The novel is complete, finally. After seven revisions over a period of nine years, it’s finished. I have nothing left to edit. It’s in a final form ready to be sent off to agencies for representation. The next part in the process will be to polish the query letter I’ve already written and send it […]
Filed under: Novel on November 29th, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Escheat
[es-cheet]
1) The right of a feudal lord to the return of lands held by his vassal, or the holding of a serf, should either die with out lawful heirs or suffer outlawry.
(MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)
2) Reversion of property to feudal lord or Crown upon default of heir or upon conviction of treason or felony.
(Sayles, George O. […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on November 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
Game of Thrones, season 2, premiers April 2012. The second season is based on A Clash of Kings, the second book in George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. If HBO creates each season on each of the books in the series, they will make it to season six before book […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on November 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
From Regia Anglorum:
By c. 900 the Vikings had ravaged northern France to such an extent that there was little plunder to be found along the rivers which had formed their major avenue of attack. Ironically it was a Danish Army (under a leader called Hrolf or Rolf in some chronicles), which arrived in 911 to […]
Filed under: The Normans, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
Clash of the Gods: Beowulf is being re-shown a couple of times this week on the History Channel: Friday, November 18 at 9:00am ET or Friday, November 18 at 3:00pm ET.
Filed under: Medieval History TV Guide, Anglo-Saxons, Videos, Vikings, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
In conjunction with post about the sport of jousting making a comeback, Knights of Mayhem is premiering on NatGeo November 15, which is a new series dedicated to the folks who are trying to make jousting the next extreme sport.
About the show:
Will full-contact professional jousting be the next extreme sport? For some, it is a […]
Filed under: Medieval History TV Guide, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 10th, 2011 | 4 Comments »
From The Telegraph:
A Viking legend which tells of a glowing “sunstone” that, when held up to the sky, disclosed the position of the Sun on a cloudy day may have some basis in truth, scientists believe.
The ancient race are believed to have to discovered North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus.
Now experiments have shown […]
Filed under: Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages
I came across this resource the other day. Thought some might be interested.
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 4th, 2011 | No Comments »
From CBS News:
Filed under: Videos, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 2nd, 2011 | 4 Comments »
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