robert Mannyng's Handlyng Synne and church architecture has been accepted for publication Ÿ˜€
KasteelVrouwtje: Lincoln Castle. According to the chronicler Robert Mannyng, in the 14th century you could see the huge rock that Ha...
