Title: Daily Life in the Middle Ages Author: Paul B. Newman Title: Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King Author: Ian Walker Title: 1066: The Year of the Conquest Author: David Howarth Title: William the Conqueror Author: David Douglas Title: The Medieval Fortress Author: H. W. Kaufmann and J. E. Kaufmann Title:… Read More »Christmas Gift Ideas: Medieval History Books (Non-Fiction)
Medieval Historical Fiction Title: Agincourt Author: Bernard Cornwell Title: The Burning Land (Book 5, Saxon Stories) Author: Bernard Cornwell Title: The Scarlet Lion Author: Elizabeth Chadwick Title: Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages Author: Vanitha Sankaran Title: Rashi’s Daughters, Book III Author: Maggie Anton Title: The Forever Queen Author:… Read More »Christmas Gift Ideas: Novels
In the summer of 1047, Duke William II (“The Conqueror”) was still in the youth of his reign as lord over Normandy. He had succeeded to the position of duke in 1035 after the death of his father, Duke Robert I. This period in Normandy’s history was an unstable time,… Read More »The Battle of Val-ès-Dunes
Worldtimelines.org.uk places 2,000 artifacts from museums around the British Isles in their geographical and chronological context. You can navigate using interactive maps and timelines by various regions. If you’re looking at the British Isles, for instance, it breaks that region down further into Northern England, Central England, Southern England, etc.,… Read More »World Timelines
The first issue of Alt Hist magazine is available. The current issue features six short stories: “The Silent Judge” by David W. Landrum “Easter Parade, 1930” by Rob McClure Smith “Holy Water” by Andrew Knighton “Lament for Lost Atlanta” by Arlan Andrews “The Bitterness of Apples” by Priya Sharma “Travelling by Air” by Ian Sales Alt… Read More »First Issue of Alt Hist Magazine
“How Effective Was the Longbow, and What Damage Did it Do? – A debate between Professor Kelly DeVries (Loyola University – Maryland) and Professor Clifford Rogers (US Military Academy – West Point) about the medieval weapon known as the longbow. This weapon was used by English armies since the late… Read More »Debate on the Medieval Longbow
I finished revising Chapter 2 of my novel yesterday. Since I had almost entirely re-written the chapter, I wanted to revisit it one more time before declaring I was done with the latest draft. So revision number five of my novel is finally complete. I’m posting a portion of Chapter… Read More »Novel Chapter 2
I finally got around to watching all of the Pillars of the Earth mini-series, based on the novel by Ken Follett. I was pleasantly surprised. I figured it would be average at best, but they did a much better job with it than I anticipated. They changed the story lines… Read More »Pillars of the Earth Mini-Series
I finally got around to seeing the new Robin Hood movie with Russell Crowe, directed by Ridley Scott. I thought it was somewhat entertaining, nothing mind-blowing by any means. It doesn’t come close to competing with some of Scott’s other films, especially Gladiator. The battle scenes have the same feel… Read More »Robin Hood Movie 2010