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I keep promising, and promising, and promising the first series for the "Professor Awesome,

This is perhaps a dumb question, but why is Geoffroi de Charny called "Charny" rather than

In a long-ranging discussion over beer starting from the five acceptable sexual positions according

Here's an interesting article from The Escapist arguing that video games are the rough equivalent

The last year has been a good one for amateur medievalists -- first the Staffordshire Hoard, and now

Professor Awesome answers the question: "Is Beowulf Click here to download: Mailbag092810_0001.

Yes, yes I did. In fact, I removed the whole thing. As most of you Wordhoarders know, this site is

I just heard the proposed fanfare for the upcoming "Professor Awesome, PhD" series of

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A couple of years ago I had a conversation with another blogger (I think it was Jeff Sypeck, but

I'm having trouble distributing this through Posterous.com, so for the time being here's my

Professor Awesome PhD meets a medieval Batman, interviews a maker of tiny medieval structures, and

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A little belated, and with an ad at the beginning, here's my Dragon*Con report for Thursday.lace

I'm leaving for Dragon*Con this afternoon, and I hope to have semi-daily video reports on the

One of my favorite scenes in The Saga of the Volsungs is one in which Sinfjotli and Granmar are

Just as a little test of things to come, here's my Beowulf mini-lecture I'm using for my

Over the next couple of weeks, Wordhoarders will have several opportunities to see me at public

In the film Tenure (the 2009 comedy, not the 2007 film of the same title), the department chair is

[http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2010/08/14/the-flutists/] Saturday Night Special: The Flutists Some

This is classical, not medieval, but I devoured all of Bernard Knox's writings I could lay hands

Usually I'm pretty good and picking up what the medievalist metaphor is in pop culture emanations

Chowder spoofs about everything in the fantasy genre from the 80s. -- Posted By Dr. Richard Scott

I was talking about the Staffordshire Hoard in class yesterday, when the subject of its origins came

I couldn't find my copy of the Prose Edda. I looked everywhere for it. Finally, I gave up and

Fashionable medieval scholars have of late seized on an issue to use as a shibboleth, to distinguish

Got Medieval is now available on Twitter. Henchminion's got photos from Ottawa Medieval Camping

In this article about people auditioning for the Sarasota Medieval Fair, we're told of one of the

Sorry for the delay -- I've started working the video blogging, but a series of unrelated