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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at About.comVol. III, No. 7
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How to Live in the Middle Ages
Are you planning a trip back in time? Then check out these useful tips for how to conduct a few medieval tasks.
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This Week and Next in Medieval History
- Events of Interest
- April 14, 1471: The Battle of Barnet
- April 16, 1209: Franciscan order founded
- April 17, 1521: Martin Luther appears before the Diet of Worms
Featured Birthdays- Sinan
- Lucrezia Borgia
For more events and birthdays, find another date in Medieval History. And don't forget Today in Medieval History.
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In Our Forum
MARKRC1 writes:
I'm reading Alison Weir's books about the Tudors and keep coming across references to cloth-of-gold... What I'm looking for are links to any sites that have color images of this fabric.
If you can help Mark, visit our forum.
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Site Update
Directory Reorganization
Our net link library has been reorganized to shorten the length of the link list. You may find this new structure more reasonable. You can find a complete outline of all our link pages at our Complete List. (Warning: this page has many links and may take some time to load!)
New Link Pages
As part of our reorganization, the following pages were created:
New Links
New links have been added to the following pages:
- Topics in Medieval African History
- Ethiopians in India in Ancient and Early Medieval Times
- (also added to Medieval India)
- Reenactment Aids
- Mead Making
- Early Europe
- Overview of Late Antiquity
- A Bibliography on the Sixth-Century...
- (also added to Topics in Byzantine History and Plague & Disease)
- Select Bibiliography for Late Antiquity
- Crisis? Collapse? Recovery?
- A Visual Tour through Late Antiquity
- Daily Life (General)
- Social History
- General European Studies
- Empire and Papacy
- Byzantine Art & Architecture
- The Hagia Sophia
- General Christianity
- A Liturgy of Reform...
- Medieval British Mystics Bibliography
- (also added to Topics in British History)
Elsewhere at About.com
Spring has sprung! And here in the country, we've got some beautiful birds visiting us, demanding food. Want to learn more about your feathered friends? Visit Christine Tarski's Birding site here at About.com.
Quote of the Knight
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from
the rocks of ignorance
Petrarch
Quote of the KnightHow difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance Petrarch |
Thank you for reading this issue of the Knightly Newsletter and for visiting the Medieval History site. Have a great weekend, and hope to see you in chat!
Melissa Snell
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