US company gets right to remake Kurosawa films
Splendent Media has signed a multiyear deal to represent worldwide rights (outside Japan) to 69 titles from filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, including 19 screenplays…
British Library hosts Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination
Beginning on November 11th, the British Library will be hosting a new exhibition entitled Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination. It is the…
Archaeologists to explore Cawthorne Woods for signs of medieval industry
Local people are being invited to explore South Yorkshire’s medieval past in an exciting new project starting next Monday. The two week project…
Call for Papers: “Space and Place in the Medieval Imagination”
Special Call for Papers: 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan: May 10-13, 2012 “Space and Place in the Medieval Imagination”…
Franco-Scottish alliance against England one of longest in history
A University of Manchester historian has uncovered evidence which shows how a defensive alliance against England between Scotland and France might never have…
Call for Papers: Society for the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages
The Society for the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages (PUMA) would like to invite applications for membership, and announce its annual calls…
Money and Beauty: Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities – new exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi
Masterpieces by Botticelli, Beato Angelico, Piero del Pollaiolo, the Della Robbia family, Lorenzo di Credi and Memling – the cream of Renaissance artists…
Privilege and Duty in the Serene Republic: Illuminated Manuscripts of Renaissance Venice
Helena Szépe of the University of South Florida is currently researching illustrations found in Venetian medieval and Renaissance documents. With the assistance of…
Remains of Anglo-Saxon Saint discovered?
Archaeologists working in the Oxfordshire town of Bicester believe they have discovered a reliquary containing some of the bones of Saint Edburg, a…
Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America
More than one hundred artefacts from the Staffordshire Hoard – the largest and most valuable collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered – will…
“The Hidden Alhambra” project to give public virtual access to historic site in Spain
The World Monuments Fund and American Express have announced a partnership for the conservation and improved access to the Alhambra, the famous palace…
Colchester Castle receives £3.2m for restoration work
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £3,267,400 towards a major redevelopment of Colchester Castle, Essex. The medieval fortress, built in the eleventh century,…
Website Profile: On the Tudor Trail
For Natalie Grueninger, editor of On the Tudor Trail, the start of her interest in the Tudors, and Anne Boleyn in particular, started…
Earliest medieval map of Britain put online
A fifteen-month research project of the earliest surviving geographically recognizable map of Great Britain, known as the Gough Map, provides some revealing insights…
15th century Tudor House re-opens in Southampton
Southampton’s rich history is set to come alive once again as the city’s most important historic attraction re-opens its doors to the public…
July issue of BBC History Magazine features the Crusades
BBC History Magazine, a leading monthly periodical on all things history, features an article about the Crusades and Christian-Muslim medieval interaction. “Traders and…
Bannockburn centre to receive £3.7m in funding
The site of one of Scotland’s greatest battles will celebrate its 700th anniversary with a new state-of-the-art visitor and interpretation centre as the…
Oystermouth Castle reopens to the public
The Welsh Castle of Oystermouth has officially re-opened earlier this month, after the first phase of an ambitious project to improve access to…
AIA to support two medieval Ireland archaeological projects
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) will fund archaeological conservation and research efforts at two medieval sites in Ireland—Blackfriary at Trim and the…
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,…
Our Lady’s Lawsuits – new translations of two 14th-century poems
Judith Davis, Professor Emerita of French and Humanities at Goshen College, and Ron Akehurst of the University of Minnesota have recently completed their…
Medieval shipwreck found off Sweden – could be lost treasure ship of King Valdemar Atterdag
Swedish archaeologists have announced earlier this month the discovery what appears to be a medieval cog from built between the 12th and 14th…
The weight of medieval armour could cause defeat in battle, new research finds
Suits of armour may have made medieval soldiers feel safe, but modern scientists have found that they were so heavy and constricting they…
Database explains strange survival of irregular verbs
An historical study of the development of irregular verbs in the hundreds of Romance languages including French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Catalan…
New online version of The Acts and Monuments by John Foxe released
A new interactive version of The Acts and Monuments by John Foxe has been published online by the University of Sheffield. This work,…