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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at About.comVol. III, No. 17
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Our Latest Feature:
Book Review: The Renaissance: A Short History
A new series of books from the Modern Library includes an introduction to the Renaissance by Paul Johnson. Your Guide offers her review
A Winner!
Congratulations go to Karen, our winner of the August random drawing. Karen has chosen Medieval Women by Eileen Power as her prize.
If you haven't yet taken the survey and entered the random drawing, you still can. Our next drawing will be held September 15. If you've already taken the survey, thanks! Your name is in the pot for future drawings. Visit our bookstore to see the available prizes.
In the News
Dark-Age Cross-Dressers
Archaeologist Dominic Powlesland claims to have found evidence that supports the idea of an equal, even enlightened society in Post-Roman Britain. Among his findings are weapons buried with women and handbags buried with men. Were the early Anglo-Saxons cross-dressers? Find out more in the article by Nick Nuttall at the Times.
Early Christian Outpost
Evidence of a seventh-century monastery in the Orkney Isles has recently been uncovered. For more information, check out the feature by Archaeology Correspondent David Keys at the Independent.
Daily Dose of the Middle Ages
Get your recommended minimum daily requirement of medieval history with these features:
- Find out what happened on this date in the Middle Ages.
- Try your hand at the Daily Medieval History Question.
New in Who's Who
The following people have been added to our resource, Who's Who in Medieval History:
Chat Tonight
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Elsewhere at About.com
Sixty previously undetected drawings have been discovered in the Lindisfarne Gospels, and new dating techniques may indicate the text was actually created in the time of the Venerable Bede. Get the scoop in this feature by English Culture Guide Paula Bardell.
On August 26, 1920, women at last gained the right to vote in the United States. Get the details of the long battle that led to this triumph from Women's History Guide Jone Johnson Lewis.
Quote of the Knight
HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly
unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly
knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Quote of the KnightHISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary |
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Melissa Snell
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