Newsletter Medieval Histories - April 2016

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http://www.medievalhistories.com/wp-content/uploads/Medieval-News-2016-April-4-1-600x849.jpg" border="0" alt="" class="CToWUd a6T" tabindex="0" /> Medieval Histories  09.04.2016 Forty pages packed with Medieval News about textiles from Late Antiquity, a new Viking settlement in Newfoundland, a Danish expedition into the North Atlantic, which some believe reached the same shores in 1473 and which may just as well have left the recently found stone hearth at Point Rosee. But you may also learn how to churn your butter with the devil and then dig it down to make your own bog butter … plus as usual a list of new books   DOWNLOAD & ENJOY! New Exhibitions.... Viking Treasures Seen for the First Time More than ten centuries after being buried in a field conservators are reporting on the contents of a pot of Viking treasure for the first time. Read more. New Research... Churning Butter with the Devil Milking and churning butter was a competence belonging to the medieval female sphere. This led to a special misogynic motif: the devil’s milkmaid. Read more. Rewriting History of Vikings in Newfoundland Guided by ancient Norse sagas and modern satellite images, searchers claim to have discovered North America's second site of Vikings in Newfoundland Read more. Expedition to Newfoundland 1472 In 1472 an expedition was mounted by the Danish king in order to o explore the riches of Iceland and Greenland. Some believe they reached Newfoundland Read more. New Medieval Books... Atlas of Garments from Late Antiquity Pictorial Atlas presents a lexicographic overview of all sorts of garments from Late Antiquity through art, archaeological pieces and drawings Read more. Medieval Heritage Business.... Smelting Iron the Viking Way Smelting Iron the Viking way is a remarkable simple process. It only takes some charcoal, some bog iron ore, roasted and crushed, plus a simple clay oven. Read more. Conferences... Seafaring - an Early Medieval Conference on the Islands of the Nort... Seafaring in the Early Medieval Archipelagos of the North Atlantic is a three-day international conference bringing scholars together in order to create a platform for future collaboration and interdisciplinary projects and research programmes. Read more.