Getting medieval on the silver screen

It’s time for the annual review of the silver screen’s portrayal of the medieval world. This year is a plethora of television and movies for the history enthusiast. Let’s begin with the big screen.

The Highway to Hell

Let me warn you ahead of time: this is not a PC post.

Spend any amount of time in a communications center and chances are your ears will begin to catch fire. We’re not known for our ‘pc’ nature. In fact, dispatchers tend to vent – a lot. We have to. It’s not healthy to keep the anxiety we face every shift bottled up inside.

The plague of the medieval century: the Black Death

The death of feudalism was brought about the great equalizer in the mid 14^th century: The Black Death, or Black Plague. What was the Plague? Where did it come from and what was the true impact of this deadly disease?