Medieval writers didn’t write down their texts themselves, as, at the time, writing or the work of a scribe was seen as a labor for not-so-clever people. So, writers used to dictate their ...

a romance writer, actually retold the stories from Marco, likely with added fantastic colors and details that would appeal to medieval readers," he explained. Yet, the expert added, compared with ...

Several Arthurian sites surround this town: the king is said to have built nearby Brougham Castle and the (Roman) fort at Plumpton Voreda; and the Neolithic henge at Eamont Bridge is claimed to be the ...

Students will learn how different pre-modern cultural conditions affected the possibilities for women's authorship, readership, and patronage. We will also examine how women writers interacted with ...

Like those of more modern science fictions, medieval writers tempered this sense of wonder with scepticism and rational inquiry. Geoffrey Chaucer describes the procedures and instruments of alchemy ...

“Richard Heege was a medieval priest and scribe,” Wade said in an email. “The majority of texts that survive in his handwriting are known to come from other authors, so it is more plausible to think ...

See the Courses page for courses recently offered by the Medieval Institute's affiliated faculty, as well as other courses of interest to medievalists. A total of 30 credit hours of coursework, or 33 ...

while also striving to analyze the biases and positionalities of the medieval writers, introducing them to some of the interpretive work which is critical to the practice of the humanities. Ethan ...

The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature: The Development and Dissemination of the Arthurian Legend in Medieval Latin 2011 The Arthur of the English: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and ...

The medieval English writer Richard Devizes describes London as being populated by ‘Garamantes’ (Moorish Africans), and ‘men from all nations’ that ‘fill all the houses.’ These ...