Medievalists.net » Late Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 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/2015/11/30/review-the-ballad-of-robin-hood/feed/ 0 Agincourt 600 Celebrated with Pomp and Pageantry at Westminster Abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/30/agincourt-600-celebrated-with-pomp-and-pageantry-at-westminster-abbey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/30/agincourt-600-celebrated-with-pomp-and-pageantry-at-westminster-abbey/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:11:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62126 600 years ago, the bells of Westminster Abbey rang out as word arrived in London that Henry V had defeated the French in Agincourt. 600 years later to the very day, the bells pealed out again to commemorate a medieval battle where the English were vastly outnumbered but still came home victorious.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/30/agincourt-600-celebrated-with-pomp-and-pageantry-at-westminster-abbey/feed/ 0 Celebrating Agincourt 600 at the Wallace Collection http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62036 This week, historians around the world are gearing up to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Year’s War.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/feed/ 0 Medieval Lisbon: Jerónimos Monastery http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/medieval-lisbon-jeronimos-monastery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/medieval-lisbon-jeronimos-monastery/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:54:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62002 Of the four medieval #placestosee in Lisbon, Jerónimos Monastery, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, was my favourite. The monastery is located in Belém, a suburb of Lisbon, that is famous for the 16th century monastery, as well as for its world famous pastry shop, Pastéis de Belém...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/medieval-lisbon-a-visit-to-lisbon-cathedral/feed/ 0 Szczecin: Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/szczecin-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/szczecin-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:19:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61170 My visit to Berlin included a quick stop across the border to Poland, to visit Szczecin and the Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/20/szczecin-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/feed/ 0 Machiavelli and Botticelli Movies to Hit the Screen in 2016 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/machiavelli-and-botticelli-movies-to-hit-the-screen-in-2016/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/machiavelli-and-botticelli-movies-to-hit-the-screen-in-2016/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60689 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/machiavelli-and-botticelli-movies-to-hit-the-screen-in-2016/feed/ 0 Final Month to See British Library’s Magna Carta Exhibit http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/final-month-to-see-british-librarys-magna-carta-exhibit/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/final-month-to-see-british-librarys-magna-carta-exhibit/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:35:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60145 It’s August, and summer has begun its inevitable wind down. Unfortunately, this means the British Library's spectacular exhibit, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty and Legacy is winding down as well. This is the final month to catch a glimpse of the famous 800 year old document before the exhibit comes to a close on September 1st.

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