It’s satisfying, isn’t it, when a book you read leads the way to others — where one opens your eyes to another topic, another author or another passion and off you go. I’m happy to report that the joy of discovery is still alive and well in the mind of this 50-plus reader.
A few months …
October 8, 2009 – 7:30 am
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By David Morton
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Posted in Books, Films, History, Inspiration, Medievalism, Poetry, The Novel, Writing
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Tagged Andrew Davidson, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Italian Literature, The Gargoyle, Virgil
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I like this cheeky interpretation of the first few lines of Chaucer’s General Prologue. In all its geeky futuristic imagery and mispronunciation of the Middle English, it’s completely charming in its simplicity and brings an easy smile. And it is ultimately a tribute to Chaucer’s lines and remarkable that they still speak to people 600 …
August 22, 2009 – 10:28 am
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By David Morton
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Posted in Chaucer, Films, In the Modern Age, Middle English, Uncategorized
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Tagged animation, Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, General Prologue, In the Middle, Medievalism, middle ages, movies
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My two posts on the Top Ten Films of the Middle Ages List (part one and part two), along with a recent addition to the list, continue to be three of the most viewed pages on this blog. Visitors wander in directly from Google, having searched for movies relating to the Middle Ages. And the …
April 4, 2009 – 12:49 pm
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By David Morton
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Posted in Films, Medievalism
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Tagged Barry Unsworth, film, Four Knights, medieval, middle ages, Morality Play, Morality plays, movies, Paul Bettany, Paul McGuigan, The Reckoning, Willem Dafoe
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It was inevitable, I suppose. Top Ten Lists, by their very nature, must needs be revised every now and then, and herewith I expand my Top Ten All-Time Movies set in the Middle Ages.
I’ve just watched an inspiring movie about the Middle Ages that literally bridges that era with the current one. It was so …
In yesterday’s post, I introduced the first five of my all-time top ten list of movies about the Middle Ages. To recap, here are the first five:
The Name Of The Rose
Braveheart
Becket
Seventh Seal
Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
Here is the rest of my all-time top ten movies about the Middle Ages:
The Lion in Winter (1968) – …
February 6, 2009 – 4:00 am
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By David Morton
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Posted in Films, Medievalism
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Tagged beowulf, films, knight's tale, lion in winter, medieval, middle ages, movies, princess bride, robin hood, top ten
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OK, quick! What are your top ten movies about the Middle Ages?
What, nobody responding? Can’t think of ten movies about the Middle Ages? How many can you think of, then?
Making my own top 10 list was challenging: there was a whole list of titles crowding the entrance. When I applied rules, there were still films …
