Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John's performance as king, and his reign has since been the subject of significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century onwards.

Contemporary chroniclers argued that John had fallen deeply in love with Isabella, and John may have been motivated by desire for an apparently beautiful, if rather young, girl.

Contemporary chroniclers state that John was sinfully lustful and lacking in piety.

Contemporary German chroniclers considered this to be an abuse of power on the part of the Archbishop, which was made necessary by the existing political situation.

Contemporary chroniclers suggested that Henry argued that it would be in Stephen's own best interests to release the Empress and concentrate instead on attacking Robert, and Stephen may have seen Robert, not the Empress, as his main opponent at this point in the conflict.

Contemporary Arab and Muslim historians and chroniclers were much more interested in the second Umayyad siege of Constantinople in 718, which ended in a disastrous defeat.

Contemporary chroniclers made much of his close affinity with a succession of male favourites ; some condemned Edward for loving them " beyond measure " and " uniquely ", others explicitly referring to a " illicit and sinful union ".

Contemporary chroniclers allege that it was due to the young man's frustration that his father had given him no realm to rule, and feeling starved of funds.

Contemporary chroniclers saw this as a matter of concern ; Robert of Torigni suggested that as many as 1, 115 such castles had been built during the conflict, although this was probably an exaggeration as elsewhere he suggests an alternative figure of 126.

Contemporary chroniclers suggested that Henry argued that it would be in Stephen's own best interests to release the Empress and concentrate instead on attacking Robert, and Stephen may have seen Robert, not the Empress, as his main opponent at this point in the conflict.

Contemporary and near-contemporary chroniclers were generally negative in their attitudes towards Gaveston, blaming the royal favourite for many of the problems of the reign.

Contemporary chroniclers saw this as a matter of concern ; Robert of Torigny suggested that as many as 1, 115 such castles had been built during the conflict, although this was probably an exaggeration as elsewhere he suggests an alternative figure of 126.

Contemporary Byzantine chroniclers note with a mix of terror and fascination that the " Scandinavians were frightening both in appearance and in equipment, they attacked with reckless rage and neither cared about losing blood nor their wounds ".

Contemporary chroniclers recall the huge numbers of locusts swarming from the Wild Fields and destroying crops and grass, which forecast Tartar raids.

Contemporary chroniclers highly disagree about the personality of this king, and he portrayed both as a passive and irresolute man, as well as an eager and brave fighter.

Contemporary chroniclers such as Johann Schiltberger speak of three regions, all of which were called Bulgaria.

Contemporary records describe the paramount chief as being very tall and well built, with some of the chroniclers saying Tuaskaloosa stood a foot and a half taller than the Spaniards.

Fratus directed the videopoems into the man ( 2004 ) presented in Genoa International Poetry Festival, in Rome Contemporary Art Museum ( Macro ), catalogued in the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh and in Poets House in New York, and the slogger ( 2005 ) presented in Parco Poesia in Riccione and Ars Poetica in Bratislava.

Contemporary Greek cookery makes wide use of olive oil, vegetables and herbs, grains and bread, wine, fish, and various meats, including poultry, rabbit and pork.

Easy listening and Adult Contemporary are related formats that play largely down-tempo pop music of various styles.

Contemporary Paganism, Modern Paganism, or Neopaganism, refers to a variety of modern religious movements, particularly those influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe.

Contemporary evidence is contradictory, with several dates having been put forward by various historians.

* Contemporary charters in Latin used a number of additional styles for the Danish king Cnut ( Canute the Great, with Norway as his third realm ; 23 April 1016-12 November 1035 in Britain ) having rex Anglorum in the core plus various other titles, including rex Anglorum totiusque Brittannice orbis gubernator et rector i. e. ' king of the Angli and of all Britain governor and rector ' ( the last two in the generic sense ' ruler ')

The event ran at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art from August 13 – 15, and featured various Wilco side projects, including The Autumn Defense, Pronto, The Nels Cline Singers, and Jeff Tweedy solo.

Contemporary & avant-garde music, where different sounds are sought, will often use friction mallets ( producing squeals & harmonics ), bass bows ( producing long tones and high overtones ), and various striking implements ( wood / plastic / metal ) to produce the desired tones.

He has worked with the Contemporary Christian music band 4HIM: in 1999, his vocal was featured on the song " The Only Thing I Need ", which appeared on a ' various artists ' CD entitled Streams.

Religious music often changes to fit the times ; Contemporary Christian music, for example, uses idioms from various secular popular music styles but with religious lyrics.

Contemporary remixes are often produced in a Digital Audio Workstation ( DAW ), which allow producers to reorganize tracks and apply various effects.

Tesh currently has a nationally-syndicated radio show called the John Tesh Radio Show, which typically airs on Adult Contemporary and Classic Hits radio stations, which plays Teen-oriented Soft rock ( music, or music selected by an affiliate station themselves ), interspersed with various factoids and other information Tesh considers useful to listeners, often with topics such as health and well-being.

Contemporary accounts describe Frescobaldi as a child prodigy who was " brought through various principal cities of Italy "; he quickly gained prominence as a performer and patronage of important noblemen.

Contemporary qualitative research has been conducted from a large number of various paradigms that influence conceptual and metatheoretical concerns of legitimacy, control, data analysis, ontology, and epistemology, among others.

Contemporary slavery comes in various forms, including bonded labour, early and forced marriages, forced labor, slavery by descent, and human trafficking.

Contemporary / Modern Pilates breaks the method down into various parts and the order of the exercises varies from lesson to lesson with many changes made to the original exercises.

From the latter half of the 20th century to the present day in Western Christendom — especially in the United States and in other countries with evangelical churches — various genres of music, originally often related to pop rock, have been created under the label of Contemporary Christian Music for home-listening and concert use.

Contemporary – The NMC Songbook, various artists ( NMC )

Oakley has served for many years on the boards of various non-profit organizations in the arts and higher education, among them the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art ( MASS MoCA ), the American Council of Learned Societies ( board chair 1994-97 ), the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute ( board president 1998-2005 ), and the National Humanities Center ( board chair 2004-7 ).

In the 20th century, the stones became an important site for adherents of various forms of Contemporary Paganism, as well as for other esotericists who continue to hold magico-religious ceremonies there.

It is not to be confused with the various other Museums of Glass, such as the one in Corning, New York, as the museum focuses on Contemporary and Pacific Northwest glass-art.

Contemporary medieval writers used various terms for the buildings we would today call keeps.

Contemporary depictions like the Bayeux tapestry show them with various designs, including geometric patterns.

Some commercial stations played Contemporary Christian Music ( CCM ) for a few hours a week, but in the 1980s, as commercial and some non-commercial Christian stations evolved to Contemporary formats, Family Radio remained with a mainly traditional music format composed of choir hymns, various Gospel singing groups such as the Bill Gaither Trio, Christian college choirs, instrumental orchestral hymn renditions from conductors such as Paul Mickelson and Ralph Carmichael, vocalists such as George Beverly Shea, Frank Boggs, Doug Oldham, Mahalia Jackson, John McGill, Dave Boyer, and others, and softer urban contemporary gospel songs.