History The Hardworking Dogs of Medieval Europe | JSTOR Daily jstor.org - By: Livia Gershon Most dogs today are slackers. A few have jobs—as guides for blind humans or K-9 officers, for example. But the range of employment open to canine …
Culture How tally sticks were used in medieval England | Boing Boing boingboing.net - Gareth Branwyn I have to admit, I thought I was up on my dead media, but I didn't really know much about the medieval history of the tally stick, a record-keeping …
British History 5 Extraordinary Medieval Women thecollector.com - Kurt Readman Medieval Women are often overlooked as having little to no influence in their period. However, upon closer inspection, this is not the case. Here are …
United Kingdom From the History of PEI to Infertility and Childlessness in Medieval Royal Couples, with Emma Trivett - Medievalists.net medievalists.net Kate Buchanan is joined by Emma Trivett to discuss Emma’s journey to studying medieval history and infertility and childlessness in medieval Scottish …
British History John of Gaunt: father of England’s medieval monarchy and self-styled Spanish king historyextra.com John of Gaunt, third surviving son of King Edward III of England, was wealthy, powerful – and his lineage would go on to irrevocably shape the royal …
Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries) | French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven) | The Metropolitan... metmuseum.org Breck, Joseph. "The Tapestry Exhibition: Part I." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, o.s., 23, no. 6 (June 1928). pp. 147–50. Catalogue of a Loan …
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Live ScienceHistory Medieval gold coin hoards and skull ring discovered in Wales Live Science - Laura Geggel "Memento Mori" was written around the skull on the ring. Metal detectorists in Wales have unearthed nine priceless valuables dating to the medieval …
History John of Gaunt with Helen Carr - Medievalists.net medievalists.net Diplomat, soldier, prince, adulterer. This week, Danièle speaks with Helen Carr about one of the most colourful and powerful figures of the late …
AvatarThe HinduIndia An online session to decode Deccan rock formations in medieval art The Hindu - Sangeetha Devi Dundoo Salar Jung Museum, Goethe Zentrum of Hyderabad and Save the Rocks Society will present the third in the series of ‘I am here to wonder’ online baithak …
History Sacred setting for town's wealth of history leaderlive.co.uk - Claire Pierce St Winefride's Well has been an important place of pilgrimage since medieval times and is still venerated today. Legend has it that in 660AD Caradoc, …
'The Talk' Hosts Through the Year & Why Each Left The ShowBy Parade MagazineWe look back at all "The Talk" hosts through the years and how and why each left the show.
History Archaeologists Identify Medieval Jewish Homes in Oxford – by What’s Not There haaretz.com - Ruth Schuster Excavation by a church in the heart of Oxford finds strange layer with no sign of swine, and pots in which only kosher animals were cooked Kashrut, …
History Life and Death in Medieval England acast.com We often hear about the kings and queens of medieval England, but what was life like for the ordinary person? From knights to peasants to barbers, …
Gaming New trailer shows brutal medieval warfare game Chivalry 2 in all its bloody glory verified_publisherpinknews.co.uk - Ed Nightingale Brutal medieval battle game Chivalry 2 has a new trailer ahead of its launch in two months time. Releasing for PC, PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox Series …
History 800-year-old toilet reveals: British Jews ate herring, chicken, no pig jpost.com - By ROSSELLA TERCATIN “We found that in the Jewish phase, there was no pig processing whatsoever. But in the Anglo Saxon phase, there was pig processing.” Jews in 13th …
PitchforkThe Arts The Radiant Slowness of Ana Roxanne Pitchfork - Cat ZhangThe Met Cloisters houses some 2,000 works of medieval art—silk tapestries and woodcut illustrations, stained glass from Austrian castles—but for the moment, Ana Roxanne is not in a rush to see them. Instead,...
Museums Where is the Metropolitan Museum of Art and how can I take a virtual tour? thesun.co.uk - Aliki Kraterou THE Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 151 years, on April 13, 2021. Here is how you can book a virtual tour to admire the artwork from anywhere in …
Philosophy Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in Religious Epistemology nd.edu - 10.04 Byerly-Benton/Hawthorne/Rabinowitz (eds.) This collection of sixteen new essays in religious epistemology is among the central outputs of the three-year research project New Insights and …
History From ‘Indiana Jones’ to medieval robots | Penn Today upenn.edu In preparation for teaching a course on medieval medicine last semester, Elly Truitt, a historian of science in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, was …
PolygonShadow And Bone Shadow and Bone author had a goal for the Netflix show: fix the diversity issues verified_publisherPolygon - Petrana RadulovicAuthor Leigh Bardugo had one big request when Arrival screenwriter Eric Heisserer came on board to adapt her acclaimed YA series Shadow and Bone for Netflix: “I want you to do this better than I did.”...
Money In the Beginning, There Were Taxes | Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod laphamsquarterly.org - By Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod In Scoop, Evelyn Waugh drew on his experiences in 1930s Abyssinia to imagine tax collection in fictional Ishmaelia: It had been found expedient to …
Language On The Voynich Manuscript, the Most Indecipherable Coded Text Ever Discovered crimereads.com - Edward Brooke-Hitching The most famous cryptic manuscript of the medieval period is—as far as we know—written in a unique language that to this day remains understood only …
University of New Mexico News unm.edu - By Maggie Branch The Office of Career Services invites students and alumni to the UNM Educator's Job Virtual Fair scheduled for Wednesday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 …
India News Italy's 'Dying Town' seeks UNESCO heritage nod livemint.com - Reuters Calling yourself "The Dying Town" may not sound like the best way of attracting visitors, but Civita has learned to make a living out of dying. And it …
Elle2:10Shadow And Bone 5 Reasons to Stream Netflix’s “Shadow and Bone” Elle - flipboard.comNetflix’s latest fantasy series is based on novels by Leigh Bardugo. While it’s similar to “Game of Thrones,” “Shadow and Bone” promises its own uniquely fantastical storyline: for starters, it’s inspired...
Culture The Obscene Fruit That Medieval Europeans Loved neatorama.com - John Farrier The Mespilus germanica was known as the "open-arse" due to its shape, resembling an anus opening to extrude its contents. Although extremely rare …
Metropolitan Museum of Art Disk Brooch | Frankish | The Metropolitan Museum of Art metmuseum.org Ricci, Seymour de. Catalogue of a Collection of Germanic Antiquities Belonging to J. Pierpont Morgan. Paris: C. Berger, 1910. no. 118, p. 15, pl. …
Gaming Hood: Outlaws & Legends DualSense gameplay revealed ahead of May 7th launch - Geeky Gadgets geeky-gadgets.com - Julian Horsey New details on using the PlayStation DualSense controller while playing the highly anticipated Hood: Outlaws & Legends medieval warfare game have …
Science Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought? smithsonianmag.com - David M. Perry For over 20 years, I’ve been telling the same story to students whenever I teach European history. At some point in the 14th century, the bacterium …
