Medieval News

[Paul]

http://www.milesstrenuus.com/2015/02/09/the-crusades-principles-and-perspectives/

[Atheling]

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..... 

Darrell.

[Paul]

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

[Atheling]

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.

Darrell.

[Paul]

200 + medieval period skellies found under a Supermarket in France...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/02/200-skeletons-found-in-medieval-mass-grave-beneath-paris-supermarket/

[Paul]

and possibly related...Gerbils and the black death
http://news.discovery.com/animals/gerbils-not-rats-behind-spread-of-black-plague-150224.htm

[Atheling]

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.....

Darrell.

[Paul]

'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 

[Atheling]

'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 

 

Darrell.

[Patrice]

  "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)

[Paul]

A hot iron to cure Saint Fiacre’s illness...
http://listverse.com/2013/07/31/10-bizarre-medieval-medical-practices/

[Paul]

A medieval boat project at the Quay in Sandwich
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/the-quay-to-towns-future-32824/
I´m not too sure about the colour scheme on the (Zvezda) cog´s Hull 
Wouldn´t 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) wasn´t all painted up like a modern tug boat

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

[Captain Blood]

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

[Atheling]

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.

[Paul]

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