The resurgent Crusaders have unveiled their latest weapon for making AMI Stadium a fortress throughout the Super Rugby season – The Maidens cheerleading team. Wielding swords and shields, and kitted-out in skimpy red and black “maiden meets warrior” outfits, the cheerleaders will do a guard of honour when the players run onto the field at…
Following up on the Maddest Medieval Monarch series Andrea Cefalo is posting about Medieval love for the month of February. Last week she wrote about Abelard and Heloise dubbed ‘The Twelfth Century’s Romeo and Juliet’ Check out the Star Crossed Lovers series throughout the month to learn more about courtly love. You can also connect…
Game of Thrones Season 3 is about 10 weeks away. The wait seems way to long! Until then, here’s a little something to tide you over.
Just a quick note to announce our new URL shortener: darkag.es If you see a link on Twitter, Facebook or across the internet like this http://darkag.es/RncVKU or this http://darkag.es/J6nK0u rest assured it will take you to the Medieval Archives website for great medieval content.
A few podcast episodes ago we featured the crazy Kings and Queens of the medieval era. Kings made of glass, singing and laughing while battles raged in the kingdom. A Queen who embraced her dead husband nightly and was so jealous she forbid other women from being around his corpse! Last week author Andrea Cefalo…
With over 1 million apps in Apples App Store you think there would be hundreds of medieval apps. Sadly that\’s not the case. Most of the medieval themed apps fall into the game category. However there are a few that are educational. I have reviewed some of them for you on this site. Medieval travel,…
As medieval movies go 2012 started out a little slow but ended with a cinematic juggernaut. Most of the movie news coming out this year was in regards to the highly anticipated prequel to the Lord of the Rings saga. While all the talk seemed to center around Bilbo and his band of Dwarves, there…
2012 was a good year for medieval media and castles in general. The year started off with the fantastic documentary series Battle Castles hosted by Dan Snow, followed by a book of the same name written by Dan Snow. If that wasn’t enough there is now a Battle Castle app. While the documentary and book…
We are less than two months away from the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The story was originally going to be told over two movies, but director Peter Jackson as expanded it into a trilogy. The first movie hits screens this December, follow by The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug in 2013 and The…
You can see Brave in theaters on Friday. Until then enjoy this… Solve Your Problems with Witch’s Magical Mystery Brew!
Here is a 5-minute sneak peek of the upcoming movie, Snow White and the Huntsman. I looks to be an interesting take on the fairy tale. It opens this Friday, 01 June in the United States and Canada. If you are in the UK it is already out. It opened today, 30 May! I will…
Over the weekend the oldest boy and I went and saw Battleship, which is in no way considered medieval. However during the preview we saw this little feature from the upcoming movie Brave. Fest your eyes on the teaser and then ask yourself…Are you brave enough to wear one?
Pixar released the third trailer for the upcoming movie Brave. Only two more months and we will be able to see the entire movie. I for one can’t wait! In case you haven’t heard of Brave yet here is the synopsis: Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through…
Meet Merida, the passionate, fiery, and headstrong star of Brave, in US theaters June 22.
Disney/PIXAR released more images from the movie Brave. This movie is going to be incredible! I can’t wait to see it. Brave Synopsis: Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. In “Brave,” a new tale joins the lore…
