In some of the Robin Hood material, Marian appears as "Marian FitzWalter." Ignoring the evidence from early sources that places Robin Hood's adventures during one of the Edward reigns and going with the contemporary-pop-culture idea of the late 12th century, would a woman have had a 'Fitz' name that early? It seems like in the 1190s, when all the ( Read more... )

Gah, I just found out that the graduate conference for Old Norse stuff is the same weekend as two high-school graduation parties (family & family-to-be) and my birthday. Guess I won't be going . . . but maybe then I'll go to Kalamazoo ( Read more... )