Saturday 28 November 2015

Monthly Round-up

A November true to form, cold and windy. What did the internet bless us with this month?

A new geeky twitter account for you, Archbishop Walter de Grey. "Archbishop of York and former chancellor to King John. 800 years behind the times. Per manum"
https://twitter.com/AbpGray?lang=en

A guide to medieval sources from the Bodleian:
http://www.medievalhistories.com/guide-to-medieval-sources/

Some PhD writing tips (bit niche, but what can I say - I'm biased at the moment)
http://amberdavis.nl/tag/write-a-phd-almost-painlessly/

Book on medieval swear words (why wouldn't you be interested?)
http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/08/by-gods-bones-medieval-swear-words/?utm_content=buffer48719&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Medieval Christmas market, 11-13th December, King's Lynn:
www.kingslynnchristmas.co.uk

Letter written on birchbark:
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/birchbark-message-reveals-story-of-medieval-traveler-151106
  


And finally, look how happy the skeleton on the far right looks?
De Lisle Psalter, England, BL MS Arundel MS 83 II, f. 127 r.
 

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