Are the medieval fae really your friends, or are they foes who could manipulate you out of your own two shoes?
A Librarian, an Editor, and a Fundraiser Walk Out of the AMRS Program
Why take AMRS classes? How does the program set students up for post-undergrad success? Hear from alumni!
History Unfolding: The Makings of a Composed Armor Set
A composed armor set contains a remarkable history of Medieval armor visible in its wealth of details.
A Feast for the Senses: The 49th Annual Columbus Greek Festival
Love and time has clearly been baked into the entire Greek Festival, a feast of foods, music, sights, and smells in the Short North Arts District each fall.
Honor and Defense: Tournament Armor in the Late Medieval Ages
Honor and Defense Tournament Armor in the Late Medieval Ages by Helena von Sadovszky Chivalric tournaments and contests were a form of battlefield, in which armor played a significant role. Largely because armor was a symbol of chivalry and functionality intertwined with what it meant to be a knight. ‘L’arnès del cavalier’ (The Knight’s…
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling: A Renaissance Icon of the West
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling A Renaissance Icon by Noelle Weaver I recently had the opportunity to visit Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition in Dayton. The art exhibit takes high quality images of the different pieces of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and presents them on canvas for individual to-scale viewing. It…
La Ofrenda- A Retelling of Orpheus
La Ofrenda is your Friend A Hispanic Retelling of the Orpheus Myth We’ve been telling each other the story of Orpheus for thousands of years. Countless operas have been composed, myths and stories told, and it’s even on Broadway in a folk pop musical Hadestown. It’s a myth that has stirred the imagination for generations….
The Art and Myth of Orpheus
The Art and Myth of Orpheus by Jenna Nahhas Some stories, unlike their heroes, refuse to die. The Greek myth of the musician Orpheus and his attempt to bring back his dead wife Euridice from the Underworld has been told and retold for thousands of years. Ovid recorded the myth in Latin, it was turned…
Fairy Romance in the Breton Lai
Fairy Romance in the Breton Lai Love between Mortals and Fae in Aural Medieval Tales by Noelle Weaver Today, we refer to love stories generally as romances, with different genres like the romantic comedy or dramas coloring the tone from goofy escapades to dramatic love confessions in the rain. However, a romance in the…
“Costubers”- The Medieval and Renaissance Clothing Historians of YouTube
“Costubers” The Medieval and Renaissance Clothing Historians of YouTube by Noelle Weaver In a time when fast fashion means that everyone has access to clothing at any price range as often as they like, retailers provide new lines multiple times a season, and the average woman has over a hundred pieces of clothing in…