1066 or what on middle earth was that? May 19, 2009
Posted by gesta in Debate, Medieval.Tags: 1066, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry, chronicles, Domesday Book, Hastings, helmets, historical docu-dramas, Viking
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Yesterday and today Channel 4 broadcast a docudrama called ‘1066: the Battle for Middle Earth’. The premise of the film is an interesting one, namely to show the effects of the battles of 1066 (Fulford, Stamford Bridge and Senlac Hill) on the ordinary people. The result is something I thought impossible – Channel 4 makes 1066 boring.
Thinking about space (and time) in chronicles May 10, 2009
Posted by gesta in Boundaries, Debate, Medieval, Uncategorized.Tags: black holes, cartography, chronicles, Dick Harrison, general relativity, Jonathan Jarrett, mappae mundi, Norman, Orderic Vitalis, space
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In my last post I commented on how the problems faced by relativists trying to show time and space in representations of black holes seemed similar to the difficulties faced by historians trying to talk about representations of space in our sources. A recent post by Jonathan Jarrett has also raised some of these questions – is this picture of Toledo in council season a depiction of the council or the relationship between Toledo and its territories? And who is in the tents? (more…)
