2016 is the 950th anniversary of 1066, which climaxed with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. Conference in February commemorates the Bayeux Tapestry
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Being Medieval and the Human Experience
Being Medieval: Archaeology, Society and the Human Experience is the title of the SMA Annual Conference 2015
The Story of Christ on a Donkeyand the Medieval Palmesel
The use of a statue of a donkey - a Palmesel - in connection with Palm Sunday is mentioned for the first time in the 10th century
The Entry into Jerusalem in Medieval York
When staging the Entry into Jerusalem, Medieval York simply turned into Jerusalem in the eyes and minds of the audience and performers
The Entry into Jerusalem
Gothic Ivories Project has become a very important resource. We celebrate the intiative by presenting a recently recorded Diptych with Scenes from the Passion of Christ from Sarnen in Switzerland
Local Saints in Scandinavia
There is a clear link between the celebration of local saints and the ecclesiastical administration, which emerged in Scandinavia in the 12th century
The Reinterment of Richard III
Early on Leicester Cathedral appointed a Liturgy Committee to come up with a plan for the reinterment of Richard III. The result has now been revealed.
Planctus – Death and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages.
A new recording of Spanish medieval lamentations presents us with a haunting sound appropriate for Easter
The Music at the Reinterment of Richard III
Medieval and modern music will be mixed at the Reinterment Service of Richard III on Thursday, the 25th 2015
Magna Carta Website
A lovely and inspiring website invites us all to discover the history and legacy of one of the world’s most celebrated documents, the Magna Carta
Vestment From the Time of Richard III
A priceless vestment believed to be from the royal wardrobe of Richard III will be worn by Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrating Requiem Mass for the king
Richard III unwilling participant in undignified pantomime
Pageant, feast, show? Judging from the media’s comments on the on-going reburial of Richard III, it seems appropriate the Queen of England has kept her distance to what has obviously turned into a gaudy event filled with disrespect
Medieval Synagogue in Trani
The medieval Scolanova Synagogue in Trani was confiscated around 1380 and used as church. In 2006 it was returned to the Jewish community.
The Unruly Mystic – Film about Hildegard of Bingen
The Unruly Mystic is an inspirational documentary telling the story of St. Hildegard of Bingen
Into the Ocean
With Into the Ocean, Kristján Ahronson makes two dramatic claims: that there were people in Iceland almost a century before the Vikings and that there was a tangible relationship with the early Christian “Irish” communities
The Anglo-Saxon Chancery
The Anglo-Saxon Chancery: The History, Language and Production of Anglo-Saxon Charters from Alfred to Edgar