It amazes me the strong, strident even, reactions people have to adaptations of Beowulf. In a recent discussion someone sent me at LiveJournal has at least some folks upset that Heaney used "archaisms" such as "tholed", which his introduction to the stand alone version has him explaining that the word derived from his grandparents Ulster dialect which one writer there said was a "snobbish" and didn't make Heaney special.
Interestingly though no one reacted specifically to things like "So" for "hwaet" or "tarn hag", and other things that have annoyed others. I do find it surprising and have a theory as to the root of it.
One of the good things that this shows though is that there is excitement about Beowulf, an excitement we Anglo=Saxonists should harness and enlarge on and encourage.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
New Carnivalesque Up
The New Carnivalesque is up at Seredipities: http://earmarks.org/archives/2007/10/28/168
Its the Early Modern Edition this month.
Its the Early Modern Edition this month.
The News
Not much going on Medievally speaking, but here's what there is:
Will a cemetery excavation establish a link between the Black Death and
resistance to AIDS?:
Late Antique Roman Graveyard At Copenhagen
Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle
Will a cemetery excavation establish a link between the Black Death and
resistance to AIDS?:
Late Antique Roman Graveyard At Copenhagen
Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Medieval News
Robin Hood's greenwood under threat as ancient trees die off
RESTORED CHURCH GETS NEW LOCATION
and here
Saxon graves found at school
Medieval pond restored
Near Eynsham Abbey, home of Aelfric of Eynsham....
RESTORED CHURCH GETS NEW LOCATION
and here
Saxon graves found at school
Medieval pond restored
Near Eynsham Abbey, home of Aelfric of Eynsham....
Monday, October 15, 2007
Willibrord
Back in Issue 6 of the Heroic Age (www.heroicage.org) Michelle Ziegler published an interesting paper that sought to establish that Bede was wrong about Willibrord "continuing" the work of Wilfrid in Frisia and that Willibrord can not be said to have belonged to Wilfrid's familia by the time he went to Frisia. Its an interesting paper, though in subsequent work I've come to disagree with it but not because of anything wrong with the paper itself. I know, that's confusing.
Anyway, among the evidence that Michelle adduces is the presence of Irish art, script, and works produced at Willibrord's monastery. But I've begun to wonder if this as certain an idicator that Willibrord was not part of Wilfrid's familia as I did those years ago when Issue 6 was published. On further examination of Wilfrid's biography, there is much of the Irish there: from hermits to connections to St. Brigid to his style of being a bishop, there is MUCH that Irish in Wilfrid's career. So pointing to the Irish with Willibrord seems to me not as much of an indication of Willibrord's connections as one might think.
Anyway, among the evidence that Michelle adduces is the presence of Irish art, script, and works produced at Willibrord's monastery. But I've begun to wonder if this as certain an idicator that Willibrord was not part of Wilfrid's familia as I did those years ago when Issue 6 was published. On further examination of Wilfrid's biography, there is much of the Irish there: from hermits to connections to St. Brigid to his style of being a bishop, there is MUCH that Irish in Wilfrid's career. So pointing to the Irish with Willibrord seems to me not as much of an indication of Willibrord's connections as one might think.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Patristics Carnival
The Patristics blog Carnival is up: http://weekendfisher.blogspot.com/2007/10/patristics-carnival-4.html
First there was Tefillin Barbie, now this!
If you haven't seen this you must:
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/005814968.cfm
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/005814968.cfm
The Week's Medieval News
Tennessee historian wins MacArthur genius grant
MYSTERY BIDDER BUYS CHURCH FOR £500K
Medieval screen restored
Medieval castle unearthed in Maenclochog
Viking longhouse project is right on track
Dig unearths part of city's Viking times
Tara Protected
Cabin from Viking Era Discovered in West Fjords?
Ancient rune stone found
Medieval 'treasure' to go online (Textus Roffensis)
Vatican paper set to clear Knights Templar
MYSTERY BIDDER BUYS CHURCH FOR £500K
Medieval screen restored
Medieval castle unearthed in Maenclochog
Viking longhouse project is right on track
Dig unearths part of city's Viking times
Tara Protected
Cabin from Viking Era Discovered in West Fjords?
Ancient rune stone found
Medieval 'treasure' to go online (Textus Roffensis)
Vatican paper set to clear Knights Templar
Friday, October 05, 2007
This is so wrong in so many ways
The first soferet Yes, folks, it is Tefillin Barbie. Wow. The article is interesting, but I'm just arrested by Tefillin Barbie....
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
More Medieval News
Rare medieval inscription found in Bulgarian monastery
Czechs get chance to view rare medieval manuscript
Man speared in eye with splinter from lance
Medieval Diaries Shed Light on Climate Change
Ancient Fishermen Lured Fish With Fire (or the medieval reveals the ancient)
Kalkbrennofen aus dem Mittelalter entdeckt
Archaeologists discover portable altar
75 Medieval Entombments Discovered in Veliki Novgorod
Lots of coverage of the Magna Carta copy, but here's the BBC's take
Czechs get chance to view rare medieval manuscript
Man speared in eye with splinter from lance
Medieval Diaries Shed Light on Climate Change
Ancient Fishermen Lured Fish With Fire (or the medieval reveals the ancient)
Kalkbrennofen aus dem Mittelalter entdeckt
Archaeologists discover portable altar
75 Medieval Entombments Discovered in Veliki Novgorod
Lots of coverage of the Magna Carta copy, but here's the BBC's take
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