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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at About.com

Vol. IV, No. 8
June 2, 2001

•The Medieval Child, Part 6
•Endangered Masterpieces
•Conflagration

The Knightly Newsletter

In the Spotlight

The Medieval Child, Part 6

In "Teens at Work and Play" we take a look at the circumstances of those who worked as servants or laborers throughout their adolescence and the recreational activities of medieval teenagers.

In the News

Endangered Masterpieces?
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Adoration of the Magi is scheduled to undergo restoration at Florence's Uffizi Gallery, but art history professor James Beck is among those who believe the project will destroy the original work. Get the details in the article by Rory Carroll at the Guardian Unlimited.

Find out more about Leonardo da Vinci, and see The Adoration of the Magi at Carol Gerten's Fine Art Museum.

Syphilitic Essex Girl
The 14th-century remains of a girl found in Essex, England, show signs of syphillis, revealing the disease existed in Britain at least fifty years before Columbus sailed to the new world and supposedly brought it back to Europe. Find out more in the feature at Ananova.

This Week in Medieval History

Regiomontanus was born, Saint Boniface died, and the Crusaders began their siege of Jerusalem.

What happened today?

Conflagration

It happened 620 years ago: a violent uprising that swept England in the late spring of 1381. Find out about the events leading up to the rebellion, the tense confrontation in London, and the aftermath of the Peasants' Revolt in this introduction by your Guide.

From the Bookshelf

Did Machiavelli collaborate with Leonardo da Vinci on a project to change the course of the Arno river? Roger D. Masters says they did in his intriguing book, Fortune is a River. Check out your Guide's review.

Site Update

Fresh Links

Castles in Scotland

Food & Famine

General Medieval Science

The Hundred Years' War

People of Medieval Wales

New in Who's Who in Medieval History

King Henry IV of England

Elsewhere at About.com

The Red Baron
20th Century History Guide Jennifer Rosenberg offers an in-depth look at the dramatic flying career of Germany's WWI Ace of Aces, Baron Manfred von Richthofen.

Quote of the Knight

It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.