Medieval Living

Dr. Richard Nokes was one of my the first blogs I posted into my blogroll – I enjoy his writings and musing on Medieval history, and he has honored me by adding my blog to his blogroll as well. Thank you. Back in 2008, Dr. Nokes wrote an article entitled “Applied Medievalism and Me”. It was in response to another author’s article, “Applied Medievalism” by Jeff Sypeck. I enjoyed reading both of these articles, but what really caught my attention was a third author’s response . . . “Why Teenage Girls Become Medieval Nerds: A Very Long Exposition”, found on The Naked Philologist’s blog. Being a high school teacher and also a member of the Society for Creative Anarchonism, I have the opportunity to observe teenage girls . . . and yes, there are actually quite a few who could be classified as Medieval Nerds. Anyone who visits “roll playing” sites on the web will quickly note the significant number of girls playing Medieval fantasy rolls. (Yes, you need to filter out the guys who are pretending to be girls playing Medieval fantasy rolls – the web is the web!)

So . . . teenage girls . . . if you find yourself being a bit of a Medieval nerd, you will find an ally in The Naked Philologist – whom I believe would categorize herself as Medieval nerd (just maybe a little older?) At any rate, for those teenage girls (and for the parents of teenage girls), take a look at all three of these articles – I am sure you will find them enlightening, amusing, entertaining, and, if you find yourself falling into the Medieval nerd category, very supportive.