Compiled Period Works for a Young Bard

Robin Hood: Evolution of a Legend

History of the Jester Handout, Jester Types

Saint Hildegard Von Bingen’s Recipe for Medicinal Nutmeg

Getting Started: Bardic Arts in the SCA. Alienor’s Tips and Resources

Book Curse Handout

Anathema: The Book Curse

The presentation examined a medieval way of protecting manuscripts and books from thieves: the anathema, or the book curse. It discussed how these curses came about and included examples from a wide range of times and cultures as well as learn the anathema formula. Presented in 2020 during Lockdowns for the East Kingdom A& S series.

15thc Crypto-Jews of the Iberian Peninsula

 

Large numbers of Jewish people were forced to convert to Christianity starting in Seville in 1391. Jews were officially expelled from Spain in 1492. Any who lived in Portugal were forced to convert in 1497. All Jews who didn’t leave converted to Christianity. Some were genuine converts but many took their religion underground. This class will give a history, brief survey of customs and the vocabulary of the Crypto-Jews of Portugal and Spain. The session was for the Known World Colegio de Iberia 2021.

Triolet to Spring

Triolet to Spring

New sprung movement, measure so sweet

Woven language banish my grief

Away from melancholy's deceit

New-sprung movement, measure so sweet

Office sacred, chorus complete

Sacred moment, a fresh motif

New sprung movement, measure so sweet

Woven language banish my grief

Published as Mariessa Dobrick in PoemCity Anthology 2023

https://www.rootstockpublishing.com/rootstock-books/poemcity-anthology-2023

For rules and how to write your own see

https://poets.org/glossary/triolet

Diversity and Ethnicity in Europe pre-1600

 This resource list is a compilation of scholarships on diversity and ethnicity in Europe before the seventeenth century. This tertiary list was created because scholars have found that although Europe wasn’t perfect, it had a rich cultural diversity and the resources and scholarship are constantly growing!  This curated list is by no means the only research on the topic.

The current shared link is a Google document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pwI5ZoHllXN6iGxKRhVyh6MTZlYJMXhvfQ0jFr_f1tQ/edit

LGBTQIA+ Resources In Period

 This resource list is a compilation of scholarship on Queer history before the seventeenth century. It is a growing and evolving resource compilation as more scholarship emerges on the topic. It is important to recognize that the language used in the period is not the same language we use today and the terms could be considered offensive or difficult to read. I started compiling this list in 2021 and it has grown. It is available as a Google document.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNQx69ow85cYgJNDKVsfKZWAANyY_AhOKbElBbnoTXA/edit

An Account of my days

I have a wide variety of medieval and historic interests. I will start posting posts about what I am reading, researching, doing and listening to to help me keep track.

I finished reading Cathedral of Bones: An Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mystery by J.G. Lewis. It is about Ela of Salisbury, a Countess in her own right who served as the local sheriff for two years after her husband died and until her son was of age. 

I started reading Pustules, Pestilence, and Pain: Tudor Treatments and Ailments of Henry VIII by Seamus O'Caellaigh. My persona is from the period and I'm exploring the herbal and other treatments of the time.

Recently listened to Medieval Popes: Everything You Wanted to Know by History Extra: https://www.historyextra.com/membership/medieval-popes-everything-you-wanted-to-know-podcast-brett-whalen

Elizabeth I's Spymaster, Walsingham by Not Just the Tudors 
https://shows.acast.com/not-just-the-tudors/episodes/elizabeth-spymaster-walsingham

Reading about John Blanke, a trumpeter of African descent in the court of Henry VII. The John Blanke Project has some incredible research and reimaginings: https://www.johnblanke.com/

Reading about Hildegard of Bingen and her healing knowledge:

https://www.medievalists.net/2016/07/the-herbal-cures-of-hildegard-von-bingen-was-she-right/

Started learning Latin using Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/la/en/Learn-Latin.