New Books on the Middle Ages
From castles to healthcare, and maps to poetry – six new books on the Middle Ages.
King Edmund Ironside
It was the early eleventh century and England was being overrun by Vikings. Parts of the country were in the hands of the Danes and they were trying to acquire more…
Microhistory and the Big Picture
Microhistory draws us in with stories of compelling people, and teaches us more about history along the way. Done well, it can be the best of both worlds.
Researchers reveal medieval drawings erased centuries ago
One of the Wales’s most important medieval manuscripts is throwing up ghosts from the past after new research and imaging work revealed eerie faces and lines of verse which had previously been erased from history.
‘Segja Hvaða!’: Insults in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
Often, a single case of níð will fulfill two of these purposes. In the end, they come down to achieving power and station through language, whether spoken or physical.
De Valette’s Battlesword
This Hospitaller sword is shrouded in mystery, but it is well known and it is, in any case, still in Malta.
Interview: Ben Miles on playing Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall
Was there ever a time that Thomas Cromwell, lord privy seal of England in the reign of Henry VIII, was not front and center in the culture?
Getty Museum opens Renaissance Splendors of the Northern Italian Courts exhibition
The J. Paul Getty Museum has opened its newest exhibition – Renaissance Splendors of the Northern Italian Courts – which brings together 25 works including illuminated manuscripts, paintings and drawings that showcases the beautiful artistic production taking place in cities such as Milan and Ferrara during the 15th century.