A team of dedicated trustees are on a mission to reveal the true identity of one of Derbyshire’s finest standing castles. This year the Codnor Castle Heritage Trust has been busy clear the undergrowth in the south court of the medieval ruins – getting rid of all thorn, scrub and ivy that has built up…
The Czech crown jewels went on show at Prague castle Friday, in a rare public display for the 700-year-old items that are pulled out only on special occasions. The medieval works of art consist of a gold crown decorated with 96 precious stones including rubies and sapphires, along with a sceptre, royal orb and other…
The Pope, the Bishop of Rome, successor of Saint Peter and leader of the Catholic Church. Pious men aspire to the chair and humbly accept the position. At least that’s what we’d like to believe. But not all popes were righteous men, some weren’t even Christian! In this episode of the Medieval Archives Podcast we…
Ragnar is in Sweden dealing with Jarl Borg and meets a beautiful princess. Meanwhile Lagertha is back in Kattegat dealing with a deadly plague outbreak that threatens the entire village. Will Ragnar stray from Lagertha? Will anyone survive the deadly Plague? Find out all that and more on another episode of The Vikings Podcast. We’ll…
The invaders moved in almost overnight and now they are ready to attack. If you live in the Austin, Texas area you can watch a Battle Castle Mini-Marathon today on PBS station KLRU. Don’t miss it! #BattleCastle marathon on @KLRU Austin, TX featuring Crac des Chevaliers, Dover and Malaga. Sunday May 5th @ 3:55 pm….
Ragnar and his clan travel to Uppsala to offer the gods sacrifices in return for their favor. While there he strikes an alliance with King Horic and is offered a new mission. Athelstan Learns that he may not make it home alive and that his faith in God is still strong. Find out all that…
Ragnar and company raid England and offer King Aella an end to the raids. Will the King accept his proposal? Siggy wishes to serve Lagertha and tragedy strikes the Lothbrock household! Find out this week on another episode of The Vikings Podcast. We’ll review and recap episode 7: A King’s Ransom”. Then we’ll look at…
San Francisco PBS station KQED released their schedule for Battle Castle. And they are running a marathon! If you live in the Bay area plan your Memorial Day Weekend around the Battle Castle lineup! It will air beginning Thursday, 23 May 2013 and the final show will be on Saturday, 25 May 2013. Get your…
The cast of Vikings appeared at WonderCon this year. This was before the announcement of the second season, as you will see by one of the questions. Travis Fimmel (Ragnar), Katheryn Winnick(Lagertha), George Blagden (Athelstan) and Dirk Hoogstra, EVP HISTORY Development & Programming answer fans’ questions at WonderCon on March 30, 2013.
1. England The intimate one Britain’s largest castle is in Windsor, and if you manage to get a room there, do send us a postcard. For those who prefer a shorter walk to the breakfast table and fewer corgis in the way, Hellifield Peel Castle is a fortified home on a more human scale. 2….
A 12th-century manuscript contains the oldest known European Medieval food recipes, according to new research. The recipes, which include both food and medical ointment concoctions, were compiled and written in Latin. Someone jotted them down at Durham Cathedral’s monastery in the year 1140. It was essentially a health book, so the meals were meant to…
Ragnar and Earl Haraldson meet in single combat. Who will survive? Find out this week on another episode of The Vikings Podcast. We’ll review and recap episode 6: Burial of the Deadr”. Then we’ll look at the history presented in the show and see how it compares to actual history. Burial of the Dead Ragnar,…
In the United Kingdom, British archaeologists have made a number of significant discoveries as of late, from the battered remains of King Richard III — found buried beneath a parking lot — to, more recently, a 14th-century burial ground for plague victims in London. British soil is, in fact, full of traces of the past….
While reading online, do you sometimes find yourself going from reading articles on, say, politics, to poetry, to humor? If so, your experience is rather medieval, according to Arthur Bahr, an associate professor of literature at MIT whose first book, “Fragments and Assemblages: Forming Compilations of Medieval London“ was just released by University of Chicago…
Thank goodness that our usual half-term holiday house was booked. Had it been free, the joys of Northumberland would have passed us by. Instead Alnwick Castle Cottages stepped into the breach, providing as cosy, clean and warm a berth as could possibly be wished for. And, for a family, a base for any number of…
