Medievalists.net » 2012 Books http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Book Review: Drout’s Quick and Easy Old English http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/17/book-review-drouts-quick-and-easy-old-english/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/17/book-review-drouts-quick-and-easy-old-english/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:23:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59038 It may seem a little incredible that anyone would need a textbook to learn an older version of his or her mother tongue, but learning Old English (Anglo-Saxon) takes some time and effort – and a good textbook.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/17/book-review-drouts-quick-and-easy-old-english/feed/ 0 The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/23/the-saint-who-would-be-santa-claus-the-true-life-and-trials-of-nicholas-of-myra/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/23/the-saint-who-would-be-santa-claus-the-true-life-and-trials-of-nicholas-of-myra/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2013 04:38:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46007 Around the fourth century in what is now Turkey, a boy of humble circumstance became a man revered for his many virtues.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/23/the-saint-who-would-be-santa-claus-the-true-life-and-trials-of-nicholas-of-myra/feed/ 0 Medieval Geopolitics: An interview with Andrew Latham http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/medieval-geopolitics-an-interview-with-andrew-latham/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/medieval-geopolitics-an-interview-with-andrew-latham/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 20:11:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45525 Was there such a thing as International Relations in the Middle Ages?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/medieval-geopolitics-an-interview-with-andrew-latham/feed/ 0 How to be a party-crasher in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/09/how-to-be-a-party-crasher-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/09/how-to-be-a-party-crasher-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:13:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41534 I'm the one who saved you the trouble of sending an invitation!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/09/how-to-be-a-party-crasher-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Dunluce Castle: History and Archaeology http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/26/dunluce-castle-history-and-archaeology/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/26/dunluce-castle-history-and-archaeology/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:01:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40123 Dunluce Castle, dramatically positioned on cliffs that plunge straight into the sea, was for centuries at the centre of a maritime lordship encompassing north Ulster and the Western Isles of Scotland.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/26/dunluce-castle-history-and-archaeology/feed/ 0 Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/10/unmarriages-women-men-and-sexual-unions-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/10/unmarriages-women-men-and-sexual-unions-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:08:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38640 The Middle Ages are often viewed as a repository of tradition, yet what we think of as traditional marriage was far from the only available alternative to the single state in medieval Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/10/unmarriages-women-men-and-sexual-unions-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 L’Anse aux Meadows was a ‘temporary base camp’ for the Vikings in North America, study finds http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/lanse-aux-meadows-was-a-temporary-base-camp-for-the-vikings-in-north-america-study-finds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/lanse-aux-meadows-was-a-temporary-base-camp-for-the-vikings-in-north-america-study-finds/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:22:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38630 A new study of the archaeological remains from the only confirmed Viking settlement in North America argues that it was never meant to be a long-term settlement. It is also very likely that it was the home to at least one Norse woman.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/09/lanse-aux-meadows-was-a-temporary-base-camp-for-the-vikings-in-north-america-study-finds/feed/ 0 Fleas, Flies, and Friars: Children’s Poetry from the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/24/fleas-flies-and-friars-childrens-poetry-from-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/24/fleas-flies-and-friars-childrens-poetry-from-the-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:49:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38279 In Fleas, Flies, and Friars, Nicholas Orme, an expert on childhood in the Middle Ages, has gathered a wide variety of children's verse that circulated in England beginning in the 1400s, providing a way for modern readers of all ages to experience the medieval world through the eyes of its children.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/the-pope-who-quit/feed/ 0 Medieval Cures from The Alphabet of Galen http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/07/medieval-cures-from-the-alphabet-of-galen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/07/medieval-cures-from-the-alphabet-of-galen/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:09:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37797 Use green mint to stop hiccups, radish to relieve aching joints and donkey dung as toothpaste! Some medieval cures from the Alphabet of Galen, the pharmacy handbook of the Middle Ages.

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