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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at About.com

Vol. III, No. 19
October 26, 2000

•The Medieval Child, part 2
•Portuguese Shipwreck
•The Real Dracula

The Knightly Newsletter

Our Latest Feature:

The Medieval Child, Part 2

In "Entry into the Medieval World," we examine childbirth and baptism, and see how the medieval child was welcomed into medieval society.

In the News

Medieval Bodies Exhumed

Work has begun on the exhumation of more than 200 bodies from a 12th-century graveyard in Northampton. Archaeologists plan to take them to Canterbury, where they hope to learn how they died and other data from their time period. For more info, see the article at Ananova.

Portuguese Shipwreck

The remains of a 17th-century trading ship have been uncovered near Lisbon. Believed to be the Nossa Senhora dos Martires, which sank in 1606, the wreck has yielded astrolabes, cannons and porcelain among its treasures. For more, see the feature at ABC news.

On the Tube

History of Britain

The History Channel will begin its miniseries, "A History of Britain," on October 30 at 9 pm Eastern time. In several parts over three days, most episodes focus primarily on England from the Conquest to the English Reformation.

Explore British History on the net and at the Medieval History site.

The Real Dracula

The USA original movie "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula" will be shown, appropriately, on Halloween night at 9 pm Eastern. Based on the actual 15th-century Romanian prince who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula; not for younger viewers.

Want to know about "the Real Dracula"? Visit the newest addition to Who's Who in Medieval History: Vlad Dracula

This Week and Next in Medieval History

Alfred the Great died, Desiderius Erasmus was born, and Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses. What happened today?

Petition

Do the bones discovered in the grounds of the Tower of London in the seventeenth century really belong to the missing sons of Edward IV? New scientific tests might give us more information than the 1933 examination was able to provide. If you feel these mysterious remains warrant fresh examination, sign the petition at the Later Medieval Britain website.

Daily Question

Test your knowledge of Medieval History with a different trivia question each day. If you miss a day, no problem: there's always a link to the previous day's question.

Elsewhere at About.com

Autumn festivals go back centuries... and centuries. Join Ancient History Guide N. S. Gill for a look at the Thesmophoria, an autumn women's religious festival in honor of the goddess of agriculture, Demeter.

Advances in modern technology bring up new ethical questions. Is it right to genetically engineer a child to save his sibling? Philosophy Guide Rich Gray takes a look.