Wednesday, 29 April 2015

The Song of Roland - The Making of a Medieval Myth

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Many of the Medieval pilgrims making their way to Santiago de Compostela passed from France into Spain via the Pass of Roncesvalles, where,...
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Thursday, 23 April 2015

Sacred and Secular - Aspects of Medieval Music

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Just in passing, Happy Birthday, Youtube! Please enjoy the musical links embedded in the text below. When I was examining copies of the 12...
Thursday, 16 April 2015

"Chastened and Cleansed" - The Experience of Medieval Pilgrimage

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" Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every reyne in swich licour, Of ...
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Thursday, 9 April 2015

By the Skin of our Teeth? The UK Election in Historical Context

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I have never met the Scottish writer, Val McDermid, but it was she who convinced me that I should write this post. In a recent article in Th...
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Sunday, 5 April 2015

A History of the World in 50 Novels. 25 - "Pure," by Andrew Miller

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In 1682, France's King, Louis XIV, established a new court at Versailles, a bold and ambitious statement of his country's place in t...
Monday, 30 March 2015

Imagining Cogidubnus: Reflections on the Writing of "An Accidental King"

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It is almost twenty years since I last spoke at an archaeological conference. There was a time when I would present papers (sometimes in Eng...
Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Codex Callixtinus: The Forged Document that Changed Medieval Europe

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In an earlier blog-post, I explored the emergence and development of the Medieval cult of Saint James at Compostela. The cult has its origi...
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