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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 2291724, member: 54&quot;]I wasn’t able to post this as usual on FB, which has decided it goes “against our community standards.”&nbsp; Go figure.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Basiliscoe Mercury 340</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week, less disease and a lot more statuary! Otherwise prehistoric arrows, the battle of Glenshiel and the Kaiser&#039;s gunboat gets protection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arrows in very ancient times</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-06-discovery-oldest-arrow-technology-eurasia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2020-06-discovery-oldest-arrow-technology-eurasia.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2020-06-discovery-oldest-arrow-technology-eurasia.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Siege weaponsfrom antiquity</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/7-common-but-lesser-known-siege-weapons-from-antiquity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://interestingengineering.com/7-common-but-lesser-known-siege-weapons-from-antiquity" rel="nofollow">https://interestingengineering.com/7-common-but-lesser-known-siege-weapons-from-antiquity</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on Greek helmets</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/06/02/the-awe-inspiring-helmet-of-legendary-ancient-greek-warrior-miltiades/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/06/02/the-awe-inspiring-helmet-of-legendary-ancient-greek-warrior-miltiades/" rel="nofollow">https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/06/02/the-awe-inspiring-helmet-of-legendary-ancient-greek-warrior-miltiades/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Features on Viking weapons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/viking-weapons-0013794" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/viking-weapons-0013794" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/viking-weapons-0013794</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sword - the word</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.oup.com/2020/05/the-cutting-edge-sword-part-1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.oup.com/2020/05/the-cutting-edge-sword-part-1/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.oup.com/2020/05/the-cutting-edge-sword-part-1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.oup.com/2020/06/the-history-of-the-word-sword-part-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.oup.com/2020/06/the-history-of-the-word-sword-part-2/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.oup.com/2020/06/the-history-of-the-word-sword-part-2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Water channels in ancient citadel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-800-years-on-water-channels-in-turkeys-southeast-remain-mystery-155318" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-800-years-on-water-channels-in-turkeys-southeast-remain-mystery-155318" rel="nofollow">https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-800-years-on-water-channels-in-turkeys-southeast-remain-mystery-155318</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saddle found in Mongolian grave</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/8733-200602-mongolia-wooden-saddle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/8733-200602-mongolia-wooden-saddle" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/8733-200602-mongolia-wooden-saddle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the frontlines</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Richard I and the siege of Acre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-siege-of-acre-when-the-lionheart-reached-the-holy-land-630711" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-siege-of-acre-when-the-lionheart-reached-the-holy-land-630711" rel="nofollow">https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-siege-of-acre-when-the-lionheart-reached-the-holy-land-630711</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle of Stoke Field</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2020/june/battle-of-stoke-field-history-war-of-the-roses-battlefield-nottinghams-military-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2020/june/battle-of-stoke-field-history-war-of-the-roses-battlefield-nottinghams-military-history/" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2020/june/battle-of-stoke-field-history-war-of-the-roses-battlefield-nottinghams-military-history/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First database on the Imjin War launched</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uadb-fdo060420.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uadb-fdo060420.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/uadb-fdo060420.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finds from the battlefield at Glenshiel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/evidence-from-glenshiel-battlefield-cast-doubt-on-confidence-of-government-victory" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/evidence-from-glenshiel-battlefield-cast-doubt-on-confidence-of-government-victory" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/evidence-from-glenshiel-battlefield-cast-doubt-on-confidence-of-government-victory</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Barnard Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/barnard-castle-history-facts-built-battle-tourist/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/barnard-castle-history-facts-built-battle-tourist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/barnard-castle-history-facts-built-battle-tourist/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Protecting an ancient Japanese castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13386723" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13386723" rel="nofollow">http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13386723</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln castle re-opens its wall walk</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2020/06/lincoln-castle-to-reopen-medieval-wall-walk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2020/06/lincoln-castle-to-reopen-medieval-wall-walk/" rel="nofollow">https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2020/06/lincoln-castle-to-reopen-medieval-wall-walk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tunnels detected under Szczecin‘s Ducal Castle, Poland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/06/hidden-tunnels-discovered-under-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/133469" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/06/hidden-tunnels-discovered-under-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/133469" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/06/hidden-tunnels-discovered-under-castle-of-the-pomeranian-dukes/133469</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Outer tower located in survey at Teutonic knights’ Elbląg Castle, Poland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/06/archaeologists-find-tower-in-outer-bailey-at-teutonic-fortress/133615" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/06/archaeologists-find-tower-in-outer-bailey-at-teutonic-fortress/133615" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/06/archaeologists-find-tower-in-outer-bailey-at-teutonic-fortress/133615</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons at Daulatabad fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/daulatabad-fort-puts-cannons-in-perspective-843954.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/daulatabad-fort-puts-cannons-in-perspective-843954.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/daulatabad-fort-puts-cannons-in-perspective-843954.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recycling shells</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/recycled-civil-war-cannonball.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/recycled-civil-war-cannonball.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/recycled-civil-war-cannonball.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about Galway’s historic Crimean cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/114996/the-guns-in-the-square" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/114996/the-guns-in-the-square" rel="nofollow">https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/114996/the-guns-in-the-square</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Asian round-up</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More than one use for the Great Wall of Chinas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-reveals-not-all-of-china-s-great-wall-was-built-for-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-reveals-not-all-of-china-s-great-wall-was-built-for-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-reveals-not-all-of-china-s-great-wall-was-built-for-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The samurai diplomat</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/07/hasekura-rokuemon-tsunenaga-japan-samurai-charmed-courts-europe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/07/hasekura-rokuemon-tsunenaga-japan-samurai-charmed-courts-europe" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/07/hasekura-rokuemon-tsunenaga-japan-samurai-charmed-courts-europe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice piece on London’s Cutler’s hall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://lookup.london/cutlers-hall-frieze-warwick-lane/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lookup.london/cutlers-hall-frieze-warwick-lane/" rel="nofollow">https://lookup.london/cutle</a><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/christine-pizan-articles-theses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/christine-pizan-articles-theses/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.ne</a><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-hundreds-years-unknown-woman-tudor-painting-was-identified-180975071/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-hundreds-years-unknown-woman-tudor-painting-was-identified-180975071/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-hundreds-years-unknown-woman-tudor-painting-was-identified-180975071/</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mary Queen of Scots prayer book</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mary-queen-scots-illustrated-and-inscribed-prayer-book-goes-auction-180975051/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mary-queen-scots-illustrated-and-inscribed-prayer-book-goes-auction-180975051/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mary-queen-scots-illustrated-and-inscribed-prayer-book-goes-auction-180975051/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The last Civil War pensioner</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-person-receive-civil-war-pension-dies-180975049/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-person-receive-civil-war-pension-dies-180975049/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-person-receive-civil-war-pension-dies-180975049/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>SMS Grosser Kurfürst lost 1878 and its monument protected</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/05/german-warship-wreck-off-kent-coast-given-heritage-protection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/05/german-warship-wreck-off-kent-coast-given-heritage-protection" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/05/german-warship-wreck-off-kent-coast-given-heritage-protection</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WW2 landing craft found off Wales</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/sunken-second-world-war-landing-craft-found.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/sunken-second-world-war-landing-craft-found.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/sunken-second-world-war-landing-craft-found.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italian museums re-invent themselves for locals, not tourists</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artdaily.com/news/124253/Italians-rediscover-their-museums--with-no-tourists-in-sight#.Xtn6dm5FyUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artdaily.com/news/124253/Italians-rediscover-their-museums--with-no-tourists-in-sight#.Xtn6dm5FyUk" rel="nofollow">https://artdaily.com/news/124253/Italians-rediscover-their-museums--with-no-tourists-in-sight#.Xtn6dm5FyUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hermitage, Amsterdam re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artdaily.com/news/124370/The-Hermitage-Amsterdam-reopens-with-extended-ex,hibitions#.Xt3u7G5FyUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artdaily.com/news/124370/The-Hermitage-Amsterdam-reopens-with-extended-ex,hibitions#.Xt3u7G5FyUk" rel="nofollow">https://artdaily.com/news/124370/The-Hermitage-Amsterdam-reopens-with-extended-ex,hibitions#.Xt3u7G5FyUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Doge’s Palace (and armoury) re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artdaily.com/news/124554/Doge-s-Palace-reopens-as-tourists-flock-back-to-Venice#.XuXdwG5FyUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artdaily.com/news/124554/Doge-s-Palace-reopens-as-tourists-flock-back-to-Venice#.XuXdwG5FyUk" rel="nofollow">https://artdaily.com/news/124554/Doge-s-Palace-reopens-as-tourists-flock-back-to-Venice#.XuXdwG5FyUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Syrian culture under attack</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/report-documents-severe-damage-syrian-heritage-museums-200608082049725.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/report-documents-severe-damage-syrian-heritage-museums-200608082049725.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/report-documents-severe-damage-syrian-heritage-museums-200608082049725.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Virtual Terracotta warriors exhibition opens for Australians</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/12/c_139133652.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/12/c_139133652.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/12/c_139133652.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Virtual exhibition on the Field of the Cloth of Gold at the Armouries</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://royalarmouries.org/tudor-power-glory/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://royalarmouries.org/tudor-power-glory/" rel="nofollow">https://royalarmouries.org/tudor-power-glory/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings- all statues this week</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Statues move back into the limelight:A round up of controversial statues</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artdaily.com/news/124540/Toppled--beheaded--daubed--five-controversial-statues#.XuXdGzHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artdaily.com/news/124540/Toppled--beheaded--daubed--five-controversial-statues#.XuXdGzHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">https://artdaily.com/news/124540/Toppled--beheaded--daubed--five-controversial-statues#.XuXdGzHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>USA </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/confederate-monuments-across-country-coming-down-180975052/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/confederate-monuments-across-country-coming-down-180975052/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/confederate-monuments-across-country-coming-down-180975052/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/monuments-dismantled-in-us-protests" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/monuments-dismantled-in-us-protests" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/monuments-dismantled-in-us-protests</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/amid-protests-virginia-vows-to-remove-monument-to-confederate-general-robert-e-lee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/amid-protests-virginia-vows-to-remove-monument-to-confederate-general-robert-e-lee" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/amid-protests-virginia-vows-to-remove-monument-to-confederate-general-robert-e-lee</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/christopher-columbus-statues-beheaded-torn-down-180975079/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/christopher-columbus-statues-beheaded-torn-down-180975079/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/christopher-columbus-statues-beheaded-torn-down-180975079/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artdaily.com/news/124308/Former-king-s-statue-defaced-as-Belgium-confronts-colonial-past#.Xttjg25FyUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artdaily.com/news/124308/Former-king-s-statue-defaced-as-Belgium-confronts-colonial-past#.Xttjg25FyUk" rel="nofollow">https://artdaily.com/news/124308/Former-king-s-statue-defaced-as-Belgium-confronts-colonial-past#.Xttjg25FyUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/leopold-ii-monument" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/leopold-ii-monument" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/leopold-ii-monument</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bristol</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/08/who-was-edward-colston-and-why-was-his-bristol-statue-toppled-slave-trader-black-lives-matter-protests" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/08/who-was-edward-colston-and-why-was-his-bristol-statue-toppled-slave-trader-black-lives-matter-protests" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/08/who-was-edward-colston-and-why-was-his-bristol-statue-toppled-slave-trader-black-lives-matter-protests</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In Prague they are putting up replicas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/prague-erects-replica-of-baroque-virgin-mary-statue-toppled-in-1918" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/prague-erects-replica-of-baroque-virgin-mary-statue-toppled-in-1918" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/prague-erects-replica-of-baroque-virgin-mary-statue-toppled-in-1918</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short piece about dendrochronology and history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tree-ring-analysis-has-solved-many-historical-mysteries" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tree-ring-analysis-has-solved-many-historical-mysteries" rel="nofollow">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tree-ring-analysis-has-solved-many-historical-mysteries</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Story of a Tasmanian firearm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6785140/tiny-note-discovered-in-mysterious-150-year-old-shotgun/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6785140/tiny-note-discovered-in-mysterious-150-year-old-shotgun/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6785140/tiny-note-discovered-in-mysterious-150-year-old-shotgun/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weird objectsfrom the Soane Museum, includes fin from WW2 bomb</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/some-of-the-weirder-objects-in-sir-john-soanes-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/some-of-the-weirder-objects-in-sir-john-soanes-museum/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/some-of-the-weirder-objects-in-sir-john-soanes-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Evacuating Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/13/paris-museum-reopens-with-stories-of-frantic-wartime-exodus?fbclid=IwAR36w0X2jTDZWWZ2-a00ynTzSWbP2lc_Rja05pnnTnb0H1BIGe6ysAlh0qk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/13/paris-museum-reopens-with-stories-of-frantic-wartime-exodus?fbclid=IwAR36w0X2jTDZWWZ2-a00ynTzSWbP2lc_Rja05pnnTnb0H1BIGe6ysAlh0qk" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/13/paris-museum-reopens-with-stories-of-frantic-wartime-exodus?fbclid=IwAR36w0X2jTDZWWZ2-a00ynTzSWbP2lc_Rja05pnnTnb0H1BIGe6ysAlh0qk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Neil Grant: The Medieval Longsword</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-medieval-longsword" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-medieval-longsword" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-medieval-longsword</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest from Pen and Sword, with special offers on e-books</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tudor Power &amp; Glory: Henry VIII and the Field of Cloth and Gold eBook</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/e-books/products/tudor-power-glory-henry-viii-and-the-field-of-cloth-and-gold-ebook" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/e-books/products/tudor-power-glory-henry-viii-and-the-field-of-cloth-and-gold-ebook" rel="nofollow">https://shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/e-books/products/tudor-power-glory-henry-viii-and-the-field-of-cloth-and-gold-ebook</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval films</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/movies-like-the-green-knight.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/movies-like-the-green-knight.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/movies-like-the-green-knight.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval films set in North America</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/medieval-movies-set-north-america/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/medieval-movies-set-north-america/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/medieval-movies-set-north-america/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vietnam war films</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/05/from-platoon-to-winter-soldier-10-of-the-best-vietnam-war-films" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/05/from-platoon-to-winter-soldier-10-of-the-best-vietnam-war-films" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/05/from-platoon-to-winter-soldier-10-of-the-best-vietnam-war-films</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ten Penguin classics</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/middle-ages-penguin-classics-books/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/middle-ages-penguin-classics-books/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/middle-ages-penguin-classics-books/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales Fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>22 - 27June 2020: Online auction</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/auctions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/auctions" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/auctions</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 July 2020 London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.olympiaauctions.com/auctions-valuations/auction-calendar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.olympiaauctions.com/auctions-valuations/auction-calendar/" rel="nofollow">https://www.olympiaauctions.com/auctions-valuations/auction-calendar/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: 100 years’ war, Mamelukes and Crusaders</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/tenglish-blunders/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/tenglish-blunders/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/tenglish-blunders/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/mamluks-vs-crusaders/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/mamluks-vs-crusaders/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2020/06/mamluks-vs-crusaders/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I enjoyed the stories and pictures from @Look_UpLondon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –16 June 2020</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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