Green Children of Woolpit 2: The Mysterious Source X January 23, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
Any historical problem is based on sources and with the mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit there are three sources to be reckoned with. There is William of Newburgh, there is Ralph Coggeshall and there is, Beach is convinced, Document X, a now lost work that both writers drew upon. However, before getting to […]
A Medieval Zombie in Berwick! February 20, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
***Dedicated to the Count who sent this in*** Beach has put up several medieval zombie stories over the last months. This is the final in the series (well until we find some more). It is another from the quill of William of Newburgh. We are in Berwick in that dangerous borderland between England and Scotland. […]
Medieval English Ghost or Vampire? December 8, 2012
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
An English ghost story from the mid late twelfth century which we owe to the very great kindness of the Count. The story begins with a Chaucer-like sexual adventure. This romp (and fall) seems to have no connection to the haunting other than to have helped the man of evil conduct into his coffin. What […]
