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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at the Mining Co.Vol. I, No.4 July 10, 1998 |
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This Week's Feature
Knight Life Issue #6: The Castle through the Ages
Although the castle remained an intricate part of the knight's life, what it looked like and how it was built evolved through the ages.
In the News
First Edition of Canterbury Tales Fetches Record Sum
In an auction at Christie's Wednesday, Chaucer's classic tales sold for a record $7.4 million. The book, sans cover page, was one of only 12 copies known to have survived from the first printing by William Caxton in the 1470s. The expected going price of $800,000 was surpassed in the first few seconds of bidding.
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Church in Jordan
A mud-brick structure discovered in downtown Aqaba last month may be the remains of the oldest building ever to be designed and used as a church. Archaeologists believe the building was buried by desert sand during an earthquake in 363 AD. Proof of a general date of its construction is yet to be found, but the building is significant nonetheless as a starting point for several civilizations along the Red Sea, including Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic cultures.
Medieval Minutia
The letter w first came into use in the seventh century. At that time in Anglo-Saxon England, the v and u were used interchangeably to mean either the v-consonant sound or the u-vowel sound, and the w was written as: uu.
Source: The Encyclopedia Americana
You can find out more about medieval languages at our page of Language net links.
Site Update
New links have been added to the following net link categories:
- Armor & Weaponry
- Trebuchet, a Medieval Siege Engine
- Book, Manuscript and Printing History
- Book of Hours Illuminated for the Daughter of Francis I
- The Commonplace Book
- Life, Death and Miracles of Saint Jerome
- Mystere dou jour dou jugement
- University of Kentucky Special Collections
- Byzantine Studies
- Byzantines in Renaissance Italy
- (also added to Renaissance Studies and Medieval Italy)
- Castles
- Castle of Châlus
- The Crusades
- The Crusades: Five Centuries of Holy Wars
- The Military Situation in the Holy Land
- The Historical King Arthur
- Arthurian Literature
- Arthurian Sites
- The Gododdin
- The Historicity and Historicisation of Arthur
- Living History
- Leine Pattern
- Medieval Britain
- Extracts from Ulrike Kessler's biography of Richard I
- The Invasion of England, 1066 (also added to Military History)
- Richard Lionheart Pictures
- The Story of Richard
- Medieval Europe
- The Frankish Period in Cyprus
- Military History
- The Battle at the Horns of Hattin
- The Battle of Hastings 1066
- The Battle of Nazareth
- The Fall of Acre
- The Templars and the Battle of Hattin
- On-Line Libraries and Text Collections
- Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature
- The SCRIBE Network - History File Libraries
- Renaissance Studies
- South Central Renaissance Conference
- Timelines, Choronologies, and Dynastic Tables
- Medieval Timeline Reference
- Women of the Middle Ages
- Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Joan of Arc
- Johan Nider: on Joan of Arc
Be sure to check out our many other net link categories; or check out all the Latest Links .
Chat!
I hope you'll join me in the chat room Tuesday, July 14th, at 10:00 PM Eastern time for an informal chat about medieval history. Bring along your favorite topics!
On the Board
Are you a medieval movie buff? Perhaps you can help me answer a movie question. And Florian has returned to the topic of the Secreta Secretorum and has raised an interesting theory.
So drop on by our board and share your knowledge and opinions, and feel free to post a question of your own.
Quote of the Knight
- A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711)
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