1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pledged by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark # Happy Birthday 1358 – Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile # R.I.P. 1171 – Conan IV, Duke of Brittany # R.I.P. 1154 – Saint Wulfric of Haselbury # R.I.P. 1408 –…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-20
Happy Birthday 1457 – Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor # Happy Birthday 1480 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal # R.I.P. 858 – Kenneth I (Cináed mac Ailpín) First King of Scotland # R.I.P. 1130 – Pope Honorius II http://twitpic.com/3z8by4 # R.I.P. 1332 –…
Gabrielle Parkin to discuss medieval book of hours in UDLAPS series
The University of Delaware Library announces that Gabrielle Parkin, a doctoral candidate in the Department of English working on late medieval English literature with an interest in material culture studies, will present “Commercial Devotion to the Virgin: How to Use and Read a Medieval Book of Hours” at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Class…
MAP: Ep 13b – St. Valentine’s Day Gift
Love is in the air today and lovers everywhere are affirming their love for each other. When it comes to great lovers of the Middle Ages their is none better than Henry VIII. After all he had six wives!!! Here is a collection of the love letters that Henry wrote to his first mistress Anne…
MAP: Ep 13 – History of St. Valentine’s Day
A short history of St. Valentine’s Day. Who is the real St Valentine? Why is the day linked to love and romance? Which medieval author can we thank for transforming Valentin’s Day into a day of love and romance? Find out how it all began and how it relates to the Middle Ages in this…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13
Happy Birthday 1452 – Blessed Joan, Princess of Portugal # Happy Birthday 1347 – Saint Dorothea of Montau # R.I.P 1378 – Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France # Over a foot of snow last night at Archive HQ!! Spent the morning shoveling and sledding! # R.I.P. 893 – Saint Photius I…
MAP: Ep 12 – Black Agnes
Warfare Wednesday Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar and March, also known as Black Agnes of Dunbar, was the wife of Patrick, 9th Earl of Dunbar and March. Black Agnes became renowned for her heroic defense of Dunbar Castle against an English attack by the William Montague, 1st Earl of Salisbury, which began on 13 January…
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
For those who consider museum-going a secular religion, here’s a meta-experience: “Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe” opens Feb. 13 at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and features 133 objects linked to medieval Europe’s pilgrims – the ones who worshiped saints’ remains the way we worship the “Mona Lisa.” Co-organized…
History of the longbow at Martock
Martock Local History Group is having Neil Eddington to demonstrate his Short History of the Longbow at its next meeting on February 15. The meeting will be held at Martock Primary School from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Neil is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable expert on medieval warfare and will give a hands-on demonstration in…
Arizona Renaissance Festival creates whimsy
The actors in the “Barley Balanced” acrobatic performance create a human tower with raw strenght and coordination. The show is one of many displayed at the Renaissance Festival from Feb.21-April 3 in Apache Junction. Hear ye! Hear ye! Every year one may enter a land of knights, jesters, lords and ladies, where thy humble peasantry…
Delft moves medieval tower
The medieval Bagijnetoren in the centre of Delft is to be moved on Wednesday. The 280-tonnes tower, built around 1500, has to be moved in connection with the construction of a 2.3-kilometre railway tunnel. The Bagijnetoren has already been lifted five centimetres. On Wednesday morning a hydraulic machine will move the tower 15 meters from…
Black Death Movie Trailer
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Black Death movie poster
Black Death is available via streaming on XBox Live, Amazon, iTunes, Playstation and On-Demand. It will be released in US theaters on 11 March 2011. Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to…
The Sims Medieval – Gameplay Trailer
The wait is almost over. The Sims Medieval will be released on 22 March. While you anxiously await the release you can view the video below for a glimpse at what the game play will look like.
University of Arizona Lectures to Explore Medieval Texts
The UA’s Special Collections is hosting events to ponder poetry, faith and games in medieval texts housed within the University Libraries’ collection. Special Collections at the University of Arizona is hosting several events to showcase the expansive expertise of UA faculty members in the medieval studies discipline. The annual “Early Books Lecture VIII” will be…