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"The Lion"

 


"The Lion" magazine, which we publish three times a year, contains articles on Churches and battle sites, music, cookery and the culture of the thirteenth century, topics of interest to social and political historians plus details of all the Society's meeting dates and events.  Even if you cannot get to all of our meetings, walks and talks we have been reliably informed that "The Lion" magazine is worth the annual subscription on its own
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"This Lion's Cubs" (below) provides access to a selection of articles from back issues of "The Lion".  The articles are reproduced her with the permission of their authors and copyright remains with them or with The Simon de Montfort Society.  Click on a  link and you will be taken to that article which you can read or download (for reasonable personal use). 
 

Thirteenth Century Music

bulletThe thirteenth century falls within the period of classical music generally labelled “medieval music” a period that covered the earliest expressions of Western classical music between, roughly, 1000 AD and 1400 AD...

- by David Snowden  

 

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Hildegard von Bingen

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My little note on medieval music in the last “Lion” seems to have aroused some interest.  In particular, I have been asked to say something more about Hildegard von Bingen who was born at Bockelheim on the Nahe in 1098 and who died on the Rupertsberg near Bingen in 1179...

- by David Snowden

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Thomas Cantilupe

bulletThomas Cantilupe was the last Englishman canonized before the Reformation...

- by David Snowden

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Last updated: 11 February 2010.