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Medieval Women Mystics

Edit About.com 22 Feb 2016
Teresa Of Avila. painting on glass.  Apic/Getty Images. Christina of Markyate. Dates. ~1096/8 - ~1160. She ran away from home when her parents tried to force her into marriage, since she’d already taken a vow of virginity as a nun. An account of her life and visions was published in the 1150s, and the manuscript found in the 20th century.Christina of MarkyateHildegard of Bingen. Dates. 1098 - September 17, 1179 ... Dates. 1193/1194 – 1253....

Booklet to help you 'time travel' at Bestwood Country Park! 29 Jan 2016 (Nottinghamshire County ...

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jan 2016
(Source. Nottinghamshire County Council). 29 Jan 2016 - 10.42. The fascinating history of Bestwood Country Park is now available for visitors to collect in a handy timeline booklet. The booklet has been produced by the Friends of Bestwood with support from Nottinghamshire County Council ... The Cafe's open from 10am - 1pm every Saturday ... · In the 1150s, Henry II offered a 10 penny reward for anyone capturing an outlaw ... -ends- ... (noodl....

Homer Among Christian Greeks in the Middle Ages

Edit Huffington Post 07 Jan 2016
The Christianization of ancient Greece in the fourth century and after was not pretty or peaceful. It was the equivalent of centuries-lasting explosion of a nuclear bomb over the country. Practically nothing was left standing. libraries went up in flames; the Olympics abolished; schools shut down; temples smashed to the ground ... The church also used Greek in its liturgy and texts ... Tzetzes wrote his allegorized Homer in the 1140s or 1150s ... ....

Government aims to get hurling on Unesco list

Edit The Irish Times 16 Dec 2015
Ireland is to attempt to get an ancient practice included on the Unesco list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage – the game of hurling. Unesco began drawing up the list in 2008, and hurling is expected to be included next year ... Another 2015 addition is the manufacture of cowbells in Portugal ... Global showcase ... It is recorded in the Book of Leinster compiled in the 1150s AD, more than 2,000 years after the events it describes ... ....

Praising Winchester: Famous cathedral lives up to its rock star reputation

Edit Toronto Sun 24 May 2015
Winchester Cathedral was on everyone's mind in 1966 -- at least everyone who listened to the radio ... -- Treasures such as the illuminated Winchester Bible (said to be the largest and finest 12th-century English bible in existence), the Tournai Marble Font (carved in the 1150s from a single 1.5-tonne block of stone and transported from Belgium) and the Morley Library, a collection of rare books dating to the 17th century ... Mansfield Park....

Global Warming Isn’t the Same for Everyone

Edit CounterPunch 31 Oct 2014
Uh-Oh! Global Warming? ... 3, 2014 ... “The dryness in California is only part of a longer-term, 15-year drought across most of the Western USA, one that bioclimatologist Park Williams said is notable because ‘more area in the West has persistently been in drought during the past 15 years than in any other 15-year period since the 1150s and 1160s’ — that’s more than 850 years ago,” California’s 100-Year Drought, USA Today, Sept ... (See. )....

Water-law cops accused of letting spigots run

Edit WorldNetDaily 06 Oct 2014
There were just 375 such complaints last year. Vargas said the surge is because of water conservation consciousness ... “The point is they were very clearly wasting water ... After California Gov ... “More area in the West has persistently been in drought during the past 15 years than in any other 15-year period since the 1150s and 1160s,” stressed Columbia University Professor Park Williams, according to USA Today ... More Wells. ... ....

Rain dampens California fires, but more drought in the forecast

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Sep 2014
But the relief may be short-lived. The 2014 fire season is not over ... Recommended ... “The dryness in California is only part of a longer-term, 15-year drought across most of the Western USA, one that bioclimatologist Park Williams said is notable because ‘more area in the West has persistently been in drought during the past 15 years than in any other 15-year period since the 1150s and 1160s’ – that's more than 850 years ago....

The Epic Mountain Vs. Viper 'Game Of Thrones' Fight Was Inspired By History

Edit Huffington Post 03 Jun 2014
You're probably still reeling over the grisly death from the latest "Game of Thrones" episode. (Spoiler alert if you haven't seen "Game of Thrones" Season 4, Episode 8 "The Mountain and The Viper.") ... George R.R ... In a recent essay, Dr ... Stephen of Massy vs. Monks of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, 1150s ... Isaac points out one historical judicial battle ordered by King Louis VII of France, which was recounted in medieval documents from the mid-1150s ... ....

The ‘GOT’ Red Viper and Mountain Duel, and a History of Medieval Trial by Combat

Edit The Daily Beast 03 Jun 2014
A professor of medieval history on how Game of Thrones—and the bloody showdown between the Red Viper and the Mountain—echoes the past. Sometimes, what really happened is worse ... "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." ... *** ... In an actual trial by combat, though, from the mid-1150s, another detail comes very close to the combat between the Mountain and the Red Viper ... *** ... *** ... Lara Bingle ... ....
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