About Medieval HistoryMedieval HistoryThe Visitation- June 17, 2008 The Virgin Mary was not the only woman that medieval Christians revered. Elizabeth, Mary's cousin and the mother of John the Baptist, held an honored place. In a page placed...http://historymedren.about.com/b/2008/06/17/the-visitation.htm News Roundup- June 12, 2008 Church revealed in underwater dig The ongoing excavations at Dunwich have revealed a medieval church that tumbled into the sea about 500 years ago. Get the scoop in the feature at...http://historymedren.about.com/b/2008/06/12/news-roundup-10.htm Summer Reading: Murder of a Medici Princess- June 8, 2008 It may not be officially summer yet -- though here in central Texas, the 90+ temps are screaming that summer started two weeks ago -- but it's definitely time to...http://historymedren.about.com/b/2008/06/08/summer-reading-murder-of-a-medici-princess.htm Medieval skeletons revealed at Reepham- June 5, 2008 The remains of a graveyard that were discovered last year under Church Street in north Norfolk have been uncovered by archaeologists. More than 60 of the skeletons, which may number...http://historymedren.about.com/b/2008/06/05/medieval-skeletons-revealed-at-reepham.htm Misrepresented Medievalists- June 4, 2008 Every year at the end of the spring semester, the largest medieval academic conference in the U.S. is held in Kalamazoo, Michigan: The International Congress on Medieval Studies. Established in the 1960s as...http://historymedren.about.com/b/2008/06/04/misrepresented-medievalists.htm June- June 1, 2008 June was a time for haying, and as with several other months, the Limbourg brothers painted a scene of peasants hard at work. Here three of them, wearing wide-brimmed hats...http://historymedren.about.com/b/2008/06/01/june.htm |