Medieval History
Return of Medieval News
I, for some unexplained reason not clear to myself, haven't been posting Medieval news headlines here of late. But I begin to do so again here. Here's the headlines of the past week as I know them:
our Courts Press founder who was 'a model of publishing integrity':
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2009/0221/1224241576659.html
Skeleton of village 'witch' to be re-buried:
http://www.kent-online.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=58107
Archeology team examine medieval village:
http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/4153997.Archaeology_team_examine_medieval_village/
Old soles: 800-year-old shoe soles yield clues about preservation of
leather: http://www.physorg.com/news155407868.html
Battle over claim of Bannockburn corpse looting:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5827567.ece
Assault on Cologne's historical core:
http://www.welt.de/english-news/article3331556/Assault-on-Colognes-historical-core.html
Proof of ancient Malaysian civilization found :
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/malaysia.iron.civilisation.find/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Construction workers in Aztec discover centuries-old bones:
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_11823169?source=most_viewed
A Prize for Solving Charlemagne?s Puzzle:
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/a-prize-for-solving-charlemagnes-puzzle/
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Of Interest
Dictionary of Old English gets a bit of coverage. Pass it along to all and sundry: http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2010-01/OldEnglish.html...
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International Conference On Dublin Core And Metadata Applications (dc 2009)
International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2009) This year?s International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2009) is a month away. The theme of DC 2009 is Semantic Interoperability of Linked Data. The...
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Sasmars Newsletter Number 3
SASMARS Newsletter Number 3 for 2009 has been posted to http://sasmarsnewsletter.blogspot.com/. It contains 1. A number of calls for papers posted recently to various websites and discussion forums 2. Books and Journals 3. News from the Royal Historical...
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2009 International Medieval Congress At Leeds Online Program
The programme of the 2009 International Medieval Congress at Leeds (13.-16. July) is now available online at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2009.html Information about registration and the Registration Form are available here: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/imc2009/registration.html...
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Skelton Stiff Leaf
Shortly after writing my recent post on stiff-leaf and posting a photo of the stiff leaf on the doorway at Skelton St Giles near York, I came across the following article. http://www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/news-from-the-diocese-of-york/01384.html...
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