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Lady Kimberly

8 hours ago
1 min

2020 Renaissance Faires at a Glance

With so many festivals closing or rescheduling their dates, here's a look at RenFaires that do plan on opening in 2020.

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Lady Kimberly

9 hours ago
3 min

2020 Faire Closings & Delays

As CV19 deepens its hold, festivals around the US are closing. Below is an ongoing list of closings and rescheduled events.

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Ken Mondschein

Jul 22
7 min

Death, Plague, and Ritual in the Middle Ages

With death such an omnipresent part of life, medieval people dealt with mortality in ways that we might find gruesome today.

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Lady Kimberly

Jul 17
2 min

UK’s Chalk Giant Dated to Middle Ages

Britain’s famous chalk giant may have been created not thousands of years ago but during the Middle Ages.

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Lady Kimberly

Jul 7
2 min

Fisherman Finds Medieval Statue on Riverbank

A medieval religious statue was found by a fisherman in Spain, when he literally stepped over it on his way to his favorite fishing spot.

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Lady Kimberly

Jun 30
3 min

Confidence Split Over Faires Re-Opening

One thing is clear about the idea of re-opening costumed events during the CV19 pandemic: we are far from any sort of consensus viewpoint.

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Lady Kimberly

Jun 17
1 min

Viking Grave Found Under Home

To their complete surprise, a couple renovating their home in Norway recently uncovered not just historical artifacts but a Viking grave.

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Lady Kimberly

Jun 4
1 min

Flooded Medieval Village to Surface in 2021

A medieval village that’s been submerged under a lake for the last 53 years in Tuscany may be revealed next year.

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Lady Kimberly

May 15
1 min

Viking Ship Excavations Soon to be Underway

Recently, funds were allocated to excavate a Viking ship. If it's not conserved soon, a fungus will eat away at what little remains.

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Lady Kimberly

May 6
2 min

Plague Merch Proliferates

With the advent of the Coronavirus, folks have been creating some exceptional plague-related merchandise. Here are few examples.

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Lady Kimberly

Apr 20
2 min

Lost Recipe for Medieval Blue Ink Found

The plant used to create a popular blueish-purple ink once used in illuminated manuscripts--and the ink's recipe--has eluded scientists… unt

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Lady Kimberly

Apr 11
2 min

Is Corona, the Patron Saint of Epidemics, REAL?

One of Europe’s oldest cathedrals says it houses the relics of St. Corona, the patron saint against epidemics. But is her story real or imag

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Lady Kimberly

Apr 2
2 min

Facebook Groups Assist Displaced Faire Workers

The lives of festival community has been severely disrupted by Coronavirus closures. Here are a few key resources.

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Lady Kimberly

Mar 1
2 min

Climate Change Reveals Viking Artifacts

Glacier melt and eroding cliffs are exposing Viking-era artifacts that are changing our understanding of how the Vikings lived—and died.

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Lady Kimberly

Feb 27
2 min

Rusty Piece of Metal Turns Treasure

A rusty piece of metal found when cleaning out a garage turned out to be rare (and expensive) 15th-century Scottish sword.

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Lady Kimberly

Feb 9
2 min

Controversy over Carving Continues

A German Jew's request to remove a medieval anti-Semitic carving from a local church has sparked a global controversy.

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Lady Kimberly

Jan 28
2 min

Ragnarök Described in Viking Runestone

A recent interpretation of a runestone in Sweden suggests that it described not war, but a symbolic battle between light and dark.

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Lady Kimberly

Jan 11
2 min

Painting Now Part of Epic Art World Power Struggle

The Italian painting that recently sold for almost $27 mil to two American collectors, is now the subject of an epic art power struggle.

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Lady Kimberly

Jan 7
2 min

Medieval Combat Gone (Very) Wrong

In 2019, period re-enactors and combat enthusiasts used their skills with sword, axe, and crossbow to fend off attackers, protect the innoce

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Lady Kimberly

Dec 22, 2019
2 min

Viking Boat Graves Baffle Scientists

While making improvements to a highway, archaeologists unearthed a Viking grave mound in central Norway. What they found surprised them.

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