Morning Medieval Miscellany

This Wednesday morning:

• Hammered Out Bits has a post on Norse and Anglo-Saxon knives, with a video.
• The Heroic Age has a links page of medieval news this week.
• Magistra et Mater discusses Gregory of Tours and symbolic history. Muhlberger's Early History comments on it.
• Medieval Living discusses difficulty in constructing medieval wheels.
• The medieval word of the day is bailey.
• Point of Know Return discusses Lydgate's Troy Book.
• Podictionary discusses Excalibur (the word).
• Steven Till asks about the "Holy Grail in America" episode on the History Channel.
• About.com has a story about a medieval village discovered in Qatar.
• Here's a brief history of medieval classical music and a review of the game Trine, both h/t LaNiche Music's Twitter feed.

Finally, below is a VOA report on Pennsic, h/t A Commonplace Book. News for Medievalists has that and more video reports as well.