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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at About.comVol. II, No.10
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Our Latest Feature
Check out the first batch of responses we've received from our Time Trip Survey through email and the submission form. And if you haven't already, I hope you'll take the survey and become a time traveler, too!
In the News
Face of soldier from Wars of the Roses reconstructed
Recovered in 1996 in a mass grave discovered near the site of the Battle of Towton, the face of "No. 16" has been reconstructed by forensic scientists and now reveals fascinating details. The 50-year old man had suffered a prior injury of some severity and recovered, thanks in part to some rather advanced medical treatment. Other remains from the mass grave are enlightening scientists and historians about the horrific Battle of Towton. For more information (including some gruesome details), see the article by Roger Highfield at the Telegraph.
New evidence from archaeological dig at
Harbottle Castle
The latest excavations have revealed a grand gateway with a portcullis was constructed sometime in the thirteenth century. For more information, see the article by Tony Henderson at the Journal.
Tenth-century pillar found in
Nangavaram
An unusual pillar bearing an inscription concerning the donation of an orchard by a noble landlord to the people of Nangavaram, India, was recently discovered by officials of the Tamilnadu Archaeology Department. For more, see the article at the Hindu.
Medieval Minutia
In 1511, Raphael completed his colossal painting, The School of Athens, in which famous philosophers, mathematicians and scholars of the classical age are portrayed. In it, Plato bears a striking resemblance to Leonardo da Vinci and Euclid looks like the architect Bramante.
One story has it that Bramante had a key to the Sistine Chapel and sneaked Raphael in to see Michelangelo's work on the ceiling. Raphael was so impressed that he added the figure of Heraclitus, painted to look like Michelangelo, to The School of Athens at the last minute.
Source: Humanists and Reformers by Bard Thompson
You can purchase Humanists and Reformers and other good books about medieval history and the Renaissance at our online bookstore (brought to you in association with Borders.com).
You can see The School of Athens at Carol Gerten's Fine Art Museum.
You can learn more about artists like Raphael and Michelangelo in our page of links.
Site Update
Directory Reorganization
Our expanding list of links on Castles has been reorganized and broken up into four pages:
All our Castle link pages can be found in this index.
Our page of links on maps has been reorganized by geographical area.
New Link Pages
We've added two new pages of net links:
You can find the Norman Conquest through our Index of Medieval Britain.
New Links
New links have been added to the following pages:
- Archaeology
- Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries
- Anglo-Saxon and Viking Yorkshire
- Archaeology
- Canterbury Archaeological Trust
- Castell Henllys Training Excavation
- The Jorvik Viking Center (also added to Vikings and Living History)
- Journal of Irish Archaeology (also added to Journals)
- York Archaeological Trust
- Architecture
- The Abbey of Saint-Martin-aux-Bois
- Bellapais Abbey
- History of Whalley Abbey
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Cathedrals in England and Portugal
- Lala Mustafa Pasa Mosque: (St. Nicholas Cathedral)
- Canterbury Tour
- Art
- 1200 Anni di Scultura Italiana
- Medieval stained glass windows from Esslingen am Neckar
- Periods in Art History
- Wallpaintings in Danish Churches
- Web Gallery of Art
- Artists
- 1200 anni di scultura italiana - Michelangelo Buonarroti
- A new subsection on Fra Angelico with five links
- Book, Manuscript and Printing History
- The Lindisfarne Gospels
- Castles
- Castles in Europe
- Torrione Castle
- Daily Life
- Clothing & Fabrics
- Scottish Men's Clothing
- Scottish Women's Clothing
- Food & Famine
- Ein Buch von guter spise
- Viking Age Foodstuffs (also added to Vikings)
- Health & Medicine
- The Bubonic Plague Bibliography
- Leonardo da Vinci
- National Gallery: Leonardo da Vinci
- Medieval Britain
- Medieval Britain: General
- Barley Hall (also added to Living History)
- ORB: Jews in Medieval England Bibliography
- Richard III Bibliography
- Medieval Europe
- Medieval Europe: General
- Barbarian Bibliography
- Jewish Life and Philosophy on the Continent before 1215
- Byzantine Studies
- Middle Byzantine Thessaloniki
- The Carolingians
- Einhard Bibliography
- Iberia
- Catholic Encyclopedia: El Cid
- The Christian Reconquest
- Christian Kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula
- Muslim Spain
- The Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella
- Visigothic Spain
- Vikings and Scandinavian History
- A Bibliography of Sources of the Viking for the Non-Viking
- Military History
- Fencing & Swords
- The Academy of Arms Online Quarterly (also added to Journals)
- The Crusades
- ORB Bibliography: The Crusades
- Music
- Medieval Music Bibliography
- The Story of Gregorian Chant
- Organizations and Societies
- Western Michigan University Medieval Institute
- Religion in the Middle Ages
- Judaism & Jewish History
- Judaism in Medieval Europe Bibliography
- Science & Technology
- The Great Stirrup Controversy
- Women of the Middle Ages
- General
- Medieval Jewish Women.... Bibliography
Chat About Medieval History
The topic of time travel still holds our interest and of course leads to many other historical subjects. Bring your favorite time periods and medieval subjects to any of our three regular chats. You can find our schedule at the log-in page.
New Quizlet
Our latest question involves Renaissance printers. Do you know the answer?
Elsewhere at About.com
It Happened One Night. Bogart & Bacall. Gone with the Wind. Chaplin and Keaton and Lloyd (oh my!). Things to Come. The Duke. MGM Musicals, Film Noir, Cecil B. DeMille and a cast of thousands. Your Guide is mad about the movies, especially those from an era long gone. If oldies strike your fancy, be sure to check out About.com's Classic Movies site, hosted by Guide Brad Lang. Come see why Roger Ebert chose it as one of the best movie sites on the web!
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- [History] hath triumphed over time, which
besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.
Sir Walter Raleigh, Historie of the World
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