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Kate Beaton’s wide-ranging literary tastes include mysteries set in the Middle Ages and a graphic novel about the medieval dancing plague
A new college graduate strapped with debt, graphic novelist Kate Beaton headed for a well-paying job in the far-flung oil fields of Alberta. There the Cape Breton native discovered an alien ...
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See Inside a New Getty Museum Show on Medieval Graphic Design, Featuring Illuminated Manuscripts and Ornate Religious Texts
A new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, titled “Graphic Design in the Middle Ages,” brings together manuscripts from different cultural traditions to show how these elaborate ...
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The most iconic films and TV shows set in the Middle Ages
Like many other films about the Middle Ages from the 21st century, it doesn’t shy away from the dirt, blood, and violence of this pivotal period in Scottish history. Thomas West ...
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5 Misconceptions About the Middle Ages
The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages, saw amazing advances in art, science, and philosophy. Around 1300, scholars in Europe ...