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New Pick for the Top Ten Medieval Movies List

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

The Middle Ages Still Rule!

Back in January, I wrote a blog post about the medieval era in general and the fact that it suffers as a time overshadowed by the Renaissance, a period of flowering humanism and artistic and cultural progress. I have nothing against the Renaissance, folks, but I am regularly surprised and delighted that the Middle Ages

Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)

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

Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part One)

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

Follett’s Dark Ages Are A Little Too Tidy-Clean

Everywhere I look, these days, I notice someone reading Ken Follett’s World Without End. Yesterday, I saw someone wading through it on the bus to work; later, someone else reading it in Starbucks. In December, I’d see several open copies each day on the beach in Cabo San Lucas. World Without End has been out