Samuel Storey Family Exhibition Gallery at the Borthwick Institute for Archives, April-July 2017 Many traces of the medieval world survive by chance as individual fragments separated from now-lost larger works. Spanning nearly 1000 years, this new exhibition tells their story - one of destruction, survival, and rediscovery to be appreciated and used anew in the … Continue reading Fragments of the Medieval World (April-July 2017)

Elizabeth M. Tyler, England in Europe: English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, c.1000–c.1150, Toronto University Press (Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series), 2017. In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of the Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the wife of … Continue reading England in Europe: English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, c.1000–c.1150

Old Norse has been brought back to life by researchers at the University of York through the voices of new animatronic Viking characters at the world-famous JORVIK Viking Centre.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKxzSKzJe0   The characters, which are voiced by Masters and PhD students at the University’s Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of English and Related … Continue reading Researchers bring Old Norse language back to JORVIK Viking Centre