16th century "vampire" burial stirs controversy
The burial of a Venician woman with a brick in her mouth was originally publicized as a suspected vampire. Other researchers dispute this.read more
View ArticleGood and evil in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
400 years after its publication, Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince still inspires analysis and comment. One of the latest is a two-part story by Nick Spencer in the Guardian. The premise of the article:...
View Article27th International Conference on Medievalism
Start: 2012-10-18 18:38 End: 2012-10-20 18:38 Timezone: US/Eastern Start: 2012-10-18 18:38 End: 2012-10-20 18:38 Timezone: US/Eastern Kent State University, Stark Campus, will host the 27th...
View Article27th International Conference on Medievalism at Kent State University
Kent State University, Stark Campus, will host the 27th International Conference on Medievalism October 18-20, 2012. There will be both the traditional on-land "Brick-n-Mortar" conference and an online...
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Start: 2012-10-27 09:00 End: 2012-10-27 21:00 Timezone: US/Mountain Start: 2012-10-27 09:00 End: 2012-10-27 21:00 Timezone: US/Mountain The SCA is often referred to as the Middle Ages as we wish it...
View ArticleWhat is honor?
A series of articles on the history of honor has been posted on the Art of Manliness website. The series looks at the concept from a male point of view, and begins with ideas of vertical vs horizontal...
View ArticleCracking the myths of the Middle Ages
In an article on Cracked.com, Steve Kolenberg sets the world straight on 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes including the "Dark" Ages, everything was filthy, and knights were...
View ArticleMedieval philosphy seminar at Marquette
The Midwest Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy will present Some Conceptions of Body in the 14th Century on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in Marquette University's Alumni Memorial Union,...
View ArticleDiscovering the Green Man
On her website Myth & Moor, Terri Windling, writer, artist, and book editor, looks at the Green Man in history, architecture, folklore and contemporary art. The blog article includes many...
View ArticleCornell seminar and lecture series focuses on medieval cosmology
A grant from the Cornell Institute for European Studies has financed a new working group at the university on medieval cosmology. Three scholars, Benjamin Anderson, Courtney Roby and Andrew Hicks, will...
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