Medievalists.net » Medievalism 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 Historical Re-enactments: The Production and Design of Viking Festival Experiences http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/historical-re-enactments-the-production-and-design-of-viking-festival-experiences/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/historical-re-enactments-the-production-and-design-of-viking-festival-experiences/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:33:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62858 The main idea behind this study is to look into Viking festivals’ contents, characteristics and its concept development. Together with that we test out the Experience design model effectiveness for using in the event studies. I

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/historical-re-enactments-the-production-and-design-of-viking-festival-experiences/feed/ 0 From the Middle Ages to Modernity: The Intersecting Supernatural Worlds of Melusine and Today’s Popular Culture http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/from-the-middle-ages-to-modernity-the-intersecting-supernatural-worlds-of-melusine-and-todays-popular-culture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/from-the-middle-ages-to-modernity-the-intersecting-supernatural-worlds-of-melusine-and-todays-popular-culture/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2015 21:09:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62849 This work contains many elements common to supernatural tales of its time-shape-shifting, magic fountains and marriages between humans and fairies - yet it is also surprisingly relevant to our own age, whose popular culture is saturated with modem myths and vampire love-stories.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/28/from-the-middle-ages-to-modernity-the-intersecting-supernatural-worlds-of-melusine-and-todays-popular-culture/feed/ 0 Call for Papers: International Society of Medievalism Annual Conference http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/call-for-papers-international-society-of-medievalism-annual-conference/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/call-for-papers-international-society-of-medievalism-annual-conference/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62589 The next annual conference of the International Society of Medievalism will take place at Bamberg University and is scheduled to take place 18-20 July 2016.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/call-for-papers-international-society-of-medievalism-annual-conference/feed/ 0 Crucifix, calvary, and cross: materiality and spirituality in Great War landscapes http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/11/crucifix-calvary-and-cross-materiality-and-spirituality-in-great-war-landscapes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/11/crucifix-calvary-and-cross-materiality-and-spirituality-in-great-war-landscapes/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:16:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62454 First World War landscapes are a complex layering of commemorative materialities and spirituality, in which the past is recycled and memory perpetuated in the present.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/11/crucifix-calvary-and-cross-materiality-and-spirituality-in-great-war-landscapes/feed/ 0 Knights, Rulers, Pilgrims and Writers: Female Characters in Medieval Children’s Books http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/knights-rulers-pilgrims-and-writers-female-characters-in-medieval-childrens-books/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/knights-rulers-pilgrims-and-writers-female-characters-in-medieval-childrens-books/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:52:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62098 Female characters in modern children’s literature have been shown to be represented in a stereotypical manner, but gender in historical fiction for children has received little scholarly attention.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/knights-rulers-pilgrims-and-writers-female-characters-in-medieval-childrens-books/feed/ 0 The new knighthood: Terrorism and the medieval http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/the-new-knighthood-terrorism-and-the-medieval/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/the-new-knighthood-terrorism-and-the-medieval/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 03:51:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61680 Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik describes himself as a member of a neomedieval, underground paramilitary group known as the Knights Templar.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/the-new-knighthood-terrorism-and-the-medieval/feed/ 0 American Medievalism: Medieval Reenactment as Historical Interpretation in the United States http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/11/american-medievalism-medieval-reenactment-as-historical-interpretation-in-the-united-states/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/11/american-medievalism-medieval-reenactment-as-historical-interpretation-in-the-united-states/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2015 04:38:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61011 This thesis will examine how the Middle Ages are historically interpreted and portrayed in the United States.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/11/american-medievalism-medieval-reenactment-as-historical-interpretation-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 A clerk ther was of Rowan County also…. What the Kim Davis Case Tells Us About America’s Long Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/08/a-clerk-ther-was-of-rowan-county-also-what-the-kim-davis-case-tells-us-about-americas-long-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/08/a-clerk-ther-was-of-rowan-county-also-what-the-kim-davis-case-tells-us-about-americas-long-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:09:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60922 Have you ever thought about the relationship between the words “clerk” and “clergy”?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/08/a-clerk-ther-was-of-rowan-county-also-what-the-kim-davis-case-tells-us-about-americas-long-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Arthur Pendragon, Eco-Warrior http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/06/arthur-pendragon-eco-warrior/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/06/arthur-pendragon-eco-warrior/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2015 13:30:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60886 This essay explores the environmental agendas and ambitions that motivate John Timothy Rothwell, 'a mad biker chieftain wielding an axe,' who, claiming to be a 'post-Thatcher' King Arthur,

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/06/arthur-pendragon-eco-warrior/feed/ 0 Secret Gestures and Silent Revelations: The Disclosure of Secrets in Selected Arthurian Illuminated Manuscripts and Arthurian Films http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:17:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60713 This paper explores visual language and iconic systems central to the representation of the Arthurian cycle in thirteenth and fifteenth century Gothic illuminated manuscripts and in two Arthurian films; its focus is the theme of courtly love and crucial revelations of the secret or hidden.

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