Medieval History
As-Salamu Alaykum! Ave! Guten Tag! Greetings! Etc.!
- A Request For Help
This will be a short post. This Summer, I have the privilege of being a Visiting Professor with the Religion und Politik Exzellenzcluster at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. I'll be giving a couple of talks on my research...
- Introductions
Good afternoon, kids.I am Sadie, the new blog queen for the Medieval Studies Course Union. Contain your excitement! Well, since I'm new here, I figured I'd post a horrific article from a less than reputable source. Exciting! Trustworthy(?)!...
- 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...
- Late New Year's Resolutions
Any of the people who still visit this blog will have noticed a distinct lack of updates in the past few months. Today, however, is the dawn of a new day. Dear reader(s), you are about to witness the revival of this blog. For too long we have existed...
- Mscu General Meeting
On Thursday October 2nd starting at 4:00 pm in Clearihue A304 the MSCU will be holding its first general meeting of the year. Q. What is a general meeting? A. General meetings are open to all students who are interested in the MSCU. At this meeting...
Medieval History
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 and, you may have guessed it by now, a new blogger here on Florilegium. This is the first blog I've ever had so please, bear with me as I try and figure out what I'm doing. (Man, what have I signed up for?!)
I would like to extend my thanks to our previous blogger who is heading off to York University (yeah, the English one) for the awesome work that he's done with this thing. I have some pretty big shoes to fill it would seem.
So, I did some research about bloggers the other day, and this is what I found out:
"Bloggers were invented ca. 300AD, and were originally called 'monks.' Like their distant descendents, monks had shitty haircuts, and never got laid."
OIVÉ!
Man, now I'm really sewered! My hair's not THAT bad, is it? Okay, maybe it's pretty bad.
So, October fifth, some pretty exciting stuff have happened on the fifths of October in medieval history! Check this stuff out:
-610: Coronation of Byzantin Emperor Heraclius
-869: The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened.
-1143: King Alfonso VII of Leon recognizes Portugal as a Kingdom.
-1582: because of the Gregorian calendar...this day doesn't exist in Italy, Poland, Portugal, or Spain!
Okay, that last one is pretty awesome.
Well, I've got a few ideas set up for this blog for this year, but I want you, dear Reader(s), to tell me what you would like to see more of on this blog. Y'know, just post a comment on here or something. That'd be sweet.
Well, it's off to the land of sweet slumber for I, so I wish you, dear Reader(s), the best of sleep and some really interesting dreams of lions, witches, and bears, oh no!
Sincerely,
The New MSCU Florilegium Blogger Guy*
*Yeah, I'll think up a better name later. C'mon, cut me some slack! It's my first post ever!
- A Request For Help
This will be a short post. This Summer, I have the privilege of being a Visiting Professor with the Religion und Politik Exzellenzcluster at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. I'll be giving a couple of talks on my research...
- Introductions
Good afternoon, kids.I am Sadie, the new blog queen for the Medieval Studies Course Union. Contain your excitement! Well, since I'm new here, I figured I'd post a horrific article from a less than reputable source. Exciting! Trustworthy(?)!...
- 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...
- Late New Year's Resolutions
Any of the people who still visit this blog will have noticed a distinct lack of updates in the past few months. Today, however, is the dawn of a new day. Dear reader(s), you are about to witness the revival of this blog. For too long we have existed...
- Mscu General Meeting
On Thursday October 2nd starting at 4:00 pm in Clearihue A304 the MSCU will be holding its first general meeting of the year. Q. What is a general meeting? A. General meetings are open to all students who are interested in the MSCU. At this meeting...