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Meg Roland
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Former English professor at Marylhurst University for 16 years, then Concordia University. I taught writing, medieval literature, humanities, maps and literature, and history of the book. After five years as a Dean of arts and humanities at Linn-Benton Community College, I am now a writer and an instructor at Willamette University – Pacific Northwest College of Art.
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- Walking the Via Francigena! An interlude May 9, 2026
- Towards Sandewyche . . . May 9, 2026
- Go by Watlynge Strete April 29, 2026
- Passe unto Sandwyche April 20, 2026
- Yorke II: “Constantine our kinsman” April 13, 2026
Tag Archives: Thomas Malory
Passe unto Sandwyche
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] Meanwhile . . . while Arthur was in York taking counsel, the Roman ambassadors were hustling out of … Continue reading
Yorke II: “Constantine our kinsman”
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab above for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] ~ ~ ~ Constantine our kinsman conquered [Rome], and dame Helena’s son of England was Emperour of … Continue reading
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Tagged Constantine, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, Roman War episode, roman-britain, Thomas Malory, travel memoir, Via Francigena, york
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Time in the Roman War: The Utas of Seynte Hillary
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] Now leve we Sir Lucius and speke we of Kyng Arthure . . . Mikhail Bahktin refers to … Continue reading
The Trace of Rome II (St. Giles Hill, Winchester)
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] Now, the clouds around the hill have solidified to a leaden presence, closing off the views. I head … Continue reading
The Trace of Rome I (St. Giles Hill, Winchester)
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] In Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, Arthur meets with his knights in a tower to determine how to … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Higgins, europe, Guy de la Bédoyère, history, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, roman-britain, roman-mosaics, Rome, Thomas Malory, travel, travel-memoir, Winchester
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Just out! “Arthurian Literature and the Global Middle Ages” in The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture
Exciting news! I wrote a chapter, “Arthurian Literature and the Global Middle Ages,” for The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture, just out from Cambridge University Press (2026). Related to this blog, I explore the global economic links of … Continue reading
The Table Round, at Winchester
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] If Malory’s references to Winchester as Camelot, his locating the start of the Roman War campaign there, and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, camelot, fantasy, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, Round Table, Thomas Malory, travel-memoir, via-francigena, Winchester
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The Once and Future Manuscript
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] Walter F. Oakshott, the former librarian at Winchester College, tells a fascinating and delightful story of the manuscript’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th-century, arthurian-legend, cs-lewis, early books, j-r-r-tolkien, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, Lev Grossman, manuscripts, mary-stewart, old-books, Roman War episode, t-h-white, The Bright Sword, Thomas Malory, thomas-maory, Travel Writing, travel-writing, Via Francigena, via-francigena, Winchester, Winchester manuscript, winchester-cathedral, winchester-manuscript
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Of Cathedral and College
[Reader, if you are just joining this journey, click on the “About” tab for context. The chronological posts begin in January 2026.] An intriguing aspect of Winchester Cathedral, aside from its beautiful interior, medieval nave, and as the resting place … Continue reading
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Tagged jane-austen, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, literature, map, Thomas Malory, travel, Winchester, winchester-college, winchester-manuscript
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“Here in this world, he changed his life:” literary geography and an itinerary
Literary geography—an imaginative, creative, or literary responses to landscape and place. It is also an awareness of the ways in which “spaces” are produced, created, or culturally sanctioned. Writing about travel and geography, whether real or imagined, has a long … Continue reading
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Tagged a-pilgrimage-to-eternity, books, history, King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur, literary-geography, Meg Roland, roman-war-campaign, Rome, Thomas Malory, tim-egan, travel
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