Medievalists.net » Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 03:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 How to Write a Letter for a Suspicious Knight http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/how-to-write-a-letter-for-a-suspicious-knight/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/how-to-write-a-letter-for-a-suspicious-knight/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 03:11:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63040 For some were shoemakers in their own shires, some swineherds, and the man has yet to be found who would couple a girl of such noble birth to a man of ignoble origins.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/how-to-write-a-letter-for-a-suspicious-knight/feed/ 0 5 Things to Pack in Your Medieval First Aid Kit http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/5-things-to-pack-in-your-medieval-first-aid-kit/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/5-things-to-pack-in-your-medieval-first-aid-kit/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 02:39:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63035 Here are five things that would have been a handy part of a medieval 'first aid kit' and that (incidentally) science is slowly proving can still be counted on to work in a pinch.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/5-things-to-pack-in-your-medieval-first-aid-kit/feed/ 0 The Impact of Holy Land Crusades on State Formation: War Mobilization, Trade Integration and Political Development in Medieval Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/the-impact-of-holy-land-crusades-on-state-formation-war-mobilization-trade-integration-and-political-development-in-medieval-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/the-impact-of-holy-land-crusades-on-state-formation-war-mobilization-trade-integration-and-political-development-in-medieval-europe/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:56:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63031 This paper argues that crusader mobilization had important implications for European state formation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/the-impact-of-holy-land-crusades-on-state-formation-war-mobilization-trade-integration-and-political-development-in-medieval-europe/feed/ 0 Medievalism and Exoticism in the Music of Dead Can Dance http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/medievalism-and-exoticism-in-the-music-of-dead-can-dance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/medievalism-and-exoticism-in-the-music-of-dead-can-dance/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:37:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63027 In 1991, the alternative rock band Dead Can Dance released an album that caught the attention of music reviewers by constructing an aural allegiance to the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/medievalism-and-exoticism-in-the-music-of-dead-can-dance/feed/ 0 Writing History in a Paperless World: Archives of the Future http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2015 01:09:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63023 The question I want to pose here concerns the form of archives that will be available to the historians of the early twenty-first century. Or put differently – what will be left behind of the contemporary present in lieu of paper for the future historians?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/writing-history-in-a-paperless-world-archives-of-the-future/feed/ 0 Tall Tales: The Trouble with Tours http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/tall-tales-the-trouble-with-tours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/tall-tales-the-trouble-with-tours/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:19:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63016 Tours. They can be great, or they can be cringeworthy and rife with misinformation. A great tour guide knows how to add a flourish or two to a story to keep the audience engaged and the history interesting. A bad tour guide invents things and hopes there isn’t a historian in the audience dismayed by the falsehoods they’re spreading to unwitting listeners...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/tall-tales-the-trouble-with-tours/feed/ 0 Of Wilderness, Forest, and Garden: An Eco-Theory of Genre in Middle English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/of-wilderness-forest-and-garden-an-eco-theory-of-genre-in-middle-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/of-wilderness-forest-and-garden-an-eco-theory-of-genre-in-middle-english-literature/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2015 05:42:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63010 I posit that the components of the environment play a role in the deployment of the narrative by shaping the characters and influencing the action.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/05/of-wilderness-forest-and-garden-an-eco-theory-of-genre-in-middle-english-literature/feed/ 0 Europe’s Many Worlds and Their Global Interconnections http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/europes-many-worlds-and-their-global-interconnections/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/europes-many-worlds-and-their-global-interconnections/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63006 First, I will discuss the three Europes of the Middle Ages: the tri-continental Mediterranean-centred World, the Northern World originating in Scandinavia, and the intermediate Europe north of the Alpine mountains and south of the Baltic Sea.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/europes-many-worlds-and-their-global-interconnections/feed/ 0 Manuscript fragments bear ‘striking resemblance to The Book of Kells’ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/manuscript-fragments-bear-striking-resemblance-to-the-book-of-kells/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/manuscript-fragments-bear-striking-resemblance-to-the-book-of-kells/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:32:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=63001 Fragments of a medieval manuscript hidden in the spine of a book for hundreds of years could shed new light on Ireland's greatest cultural treasure, The Book of Kells.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/04/manuscript-fragments-bear-striking-resemblance-to-the-book-of-kells/feed/ 0 Medieval Castle for Sale in France: Chateau d’Avezan http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/medieval-castle-for-sale-in-france-chateau-davezan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/medieval-castle-for-sale-in-france-chateau-davezan/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 04:57:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62993 This 13th century castle in southern France is on sale for 950 000 €

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