A report by Shropshire Council’s Archaeology Service is recommending that a field evaluation is carried out to determine exactly what is below a piece of land at the college in Priory Road. The area earmarked for the building is thought to have once been part of a cemetery for the Augustinian Friary, known as the…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Million pound legacy to revamp medieval church
An ancient Old Town church is about to be transformed by a £1million pound legacy. Exhibition spaces, a cafe area, and three new meeting rooms will be built inside St Clement’s Church, High Street, in a bid to turn the church into a central hub for all community activities in the area. Father Robert Featherstone,…
iPhone App ‘Siege Hero’ goes first-person medieval on Angry Birds
Friends, let’s not beat around the bush. Siege Hero is pretty much Angry Birds from a first person perspective. If you’re over Angry Birds, there’s really nothing to see here; there are plenty of other fine app reviews at Beatweek to peruse. If, on the other hand, you’ve sent every pig to the great beyond…
Black Death Pathogen Extinct?
Using a technique for extracting ancient DNA, researchers have found that the form of Yersinia pestis that caused the Black Death in medieval Europe may be extinct, according to a new study publishing today (August 29) in PNAS. The new approach could help researchers understand why that pandemic was so deadly. “It’s a really interesting…
Game of Thrones – Special Effects for Season 1
I know a few guys who do this movie ‘magic’ work and it amazes me every time I see it in action. This behind-the-scenes video shows the locations of Game of Thrones and how they achieved the expansive panoramas. If you don’t want to spoil the vast landscape of the Game of Thrones then you…
Paradox Interactive Announces War of the Roses
War of the Roses explores several underused concepts: principally, medieval combat that doesn’t center around elves and magic; and multiplayer action that doesn’t revolve around guns and grenades. Paradox and Fatshark hope to allow a huge number of players in each battle to capture the true feeling of medieval combat, and the game will support…
BBC4 lines up “Medieval Kings”
UK digital channel BBC4 has unveiled a host of factual commissions, including a major new arts series, Art Nouveau, and medieval history series The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings. The commissions were revealed by BBC4 controlled Richard Klein (pictured above) during the Edinburgh International Television Festival, which is currently taking place in Scotland. They…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28
Born today in 1165; Philip II Augustus, King of France # Died today in 1153; Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian # Bernard of Clairvaux was the primary builder of the reforming order of Cistercians # Bernard of Clairvaux was canonized Saint Bernard by Pope Alexander III on 18 January 1174 # Pope Pius VIII bestowed…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-21
Died today in 1167; Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne # Died today in 1040; Duncan I "the Diseased", King of Scotland # Died today in 1433; John I "the Good", King of Portugal # Died today in 1464; Pope Pius II # 982 – Battle of Capo Colonna: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14
936 – Coronation of Otto I "the Great", King of Germany in the Aachen Cathedral # Born today in 1282; Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, the eighth and youngest daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile # Died today in 1106; Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor # 1420 – Construction of the dome…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07
1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: the French army is defeated at Cravant by the English led by Thomas Montacute # Battle of Cravant: When the French began to retreat their Scottish allies did not. The Scots lost over 3,000 men after the French retreat # 1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by…
Medieval Family Fun Weekend at Wallington; August 6th & 7th
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th August, 11.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. Travel back in time to the middle ages as the Knights of Monymusk invade Wallington! Wander through their medieval camp, have a go at archery, try on chainmail and helmets or have your fortune told. Discover all about life in medieval times when the…
Windsor Castle’s famous Round Tower reopens to the public
Windsor Castle’s world-famous round tower is opened to the public on 01 August for the first time in almost four decades. The tower was closed to visitors in 1975 for major construction work and was under-pinned to prevent subsidence, but instead of reopening to visitors, it was later converted into office space for the Royal…
Italian town prepares to joust
It is time for the butcher to polish up his battle-axe and the schoolmistress to stitch fresh silks on her noblewoman’s gown as the hired horseman hones his lance and primes his mount for combat. Jousting season in Sulmona, and the people of this ancient town, nestled in Italy’s central mountains, are making fevered preparations…
World famous Fountains abbey to host insight into late medieval life
Since it was founded in 1132, Fountains Abbey has been a place of pilgrimage for millions of people throughout the passing centuries. And visitors to the World Heritage site near Ripon are being given the chance to get an insight into what life would have been like had they arrived in the late medieval era….