Medieval History
When Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye was a schoolgirl, growing up in the suburbs outside Paris, she fell in love with history. More precisely, she fell in love with the history of the Middle Ages. It was a double attraction, she says: to the science, "to try to know precisely what happened, how it happened, in what context"; and to history's imaginative qualities.
"I have always been interested in fantasy and imagination, and the Middle Ages is a wonderful period for that," she says. "There was the invention of romance at that time, and so many other things. It's a false approach to think that the Middle Ages is above all a religious period. It is, certainly, but it's also other things."
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- Violent Knights Feared Posttraumatic Stress
Medieval knights are often depicted as bloodthirsty men who enjoyed killing. But that is a completely wrong picture, new research shows. The knights did not kill just because they wanted to, but because it was their job ? precisely like soldiers today....
- Shiloh Carroll And Renée Ward Join Editorial Team At The Year's Work In Medievalism
It is my distinct pleasure to announce that Ed Risden and I have finalized our international search for an assistant editor for The Year's Work in Medievalism. We received a good number of applications and expressions of interest from well-qualified...
- Traveling Through Texts In / To The Middle Ages
South Atlantic MLA Convention, Durham NC, November 9-11, 2012: Traveling through Texts in / to the Middle Ages (DEADLINE EXTENDED) Writers of the Middle Ages frequently wrote about travels?their own or someone else?s?as a way to bring their contemporary...
- South Atlantic Mla Convention
South Atlantic MLA Convention, Durham NC, November 9-11, 2012: Traveling through Texts in / to the Middle Ages Writers of the Middle Ages frequently wrote about travels?their own or someone else?s?as a way to bring their contemporary readers to distant,...
- Informal Cfp: Ssbma
This session is sponsored by the Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages. The focus of the session is on connecting biblical exegesis to other genres. The time frame is the whole middle ages, but personally I would like to see it end up...
Medieval History
Putting romance into the Middle Ages
When Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye was a schoolgirl, growing up in the suburbs outside Paris, she fell in love with history. More precisely, she fell in love with the history of the Middle Ages. It was a double attraction, she says: to the science, "to try to know precisely what happened, how it happened, in what context"; and to history's imaginative qualities.
"I have always been interested in fantasy and imagination, and the Middle Ages is a wonderful period for that," she says. "There was the invention of romance at that time, and so many other things. It's a false approach to think that the Middle Ages is above all a religious period. It is, certainly, but it's also other things."
Click here to read this article from the Australian
- Violent Knights Feared Posttraumatic Stress
Medieval knights are often depicted as bloodthirsty men who enjoyed killing. But that is a completely wrong picture, new research shows. The knights did not kill just because they wanted to, but because it was their job ? precisely like soldiers today....
- Shiloh Carroll And Renée Ward Join Editorial Team At The Year's Work In Medievalism
It is my distinct pleasure to announce that Ed Risden and I have finalized our international search for an assistant editor for The Year's Work in Medievalism. We received a good number of applications and expressions of interest from well-qualified...
- Traveling Through Texts In / To The Middle Ages
South Atlantic MLA Convention, Durham NC, November 9-11, 2012: Traveling through Texts in / to the Middle Ages (DEADLINE EXTENDED) Writers of the Middle Ages frequently wrote about travels?their own or someone else?s?as a way to bring their contemporary...
- South Atlantic Mla Convention
South Atlantic MLA Convention, Durham NC, November 9-11, 2012: Traveling through Texts in / to the Middle Ages Writers of the Middle Ages frequently wrote about travels?their own or someone else?s?as a way to bring their contemporary readers to distant,...
- Informal Cfp: Ssbma
This session is sponsored by the Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages. The focus of the session is on connecting biblical exegesis to other genres. The time frame is the whole middle ages, but personally I would like to see it end up...