Time for King Richard III to “Come Home to York”, says Foundation
A debate is now underway on where the body should be buried if it is that of the former king.
15th-century Book of Hours comes to South Carolina
A 15th-century Book of Hours has been recently purchased by the University of South Carolina, and students and the public will soon be able to see the valuable medieval text in person and online.
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.
Richard III Foundation welcomes success of archaeological dig and looks forward to re-burial of England’s Last Plantagenet King
‘We are delighted that the remains of Richard III appear to have been found, and we thank Philippa Langley for her tenacity in championing this project and for the archaeological team and everyone else involved.’
Have the remains of Richard III been found? Archaeologists discover skeleton at Leicester dig
Archaeologists searching for the grave of Richard III have discovered the human remains of a human male that have ‘strong circumstantial evidence’ indicating that it is of the English king.
Archaeological dig inches ‘tantalizingly closer’ to possible burial place of King Richard III
Work stopped over the weekend for a public open day which saw over 1,500 people tour the site of a council car park which is the scene for the archaeological investigation.
Archaeologists discover medieval church and 300 burials in Ipswich
Burial mounds dating back to the seventh-century burial mounds have been found at one end of the site, while the 9th/10th century church and its graveyard were found at the other end.
Vikings were “first to begin criminal profiling”, historian says
The Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson tells the story of a tenth-century Viking warrior who took part in raids in Europe and often fought with his own neighbours in Iceland. When his life’s story was written in the thirteenth-century, was the author using him as an example of the type of man that society had to worry about?
Anthropologist compares medieval lives, pre- and post-Black Death
‘The survivors were either tremendously lucky or there was something about them that made them better able to resist the Black Death or mount a really strong immune response to disease’
Search for Richard III confirms discovery of the Church of the Grey Friars
Public gets their first chance to see the archaeological site this Saturday
People of Medieval Scotland online database officially launched
The People of Medieval Scotland (PoMS) project has catalogued over 21,000 individuals mentioned in 8,600 documents. The documents, written between 1093 and 1314, tell the story of Scotland’s transformation from a land of patchwork regions to an established kingdom with fixed borders and modern systems of government.
First week of Richard III dig has “uncovered tantalising clues”
The archaeologists searching for the remains of Richard III have finished their first week of digging with some positive results.
Ken Follett’s World Without End comes to TV screens
The latest medieval drama is set to air this fall on television screens: World Without End, an adaptation of Ken Follett’s international best-selling novel set amidst natural disaster, plague, and war in 14th century England.
Richard III Foundation supports archaeological project to find missing monarch
The Richard III Foundation has come out with strong support for the archaeological dig that is underway in Leicester, which hopes to find the remains of King Richard III and end a 500-year-old mystery of where is his last resting place.
London Medieval Society
The British capital is home to numerous universities, museums and archives. It is also home to the London Medieval Society, an organization that provides a forum for medievalists to gather and exchange ideas.
Search begins for lost grave of King Richard III
On Saturday 25 August 2012 – five hundred years after King Richard III was buried in Leicester – the historic archaeological project will begin with the aim of discovering whether Britain’s last Plantagenet King lies buried in Leicester City Centre.
New details released about ‘Vikings’ television series
The producers of Vikings, a historical-drama to air in 2013, have released new details about the show, including more about the plot and the actors who will be donning Norse gear.
Project to restore York Minster windows halfway completed
Conservators working on the restoration of the Great East Window at York Minster have completed the conservation of half of the panels in the stunning medieval window depicting the story of the Apocalypse.
Guinea Pigs were popular pets during the Renaissance, study finds
The guinea pig was introduced to Europe during the 16th century by Spanish conquistadors. A Belgian archaeozoologist has found new evidence which suggests that the guinea pig was kept as pets by the wealthier middle class.
Gratian, ‘Father of Canon Law’, was a bishop, historian finds
New research has uncovered that Gratian, a famous 12th-century lawyer who compiled the canon law text known as Decretum Gratiani, became the Bishop of Chiusi and died on August 10th in 1144 or 1145, according to paper delivered today at the 14th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law.
Book of Kells has attracted ten million visitors to Trinity College Dublin Library
The Old Library and Book of Kells is one of Ireland’s major tourist venues and attracts over 520,000 visitors each year to see the exhibition on the Book of Kells and other medieval manuscripts
Medieval Clerics Resisted Celibacy, Historians Say
Medieval clerics did not relish the prospect of giving up sex when the Papacy tried to introduce the principle of celibacy.
Volcano blast led to thousands of deaths in London in 1258, archaeologists find
A report to be released tomorrow by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) will reveal that a mass burial on the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary Spital had thousands of victims from a famine that occurred in 1258.
Medieval records shed light on Italian earthquakes
The researchers combed through written records and information from archaeological excavations, covering the period from ancient Roman occupation in the first century A.D. to the late Middle Ages.
Greed wasn’t good in the Middle Ages – historian looks at medieval business ethics
Self-serving behavior deemed necessary on Wall Street today might have been despised in medieval Europe. One might even have been murdered for using wealth as a justification for circumventing societal norms.