We are going back to school in this week’s edition of The Medieval Magazine.
The Long History of Teachers Complaining about Students
September 7, 2015 By
‘Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before.’
Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middle Ages
September 5, 2015 By
I ask of you greetings and money.
10 Phrases that Originated in the Middle Ages
September 5, 2015 By
Some of our most popular phrases have a long history, including some that go back to the Middle Ages.
Medieval Back-to-School Shopping List
September 3, 2015 By
In the Middle Ages, students entering university had to gather together materials, too, before they headed off to places sometimes very far from home like Oxford University, the University of Salerno, or the University of Paris. Here’s a list of five things that would be on a medieval back-to-school shopping list.
Ten Castles that Made Medieval Britain: Edinburgh Castle
September 1, 2015 By
Few indeed are those architectural legacies still remaining to us that can boast the iconic status of Edinburgh Castle, its distinctive silhouette known throughout the world, accompanied by the gently wafting of bagpipes. Far rarer still are those structures with a comparably singular influence upon the shaping of a nation.
The Medieval Magazine – Issue 31
August 31, 2015 By
This week’s issue of The Medieval Magazine takes a look at Christianity in the Middle Ages.
Consider the Source
August 30, 2015 By
I followed the link I was given and found a website that goes on and on about how brutal the medieval justice system was (with gory examples of limb-lopping and eyeball-gouging), and that people lived in fear of becoming the next victim of it. That’s when I started to get upset.
How Hagia Sophia was Built
August 30, 2015 By
Stories and legends from the Patria on how the greatest church of the Byzantine world was built
Machiavelli and Botticelli Movies to Hit the Screen in 2016
August 29, 2015 By
Machiavelli and Botticelli are set to hit screens in 2016. We sat down to chat with Italian director, Lorenzo Raveggi about his two ambitious projects.
Which Historical Era Should You Time Travel To?
August 25, 2015 By
Ever wonder when in time you should visit? Find out here!
Ten Castles that Made Medieval Britain: Dunstanburgh Castle
August 25, 2015 By
Few ambitions were ever so grand or manifestos so proudly proclaimed as those writ into the walls of Dunstanburgh Castle. The power of such fortifications wasn’t just limited to their considerable heft but was rooted in their role as the stronghold and home of the great men and women of the age
The Medieval Magazine – Issue 30
August 25, 2015 By
Medieval Pilgrimages / Robin Hood / The Middle Ages and Feminism / Archaeologists fight to preserve English battlefield
The Medieval Magazine – Issue 29
August 24, 2015 By
Pennsic: For Two Weeks, a Medieval Kingdom in Pennsylvania / The Evil Spirit that Terrorized a Medieval Village / What is a Psalter?
Questions and Answers with Alcuin
August 23, 2015 By
What are teeth? – The millstones of our biting.
How a Medieval Bed Should Look Like
August 23, 2015 By
One of the most important pieces of a furniture in the medieval home was the bed – it would not only be the place to sleep and have sex, but also where one would give birth and often where people would have their last moments.
Medieval Pilgrimages: It’s All About the Journey
August 20, 2015 By
For medieval people, faith was more than just an abstract idea, it was tangible in the works they made to glorify God, and the relics they could see with their own eyes. An integral part of this tangible form of faith was the pilgrimage: a spiritual journey to visit a holy site.
If You Had Married King Henry VIII…….What Would Your Fate Have Been?
August 19, 2015 By
Is it off with your head? or do you stand a chance of surviving?
Motte and Bailey Castle for Sale in Wales
August 19, 2015 By
The remains of a 13th-century Motte and Bailey castle has been put up for sale together with a fully renovated five bedroomed farmhouse, gardens, stream and wood for £650,000
5 Fun Facts About Robin Hood
August 17, 2015 By
Robin Hood has enthralled generations of readers and movie goers. This English outlaw-hero has become of symbol of freedom against tyranny, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. But who was Robin Hood? How much is grounded in myth and how much is reality?
Touching the Past: The Hand and the Medieval Book
August 17, 2015 By
Touching the Past: The Hand and the Medieval Book invites visitors to get in touch. Well, not literally since we’re discussing medieval manuscripts, but the exhibition wants viewers to consider the tactile side of books and manuscripts
Ten Castles that Made Medieval Britain: Bamburgh Castle
August 17, 2015 By
Windswept and interesting, the spectacle of the venerable old man of Northumbria, Bamburgh Castle, cannot help but stoke the imagination.
The Arrow of Sherwood by Lauren Johnson
August 16, 2015 By
My book review of Robin Hood tale, Arrow of Sherwood by Lauren Johnson.
The Evil Spirit that Terrorized a Medieval Village
August 16, 2015 By
Today’s horror movies could make use of this story from the ninth-century, of how an evil spirit terrorized a village, and the attempt to get rid of it, which seems to be one of the earliest recorded exorcisms from the Middle Ages.
How to destroy gods
August 16, 2015 By
In the year 1168 a Danish bishop destroyed three pagan gods. The story is told in Gesta Danorum, by Saxo Grammaticus, which has recently been entirely translated into English for the first time.
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