- Gearwor is looking for collaborators for an online Beowulf project.
- The Valve has a post on Wagner's Volsungs.
- Steven Till tells us about Stephen of Blois.
- The Swain has more on "Medieval Literature I Didn't Know."
- Quid Plura tells us about Bernie Casay and Gargoyles.
- News for Medievalists tells us about plans to boycott a medieval festival in Ontario.
- Medieval Silkwork shows us some pillow fabric. If it'll help promote traffic to medieval websites, let me also point out there's a topless woman in this post.
- Muhlberger has a post about the discussion of banners in the trial of Joan d'Arc.
- Miglior Acque discusses Simon Armitage on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- Speaking of which, I think you can see Michael Wood on Beowulf on the BBC website if you're in the UK, but not being in the UK I can't really check it. If someone on that side of the Atlantic wants to confirm the link is good in the comments below, that would be great.
- Heavenfield has a very nice post on the realm of Humbria.
- Hammered Out Bits has a video showing cutting the bloom.
- Jonathan Jarrett discusses Dr. Alice Rio's work on economic change in early medieval Ireland.
- The Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry project has a new section of Juliana, lines 225-266.
- Archaeology in Europe has an update with ten new posts.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Morning Medieval Miscellany
I have absolutely nothing of interest to say about the Ren Faire. I trusted pirates, got a sunburn, and watched all types of stunts involving fire. Here, however, are some people who do have something to say:
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I am in the UK and I can confirm that the link to Michael Wood's programme on Beowulf is indeed good. I can't confirm that the programme itself is good, but I intend to watch it to find out.
ReplyDeleteThere must be a way to use a proxy IP address from the States to watch these on BBC iPlayer.
ReplyDeleteYou can read my review of Michael Wood on Beowulf at my blog, here:
ReplyDeletehttp://dustgazing.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-wood-on-beowulf.html.
Jonathan Jarrett discusses Dr. Alice Rio's work on economic change in early medieval Ireland.
ReplyDeleteI don't, I'm afraid: I discuss Wendy Davies's work on economic change in early medieval Ireland, which was the last in a seminar series that Alice Rio organised. Sorry if that wasn't clear, and thankyou for the link.
Tenthmedieval (Jonathan),
ReplyDeleteAs you can see, holding a PhD in English doesn't necessarily mean I can read. Looking back again, it seems clear. Duh to me.