Tuesday, May 12, 2015

From Kempe to the Congress - 5 medieval articles in the news

We bring you five articles from the last couple of days about the Middle Ages. Do you like this format?


New evidence supports Margery Kempe's account

Some scholars have suspected that Margery Kempe's account of her religious life and pilgrimages were made up, but a letter from her son has just been uncovered...



Archaeological finds at Littlemore Priory



Update on the Mass Grave discovered in Paris

The total number of human remains uncovered in the basement of a Paris supermarket reaches 316 according to an update from the New York Times


Local media on the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Time again for the congress! Will you be there?

Yes, Ill be there!

No, I'm not going


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