Medievalists.net » Middle Ages Unlocked 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 The Middle Ages Unlocked: Starting a Fire http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-starting-a-fire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-starting-a-fire/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:43:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59700 One very good example of misconceptions we have today about a bit of boringly daily life in medieval times is fire – or, more specifically, lighting fire.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-interview-with-gillian-polack/feed/ 0 The Middle Ages Unlocked: Medieval Crafts http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-medieval-crafts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-medieval-crafts/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:42:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59693 We’ve decided to share some of the questions Gillian asked Katrin, because the answers are fascinating and only some of them appear in the book.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-medieval-crafts/feed/ 0 The Middle Ages Unlocked: Developing the Book http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-developing-the-book/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-developing-the-book/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:42:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59695 There’s a story behind everything. My personal story for The Middle Ages Unlocked goes back to the days before Twitter and Facebook.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-developing-the-book/feed/ 0 The Middle Ages Unlocked: Writer Things http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-writer-things/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-writer-things/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:41:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59702 Working together with Gillian on The Middle Ages Unlocked was a cross-border experience in many ways: an Australian and a German, a historian and an archaeologist, and a professional writer with a professional crafter.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-writer-things/feed/ 0 The Middle Ages Unlocked: Finding the Team http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-finding-the-team/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/the-middle-ages-unlocked-finding-the-team/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:41:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59691 The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050-1300, is a new book by Gillian Polack and Katrin Kania. Now available from Amberley Publishing, the book explores a wide range of topics from law, religion and education to landscape, art and magic, between the eleventh and early fourteenth centuries, the structures, institutions and […]

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