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High-Tech Imaging Allows Researchers to Read Handwritten Medieval Arthurian Tales Hidden in the Binding of a Property Record
The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...
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The Medieval Knight Who Wasn't So Noble
MedievalMadness The Medieval Knight Who Wasn't So Noble Posted: March 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 The Craft and Cruelty of Sir John Hawkwood... English soldier and knight, condottiero ...
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Medieval Manuscript Featuring Legends Of Merlin And King Arthur Found Languishing In Pieces In A British Library
Roughly 700 years ago, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur known as the Suite Vulgate du Merlin became a ...
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Life in a Castle
Knights had more status than many others ... Clearly, the king could only be at any one place at any one time. And medieval English kings were always on the move. They moved from place to place.
There's One Surviving Copy of This Tale of King Arthur's Knights. A Researcher Just Unlocked Its Secrets.
Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...
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The Crusades and the medieval knight William Marshal, changing perception and stimulating engagement
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones (London: Simon & Schuster, 2015), is a fresh account of the life of William Marshal, perhaps the most ...