This Special Collection came about because we saw glimpses of something new flashing in the water, observed when undertaking our own engagements with water (see Smith, 2018b Howes, 2016). Medieval water studies, in short, is in need of a community of practice. Rather than an approach that is wholly, say, ecocritical, historical or culturally situated, this Special Collection sets out to provide an umbrella similar to the environmental or digital humanities in which methodologies, ideas and approaches can be shared in common for a variety of research tasks. As editors, we were delighted to observe further evidence of a burgeoning, diversifying and methodologically agile field of medieval water studies. The most prominent feature shared by the five articles of this Open Library of Humanities Special Collection is that they use the properties of water as an analytic lens for a wide variety of issues and themes within medieval studies rather than as a subject matter per se. An overly instrumentalist and scientific mentality leads to water being studied as a passive and malleable resource, but this trend has also affected cultural and historical inquiry. The articles in this Special Collection reveal a water that is a puzzle, but also a cipher for a variety of nuanced readings and inquiries. As fields such as ecocriticism, environmental history, geography, anthropology, archaeology and water governance have demonstrated, water is always entangled with a larger ecology. Water is more than a subject of academic research, a catalogue of tropes and idioms to be described. A new medieval water studies should be novel, critical, self-aware, global and above all inclusive. In assembling this Collection, it was the intention of the editors to reflect on the best next steps for the study of water in the Middle Ages. In this way they shed new light not only on the literature and history they explore but also on medieval conceptions of water more generally, paving the way for a new approach to medieval water studies. It's time to explore the Dark Ages from a more twisted side.The articles in this Special Collection engage directly with the realities of water as they simultaneously explore its intellectual potential in various genres of medieval writing, from crusade chronicles to medieval romance. And forge your masterpiece.Īre you sick of taking everything so seriously? Then it's time to put a smile on your face! No one said Medieval times would be all nice and easy. Unlock schematics, learn skills, buy required ingredients. It takes time, money, and skill to create the perfect weapon. In the end, knights need you more than you need them. You are the Blacksmith - a true father's son. You are the ruler of the forge, the master of hammer and anvil. let them say your tools built castles.Ĭraft, sharp, polish, and prepare weapons of war, armors, and tools. If they ever tell your story, let them say your weapons won battles. Men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but weapons and tools forged by true craftsmen will outlive even the oldest and bravest men. In times dominated by steel weaponry, an ironsmith is the "true" king. Visuals taken with a grain of salt that are somewhat of a unique look at the Middle Ages Take part in the life of a town based on classic RPGs in a sandbox environment.Īssemble medieval weapons, armors, and tools Trade to earn gold, stock up on resources.Ĭraft tools, items, weapons, and armors. KEY FEATURES: Learn and unlock new skills, and choose skill paths. Ironsmith Medieval Simulator is a "realistic" blacksmith simulator based on technology from the Middle Ages where certain ludicrous hijinks might occur. Welcome to the Dark Ages where weapons and armor of steel rule the world.
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