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New Insights into the Bedale Hoard Sword
This entry was posted on July 13, 2017.
In 2012 metal detectorists uncovered a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver items in a field at Bedale, North Yorkshire. New research presented last week at the International Medieval Congress is offering insights into the remains of a sword that was part of that hoard. Read more -
10 Things I’ve learned at the IMC
This entry was posted on July 9, 2017.
One of the two major conferences on the Middle Ages takes place each year at the University of Leeds. The International Medieval Congress (IMC) brings... Read more -
Geoffrey de Preuilly did not invent the tournament
This entry was posted on June 30, 2017.
If you ask Google about the first tournament where knights fought against each other, an answer you might get is that it happened in the... Read more -
Some people should not go jousting!
This entry was posted on June 22, 2017.
Jousting might be fun, but not everyone should do it. You can learn that from this story, written in the 14th century by Franco Sacchetti. Read more -
Tournaments and The History of William Marshal
This entry was posted on June 15, 2017.
If you want to learn more about tournaments in the Middle Ages, one of the best sources to read is The History of William Marshal. Read more -
Book Review: By the Emperor's Hand: Military Dress and Court Regalia in the Later Romano-Byzantine Empire
This entry was posted on June 9, 2017.
With this book more than others you can see and 'smell' the ceremonials, the rites of the Byzantine Court. Read more -
Five Strange Moments in Medieval Tournaments
This entry was posted on June 8, 2017.
There were probably thousands of tournaments held during the Middle Ages. Sometimes they did not go as expected. Here are five episodes during medieval tournaments that we need to tell you about! Read more -
Which medieval battle would you like to witness? - Episode 7 of the Medieval Warfare Podcast
This entry was posted on June 2, 2017.
We bring Michael Livingston and Kelly DeVries to talk about which battles from the Middle Ages we would have really liked to have seen firsthand. Read more -
From Fun and Games to Deadly Serious: The Diary of a German Knight
This entry was posted on June 1, 2017.
In the year 1458 a German knight named Jorg von Ehingen would travel to the ends of Europe, and experience both the delights of a royal court, and the exhilaration of a fighting a duel to the death. Read more -
The mouse that ransomed her sister
This entry was posted on May 25, 2017.
Although this story isn’t quite about medieval warfare, it’s just too good not to write about it. Read more
