Modern Medievalism

Applying old-world solutions to new-world problems

Sunday, December 29, 2013

An Unlikely Saint: summary/review of John Guy's "Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel", part I

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In the months since my last post, the world, or at least anyone with a degree of cinematic taste, wept for the loss of Peter O'Toole....
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Update

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I'm hoping to finish my book review on a biography of Saint Thomas Becket in time to post it on his feast tomorrow. In the meantime, if...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

The wrong kind of modern medievalism: Geocentrism

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Well over a year after this blog's creation, I continue to plumb the medieval world's treasury of ideas for ways to make our ow...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Occitan: tongue of the troubadours, brought to life

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I had the pleasure of discovering this video, which may be one of the ultimate expressions of modern medievalism in the musical sphere. Int...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Short story: The Price of Treason

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Just for fun, I'll share with you good folks a short story I whipped up for a creative writing class last year. I tried to fashion a st...
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Sunday, October 20, 2013

On The Hollow Crown, and medieval pet names

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(This poster is incorrect as Ben Whishaw plays as Richard II, not I, aka the Lionheart.) Due to having started my degree program in vid...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

My Sunday at a Russian Orthodox church

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My girlfriend has been struggling for some time with the Catholic Church's current situation as a haven for banal liturgy, pedoph...
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