Medievalists?

[Branwen daughter of Llyr]

All medievalists (or just those interested in medieval stuff)

I HIGHLY recommend Terry Jones' Medieval Lives - 8 half hour episodes about a variety of medieval professions / lives - outlaws, kings, etc. VERY FUNNY, and states what we ALL KNOW - the medieval period is one of the more fascinating and diverse periods in history, as well as the most misrepresented in subsequent literatures and texts!

For those interested in Roman history (or skewed version thereof) - he also had a great series called Terry Jones' Barbarians. Introduces and debunks a LOT of ummm... myths our dear Roman Empire perpetuated about those people who well... weren't Roman . As he says in the end - History is written by those who won.

[HelloKaty37]

Aftir Bella doth see the hottest of the clan, Edward, stop a wagon wyth hys bare handes, fight off twentie churles, and brood so much he did make Angel look lyk Mister Rogeres, she doth realise that the Cu Chulainns are vampyres. But they are good vampyres, who drinke wyne. Ther is considerablie moore sexual tensioun than in Piers Plowman.

Awesome!

-Ich haue the tale of Lancelot yn myn roome. Woldstow rede of yt wyth me?

Nice reference to Inferno V. I'm going to tell this one to my boyfriend when he gets home from work and watch how fast he calls me a nerd.

Is anyone on this forum interested in doing Tolkien research as well? I've noticed almost all of the living Tolkienists are also medievalists. (Perhaps because Tolkien himself was a medievalist?) I would like to think it's because we have a knack for spotting quality work from whatever era...

[Nighthob]

Is anyone on this forum interested in doing Tolkien research as well? I've noticed almost all of the living Tolkienists are also medievalists. (Perhaps because Tolkien himself was a medievalist?) I would like to think it's because we have a knack for spotting quality work from whatever era...

I'm interested in mythopoesis, including Tolkien, Lovecraft, T.S. Eliot, Robert Howard, etc.

[Medievalmaniac]

I'm interested in mythopoesis, including Tolkien, Lovecraft, T.S. Eliot, Robert Howard, etc.

ditto, and I am a medievalist who works in medievalism as well; in fact, I'm currently working on a chapter on Tolkien for an upcoming publication.

[Branwen daughter of Llyr]

Is anyone on this forum interested in doing Tolkien research as well? I've noticed almost all of the living Tolkienists are also medievalists. (Perhaps because Tolkien himself was a medievalist?) I would like to think it's because we have a knack for spotting quality work from whatever era...

I'll definitely get around to Tolkien. I'm a fantasy nut (the good kind. Ursula Le Guin and such. Well, and also the humorous kind, as can be seen from my weekly updated signatures - I ADORE Terry Pratchett - he's actually a really good subject for research - Discworld is a nicely skewed mirror to our world... and the parallels between Ankh-Morpork and medieval London are staggering... )

I also hope that it's about having a knack for spotting quality work from whatever era. That, or recognizing like-minds in some spectacular authors...