List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Accuracy and authenticity: Interractions in Contemporary Medievalism, Karl C. Alvestad (University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway) and Robert Houghton (University of Winchester, UK) Part I. Claiming Authenticity 1. The ‘Accurate’ Deeds of Our Father: The ‘Authentic’ Narrative of Early Norway, Karl C. Alvestad (University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway) 2. Race and Historical Authenticity: Kingdom Come – Deliverance, Helen Young (Deakin University, Australia) Part II. Exploring Authenticity 3. ‘Contrary to Common Sense’: The Impact of the Depiction of William Wallace’s Longsword, Laura Harrison (Historic Environment Scotland, UK) 4. Misdiagnosing Medieval Medicine: ‘Magical’ Muslims, Metanarrative and the Modern Media, April Harper (SUNY Oneonta, USA) 5. Audience Perceptions of Historical Authenticity in Visual Media, Sian Beavers (Independent Scholar, UK) and Slyvia Warnecke (Open University, UK) 6. La Posta di Falcome and La Porta di Ferro: Representations and Receptions of Historical Fighting Practices in Medieval Media and Contemporary Popular Culture, Jacob Deacon (University of Leeds, UK) 7. Malevolent and Marginal: The Feminized ‘Dark Ages’ in Modern Card Game Cultures, Daisy Black (University of Wolverhampton, UK) Part III. Creating Authenticity 8. The Tourist Gaze and the ‘Medieval’ Landscape, Megan Arnott (Western Michigan University, USA) 9. Playing at the Crossroads of Religion and Law: Historical Milieu, Context, and Curriculum Hooks in Lost & Found, Owen Gottlieb (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA) 10. Modding and Authentic, Gritty Medievalism in Skyrim, Victoria Cooper (Independent Scholar, China) 11. Playing the Taskscapes: Representing Medieval Life through Video Games Technologies, Juan Hiriart (University of Salford, UK) 12. If You’re Going to the be the King, You’d Better Damn Well Act like the King: Setting Authentic Objectives to Support Learning in Grand Strategy Computer Games, Robert Houghton (University of Winchester, UK) Bibliography Filmography Ludography Mods Cited Index

This wide-ranging monograph series responds to emerging themes and interdisciplinary research methods in medieval scholarship, including the reception and reworking of the medieval in the post-medieval period. Particular concerns involve cataloguing the rich variety of experience of medieval people and exploring cultural transfer across different periods, places and groups. These are expressed in the many scholarly themes highlighted below and, taken together, seek to contribute to the future directions and debates of medieval studies. Key Themes: * Medieval lives including marginal voices, variation and dissimilitude * Cultural exchange and interconnectedness across medieval Europe * The reception and re-use of the Middle Ages in later periods * Re-evaluating medieval history from a global perspective We particularly welcome proposals from scholars working in the following areas: - religious and ethnic minorities - gender and queer history - emotional communities - postcolonial perspectives - travel, trade and migration - work that extends reception of the Middle Ages beyond the predominantly British perspectives of published work to date - digital and new media receptions - work responding to the idea of an ‘ethical turn’