Celtic. ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies. The Online Medieval & Classical Library. Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library. Medieval & Renaissance Games. Welcome to a page specifically dedicated to Really Old Games. This page is intended to cover anything and everything pertaining to games in the Medieval and Renaissance periods. All are welcome to contribute; I am particularly looking for relevant sites to point to. Bookmarking this page: If you are bookmarking or creating a link to this site, please use the form: I own that domain, and it should always forward to the correct place, even if the actual location of the site changes. What's New: New files and changes to this site: Descriptions of Period Games, and Research Materials Rules for a variety of period games. Frequently Asked Question I'm looking for information on period games for children.
While there is no site that I'm aware of dedicated to period kid's games in specific, the book "Medieval Games" is quite rich in games appropriate for children. Discussion of Period Games Recreating Period Games Related Sites Game Software Odds and Ends. Eva's costume page. Castle Learning Center. Music | Early does it. THOROUGHLY MODERN MUSIC, even though the newest is three centuries old IN BREMEN AS IN BOSTON, Karina Gauvin is a powerful and poignant Ariadne. Mystic or migraine sufferer? That’s one question history can’t answer regarding Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), German abbess, visionary, theologian, composer, artist, and adviser to the great minds and personages of her day. Another is whether she herself composed all the music that’s appearing on a growing body of CDs or whether there was a convent-workshop aspect to the project.
She did write the words — and the musical lines match them in originality. The second Hildegard disc from Anonymous 4, following on 11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Moving from musical theology to musical biography, we have Isabella I reina de Castilla (AliaVox), from Jordi Savall, a disc that’s subtitled "Lights and Shadows in the Time of the First Great Queen of the Renaissance, 1451–1504. " The Norton Anthology of English Literature online. Dead Can Dance Within - Lisa Gerrard, Brendan Perry, 4AD Records. Caxton's Chaucer - view the original Canterbury Tales. Carnivalesque. Early Modern Notes. Mediaeval Baebes Official Site.