Morning Medieval Miscellany

As usual, lots of interesting medievalia out there:

• Will McLean offers some medieval research resources, particularly around Middle English.
• John Holbo offers a review of Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art. OK, not technically medieval, but I wanted to throw it in anyway.
• Scribal Terror offers a tale of "terror, pestilence, and a very nasty-smelling dead guy who wouldn't stay buried" from medieval England.
• Medieval Material Culture has a link to an article from the Telegraph, "Mutilated Body Identified as Edward II's Lover" ... indicaing that at least SOME of the dead in medieval England stayed that way.
• In the Middle links to the same article, and also asks what scholarly work has been done on the medieval body, as well as what needs to be done.
• Jeff Sypeck has a post contrasting sweet, Playmobil medievalism with the medievalism of the Battle of Kosovo. Definitely worth reading.
• Our Weird Medieval Animal this week is the caladrius, a bird that, if real, would be bred by life insurance companies.
• Heroic Dreams tells us of haunted castles, and a new element of the Highlander franchise.
• St. Columba offers marital counseling, and Heavenfield defends all the people who weren't Bede in the Age of Bede.
• Carl Pyrnum argues that his Appalachian roots make him a better medievalist, and also offers some medieval porn. Don't worry; it's work-friendly. And, by the way, by linking his page to the phrase "medieval porn," I've probably just given him the highest Google profile of any medieval blog.