Recently a medieval treasure was unearthed in England. It's a figurine of a wild man, brandishing a club and a set of powerful beard hairs. Check the link: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-35050026 What is strange is that such figurines were common in the Middle Ages if the art historians and archaeologists can be believed. A very common… Continue reading Statues of wild men: the medieval equivalent of some popular figurine of modern times?
Tag: Late Middle Ages
9 medieval battles that were even more significant than Agincourt? Say it ain’t so!
My lords! Duchesses! Hear ye! Yesterday was the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt where Henry V of England (who had a really stupid haircut) used his ridiculous Lloyd Christmas-hairded longbow men to great effect and defeated a much larger army of French knights who undoubtedly died, one and all, with really stupid haircuts.… Continue reading 9 medieval battles that were even more significant than Agincourt? Say it ain’t so!
‘Past Perfect!’ Continues: Benedek Lang
CEU Medieval Radio proudly presents this week's 'Past Perfect!' (December 3-5) featuring Benedek Lang, Associate Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics talking about magical texts and cryptography in the later Middle Ages. Past Perfect! is CEU Medieval Radio's show on medieval and early modern history and culture in association with Civil Radio FM98,… Continue reading ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues: Benedek Lang
‘Past Perfect!’ Continues
CEU Medieval Radio proudly presents this week’s ‘Past Perfect!’ (July 9-10, 14 ) featuring UCLA's Prof. Emerita Marianne D. Birnbaum, who will talk about the literature produced by renaissance Hungarian poets such as Janus Pannonius and Bálint Balassi and allow some insight into Jewish living in the early modern period by discussing the extraordinary life… Continue reading ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues
More New Albums on the Playlist
Upon the request of our listeners CEU Medieval Radio's music editor Kyra has now added three new albums to the playlist. If you tune in to CEU Medieval Radio, in addition to those hundreds of medieval and renaissance songs already on the playlist, you will now hear sixty new tracks included in Alfred Deller &… Continue reading More New Albums on the Playlist
‘Past Perfect!’ Continues
CEU Medieval Radio proudly presents this and next week's Past Perfect! (February 16-19-21) featuring Emese Sarkadi Nagy, who will talk about fifteenth and sixteenth-century Transylvanian altarpieces, about their production, as well as about her work in the collection of the Christian Museum in Esztergom, Hungary. Past Perfect! is CEU Medieval Radio's show on medieval and… Continue reading ‘Past Perfect!’ Continues
Britons Quarrel over the Remains of Richard III
Now that the long lost remains of Richard III have been identified, it seems that deciding over the late king's new resting place will cause troblems on par with Richard's infamous character. Leicester City Council and Leicester University, which conducted the archaeological dig and forensic examination, want Richard be buried at St Martin’s Cathedral in… Continue reading Britons Quarrel over the Remains of Richard III
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