Paula Stiles
Contributor
Paula Stiles - Paula Stiles
I'm an American who's traveled all over the place, including working for the Peace Corps for two years in Cameroon. Until recently, I was in Scotland finishing a PhD on the Knights Templar in Spain, which I completed in 2004. I've also published articles on everything from paleolithic art and bog bodies to Islamic and Jewish history to Canadian television. I wrote my masters thesis on popular legends about the Templars. In fiction, I write SF and Fantasy, including an SF mystery novel called "Fraterfamilias", cowritten with Judith Doloughan. You can find it at: http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?page_id=9368.
You can find all the articles, past and present here. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Latest Articles
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Africa in the Middle Ages
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, let's look at medieval Africa and its allegedly obscure history before European colonialism.
Jan 15, 2007
- Paula Stiles
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A Templar Christmas
Christmas Day in a Templar convent was anything but quiet.
Dec 25, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Medieval Origins of Christmas
On this darkest night of the year, let's discuss where Christmas originated.
Dec 22, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Medieval Christmas Carols pt. 2
You'd be surprised what they were singing at Christmas in the Middle Ages.
Dec 16, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Medieval Christmas Carols pt. 1
Not all "medieval" Christmas carols are medieval in origin.
Dec 16, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Saints
What is a saint in monotheistic medieval tradition? It's not just about being a good person.
Dec 8, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Christmas in the Middle Ages
December has many traditions going back to medieval and even ancient times.
Dec 2, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Film Review: Becket
Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole star in this epic treatment of the medieval English martyr, Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Nov 14, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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All Saints Day/All Souls Day
Since the early Middle Ages, Halloween has been part of a trio of major Church feasts. But what are these feasts and what do they commemorate?
Nov 7, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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Film Review: Fantasia
Disney's animation classic, "Fantasia", has put on film one of the most terrifyingly imagined witches' sabbats ever.
Nov 6, 2006
- Paula Stiles
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