Reminder: Today is the last day to enter the book giveaway. Just enter a comment on the previous post to throw your name in the hat. I will be selecting the winners on Monday. Note: Also as a reminder, I can only ship within the United States. Thanks.
I’m giving away two free copies of Robert Fripp’s Power of a Woman. Memoirs of a turbulent life: Eleanor of Aquitaine. If you’re interested in entering your name in the drawing, just leave a comment on this post. Friday will be the last day for new entries. I will select… Read More »Book Giveaway
So I’m not a Harry Potter fan, never actually read any of the books, but the new theme park at Universal looks pretty cool. It opened this past weekend. If anyone had the chance to go, I’d like to hear first hand how you thought it was. Apparently, 5000 people were… Read More »The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas is doing a three-part online series concerning the Book of Hours. Ten volumes of the manuscript reside in the center. Part 1 Pestilence, famine, war, and death: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were close companions to life in the 14th… Read More »Inside the Book of Hours
On this date, June 3, in medieval history: 1083 – Henry IV of Germany attacks Rome and captures St. Peter’s Cathedral 1098 – The crusaders capture Antioch (1st Crusade) 1162 – St. Thomas Becket is consecrated Archbishop by Henry II
It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my novel, but as of now, I’m still on track to finish by the end of August / September. I’m done with the majority of the re-writing, I believe, so I should be able to keep most of what I… Read More »Novel Update, Excerpt Included
Show: The Real Robin Hood Channel: The History Channel Time: ?? “The subject of ballads, books and films, Robin Hood has proven to be one of popular culture’s most enduring folk heroes. But how has the legend of Sherwood Forest’s merry outlaws evolved over time, and did a real Robin… Read More »On TV: The Real Robin Hood
A new exhibition showing the works of Italian medieval master Giotto, allows visitors to watch restorers at work and to ”step inside” the artist’s paintings thanks to 3D technology. Stuart McDill reports. Video at Reuters.com.
Godwin of Wessex was the father of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, defeated by Duke William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings. Godwin was likely the son of Wulfnoth Cild, a thegn of Sussex. He first appears in documents during the reign of Cnut, one of… Read More »Earl Godwin of Wessex