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Book of the Week: 30th of January 2023 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞: “𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 & 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗜 & […]

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Book of the Week: 23rd of January 2023 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕿𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖞-𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞: “𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀: 𝗔 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹 […]

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Book of the Week: 16th of January 2023 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕾𝖎𝖝𝖙𝖊𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞: “𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗵- […]

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Book of the Week: 9th of January 2023 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕹𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞: “𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 […]

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Book of the Week: 2nd of January 2023 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕾𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 […]

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𝕸𝖔𝖛𝖎𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖍 – 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖘𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝕵𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖆𝖗𝖞:

𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 – 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

A movie that most fans of medieval history have seen, but now with the superior Director’s Cut as well in […]

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𝕸𝖔𝖛𝖎𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖍 – 𝕯𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗:

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗱: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟭)

The evergreen rogue, Robin Hood, has been immortalized in film over the decades – some for the better, some for the worse. […]

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𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕹𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗:

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺” 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻.
In its exploration of a seemingly distant period, this collection challenges the under […]

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“Two Houses, Two Kingdoms: A History of France and England, 1100–1300” by Catherine H […]

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𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕿𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖋𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗:

“𝗟𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗱’𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿” 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻.
Although many versions of the tales and legends of King Arthur and his knights of […]

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“Medieval European Empires: Early Nations of Fifth-Century Europe to the Renaissance” […]

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“Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule” by Katherine Pangonis.

In 1187 […]

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“Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule” by Katherine Pangonis.

In 1187 […]

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𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖊𝖊𝖐 – 𝕱𝖎𝖋𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗:

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆” 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗱𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻).

Widely proclaimed to be one of the greatest litera […]

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𝕸𝖔𝖛𝖎𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖍 – 𝕹𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮) – 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗕𝗗 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲).
Little introduction is needed really…
Directed by Peter Jackson. Starr […]

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With Christmas around the corner, the past few weeks have been busy planning and preparing for Christmas Day.
Unsure of what to get for the medievalist in your life? Go to […]

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“Le Morte d’Arthur” by Sir Thomas Malory, and Introduced by Elizabeth Bryan.

The […]

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“Celtic Warfare: From the Fifth Century BC to the First Century AD” by Gioal […]

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Far across the sea, an island calls…

Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world twisted by supernatural forces.

After escaping t […]

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𝕸𝖔𝖛𝖎𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖍 – 𝕺𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗:𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗜𝗜: 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟮) – 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Back to do battle with the hideous “deadites”, Ash, a sardonic store clerk, is tr […]