Medievalists.net » Shakespeare http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:44:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Macbeth: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in dark, gritty interpretation of Macbeth http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:29:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62950 Macbeth opened in October in London to critical acclaim. The movie is being released today in Canada and the US.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/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 A little touch of Branagh: Henry V http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/a-little-touch-of-branagh-henry-v/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/a-little-touch-of-branagh-henry-v/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:14:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61973 Kenneth Branagh’s film of Henry V, released in 1989, was greeted with wide critical acclaim of a kind which repays close attention.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/a-little-touch-of-branagh-henry-v/feed/ 0 How Well Do You Know The Locations Of Shakespeare? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/how-well-do-you-know-the-locations-of-shakespeare/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/how-well-do-you-know-the-locations-of-shakespeare/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:14:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61666 As a new Macbeth film is released, test yourself on how well you know the names and places associated with the Bard.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/05/macbeth-trailer-released-first-look-at-michael-fassbenders-upcoming-film/feed/ 0 A Villain and a Monster – The Literary Portrait of Richard III by Thomas More and William Shakespeare http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/#comments Sun, 10 May 2015 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58149 The process of vilification of Richard III started at the end of the fifteenth century, when a well-planned policy of Tudor propaganda was set in motion by Henry VII himself, who commissioned a series of historiographical writings, mainly aiming at the solidification of the newly founded dynasty.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/feed/ 0 Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53829 This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/feed/ 0 10 Things to See at Southwark Cathedral http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/24/10-things-see-southwark-cathedral/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/24/10-things-see-southwark-cathedral/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:23:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52790 My 10 favourite things about Southwark Cathedral.

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