Wednesday, 27 May 2015

A History of the World in 50 Novels. 26 - "A Mercy," by Toni Morrison

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I began this series almost exactly a year ago, and am now just over half-way through. So far, apart from brief forays to Iceland, Greenland ...
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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Signs of Lost Stories? The Megalithic Art of Atlantic Europe

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The passage graves of Atlantic Europe are, in many cases, decorated with carvings, easily missed by casual visitors to the dark interiors o...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Entrances to Eternity? The Passage Graves of Atlantic Europe

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Between 4250 and 3250 BC, the early farming communities of Atlantic Europe came together to build a remarkable series of stone monuments whi...
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015

"The Land of the Marsh-Lords" - the rich prehistory of the Golfe du Morbihan

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There is a place which features in both my archaeological writing and in my novels, but which, so far, has always remained "over the ho...
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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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