This is the third teaser for the upcoming HBO series Game of Thrones, based on the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. The HBO series airs next year, 2011.
Filed under: Videos, George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on November 29th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In the summer of 1047, Duke William II (”The Conqueror”) was still in the youth of his reign as lord over Normandy. He had succeeded to the position of duke in 1035 after the death of his father, Duke Robert I. This period in Normandy’s history was an unstable time, with rebellion always a possibility […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Harvard has created a digital atlas of medieval civilization that should be useful to the top online universities and educators.
From Harvard.edu:
“The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and […]
Filed under: Maps, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 23rd, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Worldtimelines.org.uk places 2,000 artifacts from museums around the British Isles in their geographical and chronological context. You can navigate using interactive maps and timelines by various regions. If you’re looking at the British Isles, for instance, it breaks that region down further into Northern England, Central England, Southern England, etc., and then each of those […]
Filed under: Medieval Timeline on November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
Thanks to a friend of mine for recommending this term.
Assize
/??sa?z/ Show Spelled[uh-sahyz]
Etymology: Middle English assise, from Anglo-French, session, legal action, from asseer, asseoir to seat, from Vulgar Latin *assed?re, from Latin assid?re to sit beside, assist in the office of a judge
1) The meeting of feudal vassals with the king it also refers to […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on November 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
The first issue of Alt Hist magazine is available. The current issue features six short stories:
“The Silent Judge” by David W. Landrum
“Easter Parade, 1930″ by Rob McClure Smith
“Holy Water” by Andrew Knighton
“Lament for Lost Atlanta” by Arlan Andrews
“The Bitterness of Apples” by Priya Sharma
“Travelling by Air” by Ian Sales
Alt Hist Issue 1 also includes an interview […]
Filed under: Short Stories, Short Fiction, Historical Fiction, Writing Resources on November 18th, 2010 | No Comments »
Jupon
/?d?up?n, d?u?p?n; Fr. ?ü?p??/ Show Spelled[joo-pon, joo-pon; Fr. zhy-pawn]
Etymology: 1350–1400; ME jopo(u)n < MF jupon, equiv. to OF jupe a kind of jacket + -on n. suffix
1) Tightly fitted garment worn over armour in the fourteenth century. (Prestwich, Michael. Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, 348)
2) Short leather tunic […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on November 12th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
From PressTV:
Remains of 34 to 38 young men were discovered during excavations for a new college building.
The bones dated back to between 960 and 1020 CE and included cracked skulls. Some of the skeletons bore stab wounds in their spines and pelvic bones. There were also signs of burning…
…Scientists believe the victims were killed on […]
Filed under: Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
Atlas of the Medieval World by Rosamond McKitterick
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 9, 2004)
ISBN-10: 0195221583
Editorial Review from Booklist:
This exquisite atlas, published in England in 2003 as The Times Medieval World, traces a millennium of historical development ranging from the demise of the Roman Empire to the sixteenth century. Divided into three chronological […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“How Effective Was the Longbow, and What Damage Did it Do? – A debate between Professor Kelly DeVries (Loyola University – Maryland) and Professor Clifford Rogers (US Military Academy – West Point) about the medieval weapon known as the longbow. This weapon was used by English armies since the late 13th century, and in particular […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 1st, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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