#medievalpoetry
Talk on Viking Age court poetry by Matthew Townend (York). Tuesday 3 November, 5.30 pm GMT. Free, all welcome. Go to link to register for zoom and more details: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #vikings #medievalpoetry #sagas
Court Poetry in the Viking Age: Performance and Reception
Institute for Medieval Studies research seminar, with Professor Matthew Townend, Department of English and Related Literature, University of York.
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
October 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Free audiobook with scrolling text:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFMR2FZ6bko&list=PLQGO7UpN0_z0&index=1

#audiobook #IonBooks #MedievalPoetry
October 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
'Beirt byt barnant wyr o gallonn'
('the bards of the world adjudge men of valour')
-Y Gododdin (l. 285)

#medievalpoetry
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
5 new arrivals on the #MiddleAges for the middle of the week!
This book by Ian Cornelius attempts a reconstruction of #alliteration in #MedievalLiterature such as Caedmon's Hymn, Beowulf, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight or Piers Plowman

#EnglishLiterature #metre #MedievalPoetry #LiteraryStudies
April 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Having a laid-back Saturday morning of cat snuggles while finally cracking open the first part of Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. This is what happens when you make drunken vows at Yule #asatru #heathenry #norsepaganism #skald #edda #medievalpoetry #norsepoetry
April 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Yeah, so I wrote a thing 😄

#maleloneliness #medievalpoetry
Male loneliness & fin’amor: blaming women today, yesterday, and forevermore.
Men have always been the biggest crybabies
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April 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
📜 Welsh poets’ use of the language of love and intimacy to describe their relationships with powerful patrons is being explored as part of research at our Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/44vff8tc

#MedievalPoetry #WelshPoetry
June 8, 2026 at 10:49 AM
2/2 They treat him with wine and delicacies by the fire and put his ability to speak on test, by torturing him with a violent, fat cat 😀 and when they are sufficiently convinced, he wont talk, they invite him for a week of fun in the bath.

#livinghistory #reenactment #medievalpoetry
June 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
❗Reminder: Tomorrow at 5:30 PM in DIAS, Michael Clarke will explore medieval poetry & Celtic spirituality in the 'Song of Amairgen'. 📖✨ #MedievalPoetry #IrishHistory #MedievalIreland
Upcoming lecture on medieval poetry and Celtic spirituality at DIAS on March 20th @ 5.30pm! Join Michael Clarke for a discussion on the 'Song of Amairgen' in the Book of Invasions. #IrishHistory #medievalireland @diasdublin.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Who do you pray for? No one knows which God will answer someone's prayer. "아무도 모른다, 어떤 신이 누군가의 기도를 들어줄지 알 수 없다."
#hope #illustration #vampire #Medievalpoetry #영국 #뱀파이어 #일러스트레이션 #남자주인공 #미소년 #イラストレーション#美少年#ロンドン#輪禍
December 7, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Ever heard of Watriquet de Couvin's medieval allegory "Li dis de la cygoigne"? This 14th-century poet used swan symbolism to critique courtly love traditions—centuries before the Renaissance reshaped European literature. (Q123330496) #MedievalPoetry #Allegory
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM