Medievalists.net » Why Medieval http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Why Medieval? with Elton O. S. Medeiros http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/06/why-medieval-with-elton-o-s-medeiros/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/06/why-medieval-with-elton-o-s-medeiros/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:29:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21598 My first real memory about that I was 7 or 8 years old whatching the film “Conan the Barbarian”, with Arnold Scharzenegger and James Earl Jones, on TV. I was just amazed by that world “when the ocean drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas” and then I started to read all […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/06/why-medieval-with-elton-o-s-medeiros/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Doug Moncur http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/why-medieval-with-doug-moncur/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/why-medieval-with-doug-moncur/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:20:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17838 I’m not really a medievalist, but for some reason I’ve always had a fascination for that nebulous period that we could call late antiquity/early medieval when things changed in some very interesting ways. I don’t have an explanation why this fascinates me so much, except it goes back a long way, to second or third […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/why-medieval-with-doug-moncur/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Philip McDonnell http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/why-medieval-with-philip-mcdonnell/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/why-medieval-with-philip-mcdonnell/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:27:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17826 My love of the medieval started around the age of 4 or 5. I didn’t know what medieval meant but that didn’t matter. There was an imported French-Canadian TV series in the late 60s called “Desert Crusader” (Thibaud ou les Croisades to the natives) that grabbed my attention. I didn’t and couldn’t possibly have understood […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/why-medieval-with-philip-mcdonnell/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Scott Jenkins http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/01/why-medieval-with-scott-jenkins/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/01/why-medieval-with-scott-jenkins/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:02:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17745 My interest in medieval history first began during a random bout of insomnia. The BBC and Open University used to show documentaries into the wee small hours. Presumably to be recorded and watched by OU students. There was always something of interest to watch, or to help you fall asleep, on a vast array of […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/01/why-medieval-with-scott-jenkins/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Tami Cook http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/07/why-medieval-with-tami-cook/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/07/why-medieval-with-tami-cook/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:39:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16695 I went Medieval for castles. My mom bought me a child’s castle book that broke down the many aspects of life in a Medieval castle when I was young. I spent my childhood roaming around the Lord’s residence and make believing I was a princess. What little girl didn’t want to be a princess? Courtly […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/07/why-medieval-with-tami-cook/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Tim Lambon http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/01/why-medieval-with-tim-lambon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/01/why-medieval-with-tim-lambon/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:07:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16385 Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved pictures and paintings that told a story. I never realised that this is why I don’t understand modern art – because it says nothing to me. There’s no curious little figure skulking away with a ladder on his shoulder towards the vague outline of a castle in […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/01/why-medieval-with-tim-lambon/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Anne Beggs http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/26/why-medieval-with-anne-beggs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/26/why-medieval-with-anne-beggs/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:18:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16048 Medievalists.net has a page “Why Medieval?” It invites readers (scholars, teachers, fans, gamers, writers) to answer that question. I am working on my own writer’s insight. I’m a fiction writer, I hear voices. I eagerly press myself against stone ramparts, feeling for distant accents. I want to hear medieval voices. Same with castles. I want […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/26/why-medieval-with-anne-beggs/feed/ 0 Why medieval? with Niall O Brien http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/27/why-medieval-with-niall-o-brien/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/27/why-medieval-with-niall-o-brien/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:45:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=14418 Why medieval? I think it was medieval that picked me. At an early age I viewed and read books and comics on ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt and Babalyon along with ancient Irish history. My father and teachers made such material available. I quickly took to enjoying it. On many sunny days (it seemed to be […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/12/27/why-medieval-with-niall-o-brien/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Patricia Bracewell http://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/28/why-medieval-with-patricia-bracewell/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/28/why-medieval-with-patricia-bracewell/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:44:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=13032 My transformation into a medievalist was like falling in love with an old friend. I’ve always been a great reader, and in high school I used to curl up with books by Rosemary Sutcliff, Jean Plaidy, and J.R.R. Tolkien although I gave little conscious thought to the history that infused them. For me the books […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/28/why-medieval-with-patricia-bracewell/feed/ 0 Why Medieval? with Robin Wardle http://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/26/why-medieval-with-robin-wardle/ http://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/26/why-medieval-with-robin-wardle/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:23:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=12980 I have to say my first real memory of something that was obviously medieval was when I was 8 and accidentally saw Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie! (I did already know who they were tho) But even before that, when I lived in the middle of no where with no exposure to tv or movies, […]

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