The Medieval Glass Window teaches the basics of soldering with a soldering wand, using flux, metal, copper tape, and other tools/supplies to create the quintessential medieval window. the workshop focuses on the formation of the window rather than cutting glass. Preshaped diamond and triangle beveled glass will be used.
This is an in-person workshop. There are no kits and no videos available.
Bill Arnott discusses 'Gone Viking' and 'Gone Viking II', guiding us on an epic literary odyssey following history’s most feared and misunderstood voyageurs: the Vikings. Prepare yourself for an armchair adventure like no other!
The lecture brings together scholars to explore the connectedness of Scotland and sixteenth-century Continental Europe.
The event is informal and everyone is welcome to attend. Registration required to attend.
An entertaining and informative walk and talk by Richard Meredith starting at The Market Square, High Street, Huntingdon
A forum for high quality papers on a variety of aspects of Celtic Studies, including histories of the Celtic regions, Welsh / Irish / Scottish Gaelic / Manx / Cornish / Breton literatures, Celtic folklore, archaeology, teaching of Celtic languages, and cultures of the Celtic countries.
L'art insulaire sera mis à l'honneur avec la création d'une lettrine insulaire, inspirée du livre de Kells (VIII - IXème siècle), livre dont je me suis également inspiré pour mon manuscrit.
Join us for an online talk to discover all about how the fearsome Vikings shaped Lincolnshire at 7pm on Wednesday 13th July.
You are invited to join us for this three-part series exploring some of the herbal remedies recorded by Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German Benedictine Herbalist and Natural Healer. We will be using excerpts from her great works, Physica and Causes and Cures.
A talk on how to discover your local historic environment from the comfort of your own home with Dr. Lorna Richardson.
Through a balance of short lectures, demonstrations, practical hands-on sessions and underwater practicals, participants will gain an understanding of the role of dendrochronology within the discipline.
You are invited to join us for this three-part series exploring some of the herbal remedies recorded by Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German Benedictine Herbalist and Natural Healer. We will be using excerpts from her great works, Physica and Causes and Cures.
You are invited to join us for this three-part series exploring some of the herbal remedies recorded by Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German Benedictine Herbalist and Natural Healer. We will be using excerpts from her great works, Physica and Causes and Cures.
With much to see and do, bring the whole family and experience many activities, sights and sounds!
This on-line event will be an evening of captivating tales about the main characters of Asgard and the creatures that existed alongside them.
A different perspective on giants, moving from Old Norse mythology to younger folklore accounts, and a discussion of similarities and differences.
Our online concerts return! We launch with 'Journeys to the Underworld', the first in our winter series of themed online concerts, combining storytelling, poetry, folklore and more.
Casting an eye at some early Welsh poems (one spoken by Myrddin to his pet piglet) and some high medieval texts which let us glimpse the lost Celtic saga of Merlin.
In modern times, drugs have become synonymous with crime and disorder; vilified in the media as the root cause of many of our social ills, and lambasted by politicians who are keen to demonstrate they are tough and uncompromising. Yet the history of narcotics and the use thereof, is not so cut and dry.
The Yule celebration is back due to successful evenings from last year with a guided night tour with much to do! Book your seat
Explore the authentic folklore, history and contemporary practices associated with the Krampus with Al Ridenour in this Zoom lecture.
Follow the analyses, results, and interpretations of the Gjellestad excavation, the first ship burial to be excavated in Norway since 1904!
Der AK Experimentelle Archäologie der ÖGUF lädt zum Vortrag: Sue Heaser, Suffolk, United Kingdom - "The Experimental Archaeology of Roman and Early Medieval Beadmaking"
Join Musicke in the Ayre in their first 2023 concert at the Charterhouse in London.
This fantastical and varied story features giants, horror, love, and adventure, and is the earliest Arthurian story to survive in any language. Arthur is a Celtic figure in origin, and here we get a glimpse of a stranger, less comfortable Arthur than the one we know.
One of the most famous heroines of Irish literature, whose story was turned into numerous plays in the Irish Revival of the turn of the 20th century. Deirdriu – sometimes called ‘the Irish Helen of Troy’ – is a heroine of great vividness
The Norse and Danish invaders - commonly called Vikings - who occupied Britain in the ninth and tenth centuries, brought with them their own pagan gods. Odin, Thor, Tyr, Loki and Freya left their trace on the British landscape, in the form of scenes from their mythology carved on stone slabs, and Viking paganism has a further considerable legacy of material evidence in richly furnished graves, especially on the Isle of Man.
This lecture will explore our current knowledge of the nature of Roman imperialism and the history of Britain.
A unique opportunity to showcase the Medieval Studies community at your institution, gain valuable professional development experience, and meet fellow medievalists!
Learn more about the animals, creatures, and other fun characters that are hidden throughout the Penn Libraries Medieval Manuscript Collection, then create your own!
