Perhaps rich ground for the data viz crowd to have some fun with.

Just how bored where the knights looking for the Holy Grail? @scottmanning.com has an estimate.

I Spent 10 Years Calculating How Bored the Knights Were on the Quest for the Holy Grail One day, while reading The Quest for the Holy Grail, I came across a statement by Sir Gawain that made me chuckle: I have slain more than ten knights already, the worst of whom was more than adequa…

This is the longest joke I've ever worked on. ⚔️🏰
scottmanning.com/content/10-y...

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Wie perfide, sie im Kleid darzustellen: Sie trug Hosen. Im Gefängnis legte man ihr heimtückisch Männerkleidung hin, die sie tragen musste, um nicht nackt zu erscheinen. Dann behauptete man(n), sie sei unbelehr-/kehrbar, um ihre Hinrichtung zu rechtfertigen. Die Prozesse sind gut dokumentiert dazu.

Joan of Arc postcards

Joan of Arc postcard

Joan of Arc postcard

I scored a set of Joan of Arc postcards from the 1910s. I tried to capture the silver sheen with my phone, but the pics don’t do it justice.
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joan of arc statue in philly

joan of arc statue in philly

joan of arc looked stellar in philly today. not a bad angle.
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KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS by SIR JAMES KNOWLES

KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS BY MARY MACLEOD

scored some cheap arthurian works for $3 at an antique store
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Tolkien Reading Day Greetings

These are some of the #TolkienReadingDay greetings I sent friends and family this year. The road goes ever on and on . . .

Studies in Medievalism XXXV table of contents

Studies in Medievalism XXXV table of contents

here is the full table of contents for Studies in Medievalism XXXV

Joan of Arc Al in Time Gate (1989): A Medieval Simulacrum in the Twenty-Second Century

Studies in Medievalism XXXV cover

Time Gate anthologies

The latest Studies in Medievalism is out, which includes my essay focused on Joan of Arc in the Time Gate sci-fi anthologies

“Joan of Arc Al in Time Gate (1989): A Medieval Simulacrum in the Twenty-Second Century”
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7 copies of The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

i have more copies of The Transformers: The Movie than i need, but not as many as i want

cover of Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings (2026)

table of contents for Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings (2026)

table of contents for Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings (2026)

just got a copy of Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings.

There’s something for everyone!

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I’m only a few chapters in, which have been superb so far. let me know if any of the chapters are of interest.

Cover of Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026), eds. Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl

Table of Contents for Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026), eds. Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl

Table of Contents for Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026), eds. Tison Pugh and Angela Jane Weisl

Just arrived in the mail - Pugh and Weisl's Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026). There are 2 Joan of Arc films represented here.
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Sharing Joan of Are with Lifelong Learners at a Fortune 50 Tech Company by Scott Manning

just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching! #medievalsky
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Arthuriana 35.4 (Winter 2025)

Sans aventure: Knights with No Adventure Worth Recording in the Queste del saint Graal by Scott Manning

Table of Contents for Arthuriana 35.4 (Winter 2025)

Arthuriana

Just received my author copies for my contribution to Arthuriana 35.4 (Winter 2025). My article on bored knights on the Quest for the Holy Grail is available for free via open access muse.jhu.edu/pub/91/artic...
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Sam is also excited that he just received a Valentine from @scottmanning.com & I don’t have the heart to tell him the cards are for Eric & I. It’s ok. The skeletons can’t read, they’ll never know. 🖤

The Monitors (1966) by Keith Laumer

currently reading The Monitors (1966) by Keith Laumer
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The Day They Invaded New York (1964) by Lewis Irwin

currently reading: The Day They Invaded New York (1964) by Lewis Irwin
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ICYMI this Arthurian essay is free!
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Sans Aventure: Knights with No Adventure Worth Recording in the Queste del saint Graal

My Arthuriana essay about bored knights on the Quest for the Holy Grail is currently available via Open Access on Project MUSE.

Download it and forget about it! #medievalsky
muse.jhu.edu/pub/91/artic...

a cartoon drawing of a robot with red eyes and a gray head ALT: a cartoon drawing of a robot with red eyes and a gray head

mrw a coworker asks "dude, can i read your transformers essays?"

“Arthurian Legend and the Death of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie (1986),” Studies in Medievalism XXXIV (2025): 192-212.

Transformers: The Movie (1986)

And you can read the Arthurian angle on Transformers: The Movie (1986) here:
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“The Culmination of Shakespearean Villainy in The Transformers: The Movie (1986),” Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration 10.2 (Winter 2025): 10-18.

Richard III (1955)

Transformers: The Movie (1986)

You can read the Shakespearean angle (with pics) in Transformers: The Movie (1986) on Mise-en-scène's website: journals.kpu.ca/index.php/ms...

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Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Richard III (1955)

Starscream crowned in Transformers: The Movie (1986)

In all seriousness, I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d make a post like this, but I’ve been fortunate to combine my love of Transformers, medievalism, and Shakespeare into publications, and I wanted to share with y’all.
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“The Culmination of Shakespearean Villainy in The Transformers: The Movie (1986),” Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration 10.2 (Winter 2025): 10-18.

“Arthurian Legend and the Death of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie (1986),” Studies in Medievalism XXXIV (2025): 192-212.

Look, I'm not trying to convince you that Transformers: The Movie (1986) is Shakespeare and Arthurian Legend, but I have 2 publications in peer reviewed journals that say so.
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oooo, i’ll add it to the list. i’m digging the garbage stories

The Garbage Chronicles (1985) by Frank Herbert

currently reading—The Garbage Chronicles (1985) by Frank Herbert
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Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein

currently reading Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein 🪐📚💙

time to see what had my dad so hyped as a kid

“For Ron Friedman (1932-2025), whose imagination and candor continue to inspire.”

The article includes the following dedication. RIP.

“For Ron Friedman (1932-2025), whose imagination and candor continue to inspire.”