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Fausta shares an album of photos taken at the recent Crown Prints Prize event in the Kingdom of Caid.

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A wide-ranging collection of Byzantine mosaics unearthed in Daraa Province, Syria, now includes works of art from churches and private homes. Human and animal subjects are depicted in scenes of daily life. 

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The Barony of Sternfeld (Midrealm) has started an experimental podcast, the Sterncast.  The first episode features an interview with Master Johann von Metten about Animal Husbandry in the SCA and the raising of Medieval breeds of chickens.

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SCA President Sean o’Shaughnessy (Tom Hughes) reports that an additional session of the SCA Corporate Subsidiaries class has been added to the Pennsic 39 University schedule.

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30 July 762 – Baghdad is founded.

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Baroness Maerwynn of the Barony of Brendoken in the Midrealm has announced that her lord husband, Baron Einar Blakklar, will take on all comers to raise money for cancer research.

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Caitlin nic Raighne has created a website with instructions on how to make a geometric tunic. The instructions include diagrams, fabric selections and sewing directions.

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An exhibit in Bucharest, Romania, is trying to rehabilitate the image of Vlad Dracula, aka Vlad the Impaler. The exhibit uses period illustrations and manuscripts to show the 15th century Wallachian ruler as the victim of Western European propaganda intended to show Eastern Europe in a barbaric light.

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Archeologists are excavating "The Theater", London's first known successful playhouse, where it is believed that Shakespeare himself worked and may have even acted. The building was completed in 1576, and historians believe that Romeo and Juliet premiered there.

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SCA member Christian de Holacombe (Chris Laning), a medieval scholar from Davis, California, has created a blog entitle Paternoster Row to share some of her research on rosaries and prayer beads.

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September 10-12, 2010. Hosted by the Barony of Lochmere in Crownsville, MD. Their Royal Majesties will be attending.

September 10-12, 2010. Hosted by the Barony of Hidden Mountain in Ehrhardt, SC.

September 11, 2010. Hosted by the Canton of Salesberie Glen in Salisbury, NC.

September 17-19, 2010. Hosted by the Canton of Ritterwald in New Ellenton, SC.

September 17-19, 2010. Hosted by the Barony of Storvik in Upper Marlboro, MD. Their Royal Highnesses will be attending.

September 18, 2010. Hosted by the Stronghold of Raven's Cove in Richlands, NC.

September 24-26, 2010. Hosted by the Barony of Stierbach in Manassas, VA.

29 July 1565 – The widowed Mary Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Check out Scandals: Mary and Lord Darnley and of course the movie, Mary, Queen of Scots with Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Dalton.


Today in Medieval History is brought to you by An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England by Nan Hawthorne, available through online bookselllers now or visit Shield-wall Books!

August 21, 2010. Hosted by the Canton of Aire Faucon in Ranlo, NC.

September 17-19, 2010. Hosted by the Canton of Caer Gelynniog in Palmyra, VA.