Medieval History
- Embroideries 'worth Millions' Found During London House Clearance
A house clearer brought in to remove "junk" from a messy flat discovered two beautiful embroideries believed to date back to medieval times and worth "millions of pounds". Ian Spencer paid £5,000 for the right to clear a wealthy American woman's...
- Dirty, Smelly Barbarians
So, in a recent New Yorker (yes, I am a sterotype -- an academic who reads The New Yorker) there's a review of David Levering Lewis' God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by Joan Acocella. Oh, where to begin? I just don't...
- Memory And Medievalism
Volume XV of Studies in Medievalism, expertly edited by Karl Fugelso, centers on the topic of Memory and Medievalism. It contains the following contributions: From Cabaret to Lecture Hall: Medieval Song as Cultural Memory in the Performances of Yvette...
- I See You.
Peek-a-boo! Wait, did I get the order of the title and opening line mixed up? Maybe? Anyway, "I see you" is a phrase from my favourite movie of the month: Avatar. If you haven't seen it, go see it. Now. If you have seen it, go see it again. Now. Speaking...
- Oh Hi, I Almost Didn't See You There.
As-Salamu Alaykum! Ave! Guten Tag! Greetings! Etc.! Welcome dear Reader(s) to another eventful year with the MSCU (Medieval Studies Course Union for those of you who don't know that yet). This year we find ourselves with a whole new executive committee...
Medieval History
Bards Are Sexy
Dear Reader(s),
I have found a group of bards that I quite enjoy. I wish for you to know of them. Here goes:
And everyone loves madrigals. Dirty, dirty madrigals from the 1500's. Dirty, dirty, dirty:
And this is simply far too amusing to not mention it here. The actor Christopher Lee (Count Dooku/Saruman) is making a heavy/symphonic metal tribute to his ancestor, the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne!
Well dear Reader(s), that's all folks.
- Embroideries 'worth Millions' Found During London House Clearance
A house clearer brought in to remove "junk" from a messy flat discovered two beautiful embroideries believed to date back to medieval times and worth "millions of pounds". Ian Spencer paid £5,000 for the right to clear a wealthy American woman's...
- Dirty, Smelly Barbarians
So, in a recent New Yorker (yes, I am a sterotype -- an academic who reads The New Yorker) there's a review of David Levering Lewis' God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by Joan Acocella. Oh, where to begin? I just don't...
- Memory And Medievalism
Volume XV of Studies in Medievalism, expertly edited by Karl Fugelso, centers on the topic of Memory and Medievalism. It contains the following contributions: From Cabaret to Lecture Hall: Medieval Song as Cultural Memory in the Performances of Yvette...
- I See You.
Peek-a-boo! Wait, did I get the order of the title and opening line mixed up? Maybe? Anyway, "I see you" is a phrase from my favourite movie of the month: Avatar. If you haven't seen it, go see it. Now. If you have seen it, go see it again. Now. Speaking...
- Oh Hi, I Almost Didn't See You There.
As-Salamu Alaykum! Ave! Guten Tag! Greetings! Etc.! Welcome dear Reader(s) to another eventful year with the MSCU (Medieval Studies Course Union for those of you who don't know that yet). This year we find ourselves with a whole new executive committee...