Tag: Medieval England

• Mythical Creatures: Medieval Elves

  

  It is a fairly common belief that the legend of elves was created by JRR Tolkien amongst other now popular mythical creatures that he created. However, Tolkien simply popularised the creatures, and legends of elves have existed for centuries as a distinct legend from fairies (although the two legends often get conflated). The English word…

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  April 25, 2017

  Mythical Creatures

  Early Modern, Early Modern History, Elf, English History, European History, Fairy, folklore, history, Medieval England, Medieval History, Medieval Iceland, Scandinavian History, Superstition

• The Medieval Titanic: The Tragedy of the White Ship Disaster

  

  Every one of us knows the tragic tale of the Titanic. It has been made into a blockbuster film, with a similarly famous theme song, and helped launch Leonardo DiCaprio as a heart-throb (and an almost-oscar-winner meme… until recently). The Titanic certainly was a horrendous disaster, in many ways, and it will probably remain in…

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  November 27, 2016

  Important Events

  English History, European History, history, Medieval England, Medieval History, Naval History, The Anarchy, Titanic

• The Humanity of Manuscripts

  

  Following on from my previous blog post, where I discussed the idea that the use of historical pictures in social media could highlight to modern eyes the humanity of people who lived long ago, I thought I would delve deeper into this idea by looking at examples from medieval manuscripts. During my Masters, I was…

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  October 10, 2016

  Miscellaneous

  Black Death, Black Plague, English History, Human History, Manuscripts, Medieval England, Medieval History, Plague