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Weekend Parting Shot: You Need Medieval Trans Studies Like You Need a Lance to the Head

Weekend Parting Shot: You Need Medieval Trans Studies Like You Need a Lance to the Head

Happy Friday, Gentle Readers, I pray this missive finds you well. We’ll…
The funeral effigy head of King Henry VII is being scanned to try to find out how it is so lifelike

The REAL face of Henry VII? Experts to scan 500-year-old funeral effigy head to find out how medieval craftsman made it so lifelike

He was the first Tudor monarch, the king who vanquished Richard III…
Medieval 'Social Justice' With a Contemporary Twist

Medieval 'Social Justice' With a Contemporary Twist

Can one impeach a witch, a sorcerer or a dead person? In…
It was purchased in 1912 by a Polish-American antiquarian book dealer, named Wilfred Voynich (pictured) (1865–1930), from where it gets its name

Has the world’s most mysterious text finally been cracked? Experts claim 600-year-old Voynich manuscript contains medieval SEX secrets

The first confirmed owner of the Voynich manuscript was George Baresch, an…
British scholar trapped in medieval tower for 7 hours uses household items to escape

British scholar trapped in medieval tower for 7 hours uses household items to escape

Rapunzel doesn’t have anything on this damsel in distress. A British scholar…
medieval art

Challenging Medieval Art’s Dark, Gloomy Reputation

Notre Dame, before the fire. (© FlaglerLive) By José Alberto Moráis Morán…
The Ingenious, Glyph-Like Number System Created By Medieval Monks

The Ingenious, Glyph-Like Number System Created By Medieval Monks

It’s a little tricky to explain the Cistercian number system using words…
Civilization Has to Go Medieval on Terrorists

Civilization Has to Go Medieval on Terrorists

“Remember we have only to be lucky once, you will have to…
Pictured: The amnesty bin where people can anonymously dispose of weapons

Two three foot Samurai swords and a medieval flail with spiked metal balls on a chain among terrifying knife amnesty haul in New Forest

Knife ‘amnesty’ bins were placed across Hampshire for weapon disposal By Megan…
Here's hoping THAT will stop it from collapsing: Bologna's 154ft leaning tower is 'held up with planks of wood' - as exclusion zone around 'critical' medieval structure is set up

Here's hoping THAT will stop it from collapsing: Bologna's 154ft leaning tower is 'held up with planks of wood' – as exclusion zone around 'critical' medieval structure is set up

Authorities have built a 16ft barrier around the medieval Garisenda Tower to…