Scholars discover fragments of French medieval epics
The larger fragment is a section of text from the Chanson de Guillaume, one of the earliest surviving Old French texts, known until now in only one manuscript. The smaller fragment comes from a manuscript of Foulque de Candie, a late twelfth-century poem.
Regency Medievalism and the Early-Romantic Guitar
Professor Christopher Page, a celebrated musician and musicologist, will be coming to the University of Bristol on Thursday to give a lecture, entitled ‘Regency Medievalism and the Early-Romantic Guitar’, which will consider how the guitar, so favoured by amateur musicians among the nobility and gentry by 1830, came to be involved with a developing interest in the Middle Ages during the Regency period.
Arthurian scholars meet in Bristol
World-leading experts on the legend of King Arthur gather in Bristol next week for the 23rd Triennial Congress of the International Arthurian Society,…
The Medieval West: The Formation and Reception of a Cultural Community
The culture of the West Country in the Middle Ages and its role in shaping the identity of Medieval England is the focus…