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The New Movie Beowulf hits theatres on Nov 19th. I have put together a lot of Beowulf stuff for you to check out. More video clips of the movie are here and lots of great stuff about the story of Beowulf including free downloads of the text and some information about what Tolkien had to say about Beowulf. |
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The History Channel is having a world premiere event about the lost book of Nostradamus this sunday at 9pm eastern time. About the book: A mysterious book has just recently surfaced that is signed by Nostradamus and it predicts the apocalypse among many other things. I have received an advance copy of this show and have written a review about it. Learn more on my blog here. The lost book of Nostradamus
A Trip to a Renaissance Faire - I have set up a gallery of pictures that I took at the King Richards Faire, Check out the Gallery Here You can also join the gallery and submit your own pictures.
Breaking News (Oct 15) : Win A Free Fantasy Book! The All Things Medieval Series of Websites is giving away six fantasy books over the course of four weeks. These books are courtest of Candlewick Press . You can sign up by giving your email address and your email will not be used for anything other than the giveaway. Every week a new winner will be announced and all email addresses will be deleted. Learn more about the giveaway and the books here The Fantasy book Giveaway
Ever thought about making your own crossbow? Here is some great information about a group that makes some outstanding hand-carved crossbows. The one shown is carved in the shape of a dragon. You can see more pictures and learn more about it here: The Dragon Crossbow -An interesting little note about the carving: The carving is of an Oriental dragon, based on an engraved helmet that washed up from the Sea of Japan (National Geographic Volume 162, No. 5, November 1982 "Kubilai Kahn's Lost Fleet").
Interested in Brewing Mead? It is a tradition that dates back hundreds, maybe even thousands of years and it was the drink of choice before beer and wine. This Medieval Drink is made from Honey instead of grapes. I am in the process of making mead. See the tutorial on how it is done - complete with lots of pictures. Mead Making Tutorial (Update Sep 20) The Mead has been going well and now it has been racked into a large glass bottle (Called a Carboy) You can see this update at the mead tutorial.
New: The Epic Story of Beowulf has been turned into a major motion picture and it has been done by some very impressive names in the business including Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich and Anthony Hopkins. This is looking to be a very special movie and I have an inside contact who is giving me access to pre-release materials including movies, images and even a podcast! If you want to learn more about this movie that is set to be released in November check out my blogpost here: Beowulf: A look at the upcoming Hollywood Blockbuster
Current Resources in the Network:
The Heroic Dreams Blog - For daily information about things medieval
Medieval Main Site: The main page for the medieval sites
The Weapons Armory - The site where you can learn about and purchase weapons and armor
Medieval Castles - The site all about Medieval Castles
knight-medieval.com - All About Knights
epic-fantasy.com - for readers of medieval, fantasy and epic fantasy