Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

Inspired by medieval monks, Dr Aaron Ralby began building “memory palaces” to learn new languages in the way monks used to learn scripture. He's now developed this technique into an online service, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lisa Robertson, an internationally renowned Canadian poet, feminist and essayist, will be the featured speaker for the University at Buffalo’s third annual Robert Creeley Lecture on ...

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Analysis: from útluighe to bánbiad, the rediscovered words demonstrate the quirky and colourful language of medieval Irish. In contrast, new additions to a dictionary of medieval language are not ...

It has mystified scholars for more than a century since a Polish collector acquired the medieval book now known by his name, its parchment pages filled with colorful illustrations of plants, stars and ...

At university I had a lecturer of medieval language and literature who was so wonderfully idiosyncratic that you will no doubt suspect I have made him up. His name was Alaric. He recited Beowulf from ...

Professors Baker (Religious Studies), Federico (English), Maurizio (chair), and O’Higgins; Assistant Professors Boomer (Art and Visual Culture, Classical and Medieval Studies, and Religious Studies), ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...