Foundations
Volumes 1 to 3 were published, six issues per volume, at 6-monthly intervals between 2003-2011. They are available as PDF downloads on open access.
Click links to view: Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Subsequent volumes have been published annually and can be accessed by clicking the volume numbers below, displayed in reverse order with most recent first. To download and/or print individual articles please select the "PDF version" button near the top of each article.
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Foundations Volume 15
Online edition, published November 2022
Public domain image downloaded from World History Encyclopedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8257/monk-working-in-scriptorium/
Foundations Volume 11
Online edition, published May 2019
Link to cover picture: Hywel Dda/Hywel the Good
Foundations Volume 10
Online edition, published June 2018
Link to cover picture: Durham castle and cathedral
Foundations Volume 9
Online edition, published June 2017
Link to cover picture: Lothar III, Holy Roman Emperor
Foundations Volume 8
Online edition, published May 2016
Link to cover picture: William Dugdale, 17th-century English antiquary and herald
Foundations Volume 7
This volume is now on open access and anyone can view or download articles.
Battle of Bannockburn, 1314, from the Holkham Bible
(public domain image from Wikipedia).
Foundations Volume 6
This volume is now on open access and anyone can view or download articles.
Coronation of an English king
(temp Edward II)
[an illustration from The Ancestor, vol.1 (1902) 150.
from MS M20 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]
Foundations Volume 5
This volume is now on open access and anyone can view or download articles.
The east end of Gisborough Priory, Yorkshire
Founded in 1119 by Robert de Brus, the original Romanesque building was destroyed by fire in the late 13th century. The present ruins date from the 14th century.
See the article "Keeping it in the family" by Rosie Bevan, in this issue.
Foundations Volume 4
This volume is now on open access and anyone can view or download articles.
Detail from the 13th century reliquary of St Gertrude at Nivelles Abbey, Belgium.
The original was destroyed by a bomb in 1940. Remnants are on display at Nivelles.
After the war a gold and silver replica was commissioned from goldsmith William Ibens
and presented to the abbey.
The two figures are St John (L) and St Agatha(R) with the sword.
See the article "From Theophanu to St Margaret" in this journal.
Photograph © copyright IRPA-KIK, Brussels