Medieval Tourism Bucket List: The Royal Armouries Museum
Sadly, life is too short to see everything you want to see. For those people – historians and non-historians alike—interested in the medieval world, a sort of “bucket list” quickly develops of all the...
View ArticleWhy you hate that museum, and how to fix it
I hate art galleries. I’ll come out and say it. I have been on far too many class trips, city breaks and dates that end with my feigning interest at minimally-labeled canvasses and trying to find some...
View ArticleUnveiling The Cloisters
For someone living in America interested in the Middle Ages, opportunities to see something authentically-medieval in person are rather scarce. There is the Norse settlement in L’Anse Aux Meadows,...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist
Just about everybody interested in the Middle Ages, who has played Dungeons and Dragons, or read historical and fantasy novels knows what a military flail is. It’s one of these: A one-handed military...
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