A gift for teachers, grades 6-9.

I have adapted the Old French story of Erec and Enide as a short play. It is intended for older students (10-15) to present to either the rest of their class or younger grades. It can be used as part of a medieval unit with the props and costumes made as part of the exercise. There is no copyright; all I would like is a photo of the cast if the play is performed.
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Read an interview with me conducted by Raymond H. Thompson. Taliesin's Successors: Interviews With Authors
Of Modern Arthurian Literature

The Templars

Recently several people have been asking me about the Templars. They seem to have picked up some strange ideas somewhere so, for your edification, I have compiled a list of places to find accurate information on the Order. Any information I have, I found in them. Get the Templars reading list

Fallacies

One of the talks I give as I wander about is called "Five things about the Middle Ages 'everybody knows' that aren't true".

We were all given a lot of information about the centuries we call medieval and most of it was made up in later periods to justify various social and religious changes.

For the full lecture, you'll have to come to one of my signings or speaking engagements but, in response to popular demand, I have compiled here not five but six fallacies about the Middle Ages. Since there are so many more, I may change it from time to time.

If you want to learn more more about the middle ages,
here are some websites set up by medievalists:

• For medieval texts try labyrinth, which has a number of primary sources on line, as well as lesson plans for grade and high school teachers.
• For articles and teaching aids on the middle ages try ORB which is designed for non-specialists and teachers.
• The Medieval Feminist Index is available at Haverford College.
• There is a Center for Medieval Studiesat Western Michigan University.
• Leeds University in England, also has a Center for Medieval Studies.
• One can also find the Center for Millennial Studies.
• Matrix is a site devoted to collecting and disseminating information about Christian religious women in the Middle Ages.
• The University of Manchester is setting up a site for more than three thousand medieval documents.
• There are a host of medieval links emanating from Fordham University.
• You can find Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship at the University of Oregon.
• You will find out more about the history of the town and Cathedral of Chartres, including the time of Catherine and Edgar, at the Centre d'Ètudes Chartraines
• To explore the architecture, and history of a medieval abby, you may want to visit an excellent site devoted to L'abbaye de Saint-Germain d'Auxerre\
• If Medieval Music is to your liking, you can visit the aforementioned site of my friend Dr. Judith Cohen, at York University in Canada, or you can also visit New Orleans Musica da Camera the oldest surviving early music organization in the country, founded in 1966 by director Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr.The group is dedicated to the music of the 10th through 16th centuries, and making that music current and living for the listeners of the 21st century.