The Medieval Magazine No.60 | Page 3

The medieval Magazine

Edited by: Peter Konieczny

Website: www.medievalists.net

This digital magazine is published each Monday.

Cover Photo: Jean-Paul Laurens, Le Pape Formose et Étienne VII ("Pope Formosus and Stephen VII"), 1870.

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500-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered off the Coast of Oman

Historian uncovers secrets of the Reformation hidden in England's oldest printed Bible

The Life and Death of King Erik IX of Sweden

From Pulp to Fiction: Our Love Affair with Paper

The Cadever Synod: Low Point in the History of the Papacy

The Medieval Ladies of the Night

The medieval power struggles that helped forge today's universities

A Guide to Dover Castle

Vǫlva ~ Scandinavian Practitioner of Prophecy and Magical Medicine

Interview: Michael H. Roffer, author of The Law Book

Book Excerpt: On the Trail of the Yorks

Tales from Sacchetti: The Bean in the Ear

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