Morning Medieval Miscellany

Here are some medieval offerings. A short list today, since I've caught up.

• Hammered Out Bits has images of forged rush tips.
• Karl Steel muses on pious self-mortification over at In the Middle.
• Steven Till reviews Castles in Europe: From Charlemagne to the Renaissance.
• I missed this earlier in the week: The G-8 officials met in a castle of Charles V. Charles V is pushing out of the Middle Ages, but hey, there's a castle.
• Melissa Snell has a post on the history of algebra, and one on Beowulf. Both are entries from a century-old encyclopedia.
• Why couldn't I have gone to Alexander Middle School?