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18.09.2016

Don't miss this spectacular exhibition in London. Once in a lifetime the most precious pieces of Opus Anglicanum – English Embroidery from 1200 - 1400 – is being unwrapped and exposed to light. Catch it while you can!

Opus Anglicanum – Beautiful English Art Popes, Bishops, Abbots, Kings and Queens! All were willing to do anything to lay their hands on the sumptuous English embroideries - Opus Anglicanum   Read more.

Medieval Books...

English Medieval Embroidery - Opus Anglicanum From 1250 - 1350 English embroidery - Opus Anglicanum - made queens, kings and popes very avaricious. Catalogue to exhibition 2016 tells the story   Read more.

The Age of Opus Anglicanum: a Symposium The great age of Apus Anglicanum fell between 1200 - 1400. New book explores the many facets of this magnificent art-form and the preserved pieces   Read more.

The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris At some point at the end of the 13th century luxury silk industries emerged in Paris. Sharon Farmer tells the story in a new book out in November 2016 Read more.

Anglo Saxon and Medieval Fenlands...

Medieval Fenlands For a long time a number of research projects have explored the culturally fluid landscape of the Medieval Fenlands in Eastern England. New book tells the story   Read more.

Culture and Identity in the Early Medieval Fenlands New studies of the use of the fluid landscape in the Early Medieval Fenlands point to a continuity in the settlement-structure from pre-Roman times   Read more.

Hoch and his family in Oakington On the edge of the Fenlands at Oikington an Anglo-Saxon man named Hoch built a farm sometime in the 5th century. here, his family was buried   Read more.

St. Guthlac and Crowland Abbey The Anglo-Saxon hermit, St. Guthlac, had a career reaching from aristocratic warrior over monastic visionary to patron saint of Crowland Abbey   Read more.

Eels in the Medieval Fenlands The eel is a curious animal. Now listed on the international red list of threatened species, it used to be the ubiquitous food for small holders and poor peasants in the early middle ages   Read more.

Recipes for Medieval Eels In the Early Middle Ages eels were abundant and served as comfort food for hungry peasants. Later it turned into a very expensive delicatessen.   Read more.

New Research....

Rendlesham – An Anglo-Saxon Royal Palace Near Sutton Hoo Rendelsham is known as an early Anglo-Saxon emporium. Recently a royal mead-hall was discovered there   Read more.

Merovingian Graves in Dirmstein Tracing residential mobility trough isotopic analysis demonstrates once more that grave-goods and funeral practice cannot be used as ethnic markers   Read more.

Coronations....

Celebrating ‘Democratic’ Victory in Medieval Armour Ramzan Kadyrov, dressed in medieval armour, celebrated the winnings of Putin by 98% at a medieval style party in the Russian republic of Chechnya   Read more.

Coronation of Charles IV 2016 The re-enactment of the Coronation of Charles IV in Prague is a recurrent event. This year, it was  a faithful, scientifically based recreation. See the full video here... Read more.

800th anniversary of Coronation of King Henry III This year Gloucester celebrated the 800th anniversary of the Coronation of King Henry III with a re-enactment in Gloucester Cathedral   Read more.

Minor news....

Minor Medieval News - September 2016 Ever so often we stumble upon Minor Medieval News worth mentioning to the wider community of medievalists. Here are the last for September 2016   Read more.

Medieval Conferences 2017 Check the updated list of Medieval Conferences in 2017 - and don't forget to write us if we have forgotten about yours. Read the latest update.

Check out the New Jobs For all medievalists! New jobs this week - check out the list. The newly added are marked in red and easy to find   Read more.