How Did Medieval Peasants Light Their Homes?

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Jason Kingsley OBE, the Modern Knight, investigates medieval domestic lighting. Credits: Talos, Silver, Hawkeye, The Mighty Kaiju, Professor Fawn De Pom Pom Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.

Viking’s Weekly

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What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Häme Medieval Festival VI Grzybowski Turniej Wojów 4e Festival d’HISTOIRE Vivante De Vikingen komen! Event reports: Wikingertagen in Schleswig This week’s craftsman: Viking Merchants This week’s videos: A Wolf-Tooth Spear Head Review Medieval Shoppe Old Norse Axe by Medieval Mayhem This week’s articles: Medieval and Viking Era…

The Identity Of This Medieval Skeleton Haunted The Nazis And The Soviets

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Today’s archeologists have a much more nuanced idea about this guy’s identity. We do know that this man was a warrior, who lived sometime around 800 to 1000 CE, because of the sword he was buried alongside. However, the style of the sword is unique, not like any of the 1,500 early medieval graves found in…

Medieval and Viking Era Artefacts Discovered in North Iceland

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Archaeological remains of three buildings have been discovered at Hofstaðir in North Iceland. Archaeologists were not previously aware of the buildings’ existence, RÚV reports. The site, located in the Mývatn area, contains both Medieval and Viking Age artefacts. Hofstaðir is the most-researched archaeological site in Iceland, and according to Professor of Archaeology Orri Vésteinsson of the University…

Knight’s Weekly

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What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events:  Kening Striid 2019 Médiévales de Rochefort en terre 2019 Bosworth Medieval Festival Templariada 2019 Camp off Medievalsace 2019 XX Jarmark i Turniej Rycerski na Zamku Chudów Fête médiévale de Puycelsi 2019 Participe au Festival Médiéval Event report: Battle for the Kornicz’s Watchtower Mercer County Fair with jousting…

Mini golf and slides in medieval cathedral in Britain

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This summer, visitors to some of England’s most imposing and ancient cathedrals will find carnival rides, a mini golf course, a lunar landscape and a lifelike model of the Earth dangling from the ceiling. Inside Norwich Cathedral in the east of England, a colorful, 55-foot-tall slide — known as a helter skelter — winds past…