The Forbidden Library has a list of books that have either been challenged or banned, whether currently or at some point during the past. This list includes novels such as: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Cantebury Tales Catcher in the Rye Don Quixote Fahrenheit 451 Grapes of Wrath Hamlet King… Read More »The Forbidden Library
On this date, September 17th, in medieval history: 879 – Birth of Charles III (The Simple), King of France 1179 – Death of Saint Hildegard of Bingen 1271 – Birth of Wencenslaus II, King of Bohemia
911 Writer’s Block: An interactive site to help you break writer’s block. Press a number for help with a particular area of writing. Exercises include: settings, characters, dramatic entrances, dialogue, commiserate, verbs, calisthenics, killing off a character, endings, and more. *image retrieved from associatedcontent.com, credit to Writer’s Association
A while back, the Modern Library composed a list of the 100 greatest novels of all-time. Its top ten included: ULYSSES by James Joyce THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov BRAVE NEW WORLD… Read More »100 Best Novels List
This is not medieval related — it’s actually pre-medieval — but I enjoy archaeology and found this article interesting (except for the blurb at the beginning about the Bible being fictitious). The ten artifacts mentioned include: The Grooved Spheres The Dropa Stones The Ica Stones The Antikythera Mechanism The Baghdad… Read More »10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts
ReadPrint.com is a free online library, offering thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. ReadPrint includes novels, poems, and short stories from authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas, Robert Frost, John Keats, Herman Melville, George Orwell, Edgar Allan Poe, H.G.… Read More »ReadPrint.Com
On this date, September 15th, in medieval history: 668 – Constans II Pogonatus, the Byzantine Emperor, is assassinated 921 – Death of St. Ludmilla, patron saint of Bohemia. St. Ludmilla helped establish Christianity in Bohemia. She was later strangled to death by allies of her daughter-in-law, Drahomira.
The upcoming medieval historical fiction novel Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell is slated to be released November 1, 2008 in the UK. Originally planned for release in October, the novel got pushed to the following month instead. I wrote briefly about Azincourt back in March. Below is the cover art for… Read More »Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell Slated for Release November 1
Daily Life in the Middle Ages by Paul B. Newman is one of the best resources to own for the student of medieval history. Written with clear and easy to understand text, Daily Life in the Middle Ages covers all aspects of daily life in the medieval period (focusing primarily… Read More »Review of Daily Life in the Middle Ages