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Medieval News Archive12-Jan-2007
Sword fighters, jousters, jugglers and armored knights on horses will be among those at Veterans Park in Lehigh Acres this weekend to entertain... Researchers land a grant of almost £900,000 to shine new light on a 500-year-old "giant" of Welsh poetry. Sixth-grade students at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School recently "took a trip" back in time to study medieval history. Students transformed their classroom to fit the period by painting a wall mural of a castle and moat and displaying coats of arms. The students dressed as kings and queens, lords and ladies and jesters, and organized and participated in a traditional medieval feast. ... Dante Alighieri, traditionally portrayed as a stern figure with a large hooked nose, is now showing a softer side, thanks to a reconstruction of his face by Italian scientists. A house-hunting American ends up with an entire medieval village. "Kristin Days? are an annual arrangement whose goal is to increase knowledge about Sigrid Undset?s association to Sel and about Medieval culture, with a point of departure in Undset?s novels about Kristin Lavransdatter and the Medieval farm, Jørundgard.
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