Food Recipes from the 12th-century discovered in manuscript
Scholars have found a collection of food recipes dating back to the twelfth-century, making them the oldest western medieval culinary recipes known to exist.
New software program allows dating of medieval manuscripts from popular words
‘These words have their own life. It’s amazing how we can decipher the date of a document based on the evolution of word usage.’
Season 3 of Game of Thrones set to begin
For millions of fans, the third season of Game of Thrones could not come fast enough. The hit TV show returns to HBO in the United States and Canada on Sunday, March 31st.
Revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art
A symposium held at the Art Gallery of Ontario offered new insights into the artistic community of 14th-century Florence.
Scotland’s St Oran’s Cross to be restored
One of the most important symbols of medieval Scotland, St Oran’s Cross, will be re-erected for the first time in centuries, as part of the celebrations of the 1450th anniversary of the established of a monastery on Iona in Scotland.
Viking poetry of love and war – new book by Judith Jesch
They are most famous for being violent invaders of foreign shores but a new book by a University of Nottingham Viking expert shows they were also poetry lovers with a wicked sense of humour!
Project on the medieval saints in Wales receives £775 000 in funding
A project to better understand the history of medieval saints in Wales and created new online resources has been award more than three-quarters of a million points by The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Burial ground discovered in London may be victims of Black Death
Thirteen skeletons have been uncovered lying in two carefully laid out rows on the edge of Charterhouse Square at Farringdon, and are believed to be up to 660 years old.
Higgins Armory Museum to close at the end of 2013
Fortunately, the entire collection will be kept intact and transfered to the Worcester Art Museum.
Grave of medieval knight and monastery site found in Edinburgh
The discovery was made when archaeologists uncovered the corner of an elaborately decorated sandstone slab with the telltale markings of a member of the nobility – the carvings of the Calvary Cross and an ornate sword, which tells us this belonged to a high status individual such as a knight or other nobleman.
500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli discovered
The original copy of a proclamation – exactly 500-years old – calling for the arrest of Niccolò Machiavelli has been discovered by a British historian.
Was King Richard III a control freak?
University of Leicester psychologists believe Richard III was not a psychopath – but he may have had control freak tendencies
Vikings – Review of Episode 1: Rites of Passage
A review of the series premiere of Vikings
Byzantine wine press discovered in Jaffa
Archaeological excavations in the Israeli city of Jaffa have uncovered what was likely a wine press that dates back to the Byzantine era.
Why did the English people stop eating horses in the Middle Ages?
People living in Anglo-Saxon England were turned off the idea of eating horses once they became Christian as they believed it was ‘pagan’ food, argues a new research paper.
“I want what I cannot have”: Medieval Love Literature explained
Unlike today, when we expect romance to yield tangible results, bards of the Middle Ages who sang about their desires never expected their true love to reciprocate.
Kathy Krause wins fellowship to research Medieval Women and Literary Production
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a fellowship to Kathy M. Krause of the University of Missouri-Kansas City to research ‘The Role of Noblewomen in Literary Production in Northern France during the 13th Century.’
How parasites went on Crusade
The contents of crusader latrines are helping researchers probe the history of parasite infections in humans.
The Search for King Richard III News Conference
Speakers include Richard Buckley, Lead Archaeologist, Jo Appleby, Project Osteologist, Lin Foxhall, Kevin Schurer, Project Geneaologist, and Turi King, Project Geneticist, and Richard Taylor of the University of Leicester.
The Face of Richard III revealed
The calm and apparently thoughtful face is in stark contrast to the many portrayals of Richard III, showing contorted facial and bodily features, that were created for political reasons following his death.
Norwich Cathedral Yields its Medieval Secrets
A new archaeology project has begun to bring to light hundreds of secretive inscriptions that have lain hidden on the walls of Norwich Cathedral for many centuries.
It is Richard III: ‘beyond reasonable doubt’
DNA and other evidence show that the remains of Richard III have been found. ‘We have searched for Richard and found him. Now it is time to honour him,’ says Philippa Langley
‘The Storm is Coming’: Vikings to premiere on History Channel in March
The latest TV Drama that will be focusing on the Middle Ages, Vikings, will be premiering in North America on March 3, 2013. The show will be aired on the History Channel in the United States and History Television in Canada.
Oxford Tolkien Spring School launched
Organised by Oxford University’s Faculty of English Language and Literature where Tolkien taught for most of his career, the spring school is aimed at those who have read some of Tolkien’s fiction and wish to learn more.
Ransoming prisoners of war became widespread in the Hundred Years War, new book finds
‘There is widespread evidence to suggest that during the 15th century the practice of ransom is increasingly extended to commoners, not just kings or chivalrous knights.’