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Surprise of the Month > 2006

Surprise-Archive 2006

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January to December 2006

 

Nativity, December, 25th

January 2006
The Harley Lyrics
Ase y me rod this ender day
(About the Five Joys of Mary)

Epiphany, January, 6th

St Joseph

February 2006
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)
The Presentation of Christ at the Temple
(The story of Candlemas, February, 2nd)

Andrea Mantegna, self-portrait

March 2006
The New Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
Anno MMV Hreğmonağ
(Last Year's News in Old English: March 2005)

Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

April 2006
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Battle of Hastings
(1066 A.D.)
(The Norman Conquest on 70 m of embroidered fabric)

Stigant, Archbishop of Canterbury

Henry V

May 2006
Political Carols
The Agincourt Carol
(1415)
(How the English defeated the French)

Battle scene

Henry III

June 2006
Political Carols
The Song of Lewes
(13th/14th century)
(Simon de Montford against Henry III)

Montford's Seal

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July 2006
Snatch of Scottish Poetry
The Bewteis of the Fute-ball
(Maitland Folio MS. 1582)
(All about Soccer in the Middle Ages)

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Summer sun

August 2006
Geoffrey Chaucer, Minor Poems
“Proverb”
(A good advice for a hot summer)

Chaucer

Medieval Lovers

September 2006
Thomas Usk
The Testament of Love
(About love and lovesickness)

Medieval Lovers

The Seal of Grimsby

October 2006
Havelok the Dane
The stone-throwing contest
(About strength, power and envy)

The Havelok-Stone

The Lady visits Gawain

November 2006
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Passus II: Gawain's Journey
(Halloween at Arthur's Court)

Gawain demands his head

Holly

December 2006
The Paston Letters
Margaret Paston to John Paston
(A Christmas Letter)

Ivy

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