There were some big upsets in the opening round! #16 Richard III knocked out #1 Barbarossa, #14 Charles the Mad took down #3 Sancho II and #13 Louis the Lion devoured Alfonso III. Can they keep their dreams alive and survive the Round of 32? There are a few father versus son match-ups in this round as well. Updated bracket is below. Twitter feed and Mastodon feed are below. Source ..read more

MonarchMadness is live! Follow all the match-ups below. Print the bracket below, fill it out and join in on the fun. Take part in the voting process to make sure your picks advance each round. Twitter feed and Mastodon feed are below. Vote on whichever platform you like. Source ..read more

Basketball fever is sweeping the nation. I have my bracket filled out and ready to sit back and watch Iowa win the big show. Or more likely, watch them make an early exit. What if you don’t like sports? There should still be a bracket to fill out and a competition to enjoy. This year we are kicking off Monarch Madness! Sixty-four of the greatest medieval kings, split into regions... Source ..read more

On 15 Februrary 1113 Pope Paschal II issued papal bull pie postulatio voluntatis. The bull formally recognized the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. Better known as the Knights Hospitaller. Pope Paschal granted the bull to Grand Master Gérard de Martigues, the first Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller. The Knights are bound by three vows. A vow of Chastity... Source ..read more

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Medieval was supposed to be released in 2019. Production setbacks and pandemics got in the way and the release date was pushed and pushed. We finally have a trailer for the upcoming movie. I’ve been looking forward to this movie for the last three years. However, the trailer doesn’t do much to inspire confidence this will be a worthy medieval movie. The trailer is as generic as the movie title. Source ..read more

Medieval Warfare magazine rebranded and launched the first new issue this month. Below is the Press Release from Karwansaray Publishers. Medieval Warfare offered excellent articles on all aspects of warfare in the Middle Ages. The new magazine will expand on the topic to include all topics in Medieval history. You can subscribe to the physical magazine or choose a digital subscription. Source ..read more

21–23 September 2022 This project breaks new ground by systematically correcting the traditional, monolingual view on Flemish literature in the late Middle Ages. Seeking to do justice to the medieval cultural reality in this area, it is the first large-scale investigation devoted to the literary culture of Flanders, ca 1200 – ca 1500, from a multilingual perspective. How did the three most... Source ..read more

Department for Slavonic Studies, University of Innsbruck 5–9 September 2022 El’Manuscript 2022 is the ninth in a series of biennial international conferences entitled “Textual Heritage and Information Technologies”. The conferences bring together linguists, specialists in historical source criticism, IT specialists, and others involved in studying and publishing our textual heritage. Source ..read more

Latin song in the medieval world is elusive, encompassing a wide range of devotional, didactic, and secular song practices, in addition to signifying specific genres such as the versus and conductus. Its language–the lingua franca of the Church, university, courtroom, and administration–enables Latin song to travel widely, yet it is equally unique and regional in its creation, style... Source ..read more