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Offline Paul

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #286 on: March 02, 2015, 06:16:34 AM »
After Braveheart..
Has it  been released yet?
http://tilefilms.ie/productions/after-braveheart-showreel-enterprise-ireland-mipco/

It's the first I've actually heard of this Paul! Please keep this updated if you find out anything to add as it is (obviously) of great interest to me and many others I would imagine.....  :)

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #287 on: March 02, 2015, 05:12:02 PM »
Apparently it was  shown on January 15th and  January 22nd in Ireland this year.
http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4287904&tpl=archnews&force=1
and will be shown in N.I and Scotland later in 2015.
Nothing anywhere as to wether it will be released on DVD

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #288 on: March 02, 2015, 06:18:26 PM »
Apparently it was  shown on January 15th and  January 22nd in Ireland this year.
http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4287904&tpl=archnews&force=1
and will be shown in N.I and Scotland later in 2015.
Nothing anywhere as to wether it will be released on DVD

I'll check the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle as they show quite a lot of "off the wall" films.

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Re: Medieval News
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Re: Medieval News
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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #291 on: March 03, 2015, 11:40:39 AM »
and possibly related...Gerbils and the black death
http://news.discovery.com/animals/gerbils-not-rats-behind-spread-of-black-plague-150224.htm

Yeah, that actually hit the news a couple of days ago!

Interesting stuff.... still doesn't explain the pneumonic theory though.....

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #292 on: March 07, 2015, 12:25:30 PM »
'Robin Hood Was a Loan Shark'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7385198/New-book-claims-Robin-Hood-stole-from-the-rich-and-lent-to-the-poor.html


...........................and he quivered over interest rates  :)

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Re: Medieval News
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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #294 on: March 07, 2015, 09:45:53 PM »
 :) "balladeers were skilful diversifiers of information. They made a living from entertaining people, so they would often spice up a story by adding a tale from somewhere else"

Yes, and I did that in many medieval events too!

Although I am never pretending to be Robin Hood nor wearing his style of clothing, but when you wander around in a medieval festival wearing medieval clothes it often happens that children ask: "T'es Robin des Bois ?" (= are you Robin Hood?")...

And I always answer in a loud voice: "No, I am not. Firstly, he is English, and I am Breton. Secondly, he steals the rich. I steal the poor, they have less money but there's much many of them and it's easier because they are less protected than the rich!"

(the children do not fully understand the political meaning of this, but their parents do)
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Re: Medieval News
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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #296 on: March 11, 2015, 08:36:26 AM »
A medieval boat project at the Quay in Sandwich
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/the-quay-to-towns-future-32824/
Iīm not too sure about the colour scheme on the (Zvezda) cogīs Hull  ???
Wouldnīt they have been black/dark Brown  (the tar covering) or just plain Wood?
I can find loads of contemporary paintings of medieval ships but None painted up.
The mathew (reconstruction) wasnīt all painted up like a modern tug boat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_(ship)

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #297 on: March 18, 2015, 08:17:48 PM »
All rather fascinating...
Really more Ancient / Dark Age news than out and out mdeieval, but fascinating nevertheless, for students of the waves of invasions that shaped Britannia...

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/18/genetic-study-30-percent-white-british-dna-german-ancestry

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #298 on: March 19, 2015, 05:08:19 AM »
All rather fascinating...
Really more Ancient / Dark Age news than out and out mdeieval, but fascinating nevertheless, for students of the waves of invasions that shaped Britannia...

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/18/genetic-study-30-percent-white-british-dna-german-ancestry

I remember a similar survey a few years ago, with a much smaller sample that had similar results. I'll try and get theold grey matter working and dig it out.

Darrell.

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Re: Medieval News
« Reply #299 on: March 29, 2015, 10:37:32 AM »
looking for work?  8000 viking extras  needed. Fishermen, carpenters, skilled swords people, bowmen and women, ship hands, Latin speakers, tree surgeons, and males with long hair and beards 
http://www.newstalk.com/Looking-for-some-extra-work-Vikings-need-8000-extras-in-Ireland

 

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