Teaching the Middle Ages on Film: Visual Narrative and the Historical Record
Is it appropriate to point out inaccuracies of detail in historical film? As a collective commercial enterprise, is a movie inherently limited in its portrayal of the past, and does this matter? How does film convention affect representation? Can movies err on the side of historical truth?
Approaches to Bibliography and Information Technology for Medieval Culture: The Experience of the International Medieval Bibliography
Approaches to Bibliography and Information Technology for Medieval Culture: The Experience of the International Medieval Bibliography By Alan V. Murray Paper given at…
Harnessing the Potential in Historiography and Popular Culture When Teaching the Crusades
Harnessing the Potential in Historiography and Popular Culture When Teaching the Crusades By Dawn Marie Hayes The History Teacher, Vol. 40:3 (2007) Introduction:…
Medieval Military Logistics: An Agent-based Simulation of a Byzantine Army on the March
Medieval Military Logistics: An Agent-based Simulation of a Byzantine Army on the March By Bart Craenen, Georgios Theodoropoulos, Vincent Gaffney, Philip Murgatroyd and…
The Influence of Marie de France and Chretien de Troyes in Medieval Romance and Story-Telling
Teaching medieval literature and history to high school students is a challenge since it is important to make the subject matter relevant to the students’ lives, many of whom think that yesterday is history.
Sanctity and Society: the anti-theme of childhood innocence in the English Courtesy Books
Sanctity and Society: the anti-theme of childhood innocence in the English Courtesy Books Bellis, Joanna Marginalia, Vol. 8, Cambridge Yearbook, (2008) Abstract The…
Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership
Although it depicts a Germanic warrior culture of nearly 1,500 years ago, the Old English epic poem Beowulf contains timely insights into leadership and motivation, trust, respect, loyalty, and sacrifice that could inform current leadership practice and teaching
Session 5: Texts, Rituals and the Social Order – Lantfred’s Swithun and the Fundamentals of Reform: Educating Lay Pilgrims in 10th century Winchester
Lantfred’s Swithun and the Fundamentals of Reform: Educating Lay Pilgrims in 10th century Winchester Christopher Reidel (Boston College) Summary At the height of…
Students receive $50 000 to create Virtual Joust game
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Interactive Media and Game Development program and Higgins Armory Museum have won a highly competitive $50,000 Digital Humanities Start-Up…
The Hero in the Classroom
The Hero in the Classroom By John Ganim The Medieval Hero on Screen Representations from Beowulf to Buffy, Edited by Martha W. Driver…
Saxonhouse offers visitors the chance to see 7th century life
If one is interested in experiencing how people lived in Anglo-Saxon England, a trip to Lincolnshire might offer some unique insights. In the…
Reading Europe: European culture through the book
Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, has launched an online exhibitions that explore highlights of the continent’s literature. Reading Europe: European culture…
Medieval Supposition Theory in Its Theological Context
Medieval Supposition Theory in Its Theological Context Brown, Stephen F. Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 3 (1993) Abstract In his Historia calamitatum Abelard…
Virtual Reconstruction of Medieval Architecture
Virtual Reconstruction of Medieval Architecture By Thomas Strothotte, Matthias Puhle, Maic Masuch, Bert Freudenberg, Sebastian Kreiker and Babette Ludowici Proceedings of Electronic Imaging…
Robin Hood: From Medieval Outlaw to Postmodern Media Creature – undergraduate class begins
University of Houston students don’t have to venture into Sherwood Forest or Nottingham to learn about Robin Hood. A new undergraduate literature class…
Beyond ‘Braveheart’? Recent work on the Scottish Wars of Independence
A survey of articles, monographs and primary sources relevant to the study of the Scottish Wars of Independence, c.1286-c.1357, published 2003-2010
e-Science for Medievalists: Options, Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities
e-Science for Medievalists: Options, Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities By Peter Ainsworth and Michael Meredith DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly, Vol.3:4 (2009) Abstract: Medievalists typically…
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict Rudge, Lindsay University of St Andrews, 21-Jun-2007 Abstract The history of western…
The Study of the Middle Ages in Poland
Looking back over the whole twentieth century, there were three important turning points: 1918, when Polish independence was restored; 1939-1945, the period of Nazi-German and Soviet aggression when social life in Poland, including education and science, was demolished, and 1956, when Polish social sciences postponed the vulgar Marxism-Leninism in Stalin’s interpretation and returned to pre-war research streams.
The Virgin and the Dynamo: the growth of medieval studies in North America 1870–1930
ʻBut, Mr. President,ʼ urged Adams, ʻI know nothing about Medieval History.ʼ
Medieval, Modern, Post-Modern: Medieval Studies in a Post Modern Perspective
Medieval, Modern, Post-Modern: Medieval Studies in a Post Modern Perspective By Robert Stein Cultural Frictions: Medieval Studies in Postmodern Contexts Conference Proceedings (1995)…
Byzantium on the Web: New Technologies at the Service of Museums and Educational Institutions for the Presentation of Byzantine Culture
Byzantium on the Web: New Technologies at the Service of Museums and Educational Institutions for the Presentation of Byzantine Culture By Vicky Foskolou…
Medieval European Studies in Korea Today
Medieval European Studies in Korea Today Lee, Dongchoon & An, Sonjae Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 16 No. 2 (2008) Abstract…
Reginald Pecock: Vernacular, and a Vision of Humanism
Reginald Pecock: Vernacular, and a Vision of Humanism Choi, JongWon Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 16 No. 1 (2008) Abstract In…
Islands in the Vita Merlini
Islands in the Vita Merlini Skupin, Michael Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 16 No. 1 (2008) Abstract It has long been…