The Medieval Magazine No.61 | Seite 3

The medieval Magazine

Editor: Peter Konieczny

Website: www.medievalists.net

This digital magazine is published each Monday.

Cover Photo: Christian and Muslim playing chess in al-Andalus, from The Book of Games of Alfonso X, el Sabio, c. 1285.

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Viking Treasures seen for the first time in a thousand years

Santa Maria Antiqua reopens after 36 year restoration

Lost Medieval Castle Discovered in Scotland

Two Medieval Manuscripts arrive at the University of British Columbia

UK Buyer Sought for Robert the Bruce Seal

Traces: People and the Book

King Richard III Reburial Anniversary

Cairo in 1321: How a City Burned from Religious Violence

Did the Crusades lead to Islamic State

Islamic State and the Assassins: reviving fanciful tales of the medieval Orient

The Life of Lady Katherine Gordon, wife of Percy Warbeck

The Imperial Knights of Medieval California

Book Review: Spies, Sadists and Sorcerors

Tales from Sacchetti: Dante Alighieri

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