Medieval World 20

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During the Middle Ages, the court of a great lord was a place filled with lavish feasts, grand tournaments, and other ostentatious displays of wealth and power.

Theme: Courtly life

  • Alice Isabella Sullivan, "Courtly culture in the Middle Ages: Origins and sources," 16-17.
  • Kathryn Walton, "The romances of courtly life: Of love, magic, and chivalry," 18-21.
  • Leslie Ivings, "The court of the purple born: Byzantine power and ceremony," 22-25.
  • Jacob H. Deacon, "Pas d'armes: Knights, giants, and unicorns," 26-33.
  • Helen Carr, "The court of Edward III: Chivalry, powers, and spectacle," 34-37.
  • Lucie Laumonier, "Dining at court: Fine cuisine and table manners," 38-43.
  • Jacob H. Deaon, "Freydal: Combat and dance," 44-47.

Features:

  • Richard Thomson, "Medieval Edinburgh: The principal burgh of our kingdom," 8-13.
  • Robert Jones, "Knights behaving badly: When chivalric culture failed." 14-15.
  • Conor Robison, "The hard ground at Gladenmore: Reigniting Scotland's war for independence," 48-51.
  • Lucie Laumonier, "Practical magic: Debunking myths about medieval witches," 52-53.
  • James G. Clark, "The Golden Legend: A popular treasury of tales," 54-55.
  • Jonathan H. Jones, "Book review: Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books," 56.
  • Michael Kister, "Book review: Frederick Barbarossa," 57.
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Alena M.

loved the theming and the major articles. good condensed info as well. loved the images. a bit dry in a way, i'm not sure how to express it. but this is one individual. this is one of my favourite gruop of writers and historians. thank you.

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Paul G.

This issue as all of your issues on every magazine subscriptions I have is excellent and very very professionally written.

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Joern S.

The article about Medieval Edinburgh was very good. I would like to see more such articles, either about other cities or about general trends in the development of cities or villages.

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Stephanie B.

I enjoy your magazine very much. I especially enjoy the small stories about archelogical finds. But overall I enjoy the depth of some of the articles.

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Adrian K.

I enjoyed the articles about Gladenmore, Dupplin Moor, Medieval Edinburgh, Courtly Life and Knights Behaving Badly.
My son lived in Edinburgh for five years and it was interesting to compare the modern with medieval.
The quality of the magazine is superb as always with top quality illustrations which bting the articles to life.

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Danny S.

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Christine W.

I haven't had time to read a lot of it yet, but I have enjoyed the articles I have read. The contents really interest me.

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Jolanta S.

I am very pleased. Very interesting issue about courtly life. Even my husband found something for himself to read

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Gary L.

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