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Popular Culture and the Middle Ages


Via our good friend, the Great Nokes, at Unlocked Wordhoard, I learn that not only does the Society for Popular Culture and the Middle Ages exist, a fact that had previously escaped me, but they have a web page/blog:
http://popularcultureandthemiddleages.org/




- Nokes On Beowulf Etc
Readers of the Great Nokes over at Unlocked Wordhoard (see our blogroll) has mentioned a piece he's written and published in the Old English Newsletter. I received my copy of OEN's latest last night and read Scott's article Beowulf: Prince...

- Ossetia's Medieval Troubles
Scott Nokes over at Unlocked Wordhoard justifiably drew attention to Jeff Spycek's recent post on the medieval roots of the current situation over Ossetia: http://www.quidplura.com/?p=209...

- Jeff Sypeck's Applied Medievalism, Cont.
Our last blog forum entry has generated a great, stimulating discussion. I hope it continues. But, I also wanted to point people to some responses elsewhere. Dr. Nokes, of Unlocked Wordhoard, now has a response up. Highly Eccentric, of The Naked Philologist,...

- Medieval Afterlives In Popular Culture
Medieval Afterlives in Popular Culture, expertly edited by Gail Ashton and Daniel T. Kline, has now been published in Palgrave's The New Middle Ages Series. Drawing from an eclectic mix of scholars from the US, UK, and Australia, Medieval...

- Mass Market Medieval
Mass Market Medieval. Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Edited by David W. Marshall (215 pages; Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007). The 13 essays in this book explore the medieval invasion of today's media and...



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