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U of C boasts medieval bestseller
Beowulf: A hero for our times
U. South Carolina: Beowulf at U. South Carolina exhibit coincides with
new movie
Young Vikings help to make their vessel shipshape
Archeologists Discovered a 10th Century Tomb in Pskov
15th-century castle reopens to the public
- Tomb Believed To Have Held 7th-century Empress's Granddaughter Discovered In Nara
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a tomb here thought to have been the burial place of the granddaughter of Empress Saimei (594-661), the local board of education has announced. The tomb was discovered during excavation work around the nearby...
- Medieval Castle, Shipwreck And Chapel Found In Poland
Three important archaeological discoveries were announced in Poland last month, which includes a castle and chapel which were built in the era the Piast Dynsasty, and a shipwreck, which dates from the end of the Middle Ages. Archeologists have found...
- Bellerophon To Beowulf To Batman: The Image Of The Hero
Related to (and partially inspired by) an earlier discussion on what heroism is, I'm putting on an event (titled above) at Virginia Tech in early November to discuss changing images of the hero across time and space. I'm looking forward to it....
- Medievally Speaking Reviews: Alfgar's Stories From Beowulf
Please find A. Keith Kelly's review of: Edward L. Risden, Alfgar's Stories from Beowulf (Witan Publishing, 2013), at Medievally Speaking. The review was curated by Leah Haught. Revisiting the Middle Ages in order to find...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...
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U of C boasts medieval bestseller
Beowulf: A hero for our times
U. South Carolina: Beowulf at U. South Carolina exhibit coincides with
new movie
Young Vikings help to make their vessel shipshape
Archeologists Discovered a 10th Century Tomb in Pskov
15th-century castle reopens to the public
- Tomb Believed To Have Held 7th-century Empress's Granddaughter Discovered In Nara
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a tomb here thought to have been the burial place of the granddaughter of Empress Saimei (594-661), the local board of education has announced. The tomb was discovered during excavation work around the nearby...
- Medieval Castle, Shipwreck And Chapel Found In Poland
Three important archaeological discoveries were announced in Poland last month, which includes a castle and chapel which were built in the era the Piast Dynsasty, and a shipwreck, which dates from the end of the Middle Ages. Archeologists have found...
- Bellerophon To Beowulf To Batman: The Image Of The Hero
Related to (and partially inspired by) an earlier discussion on what heroism is, I'm putting on an event (titled above) at Virginia Tech in early November to discuss changing images of the hero across time and space. I'm looking forward to it....
- Medievally Speaking Reviews: Alfgar's Stories From Beowulf
Please find A. Keith Kelly's review of: Edward L. Risden, Alfgar's Stories from Beowulf (Witan Publishing, 2013), at Medievally Speaking. The review was curated by Leah Haught. Revisiting the Middle Ages in order to find...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...