It's been a while, and so I probably should update this. I did just now update the link section, which is now filled with sites hosting dusty manuscripts and their beautiful illuminations. They're really worth a browse - for example, the Heidelberg manuscripts page hosts the famous Codex Manesse. When it comes to the larger collections owned by national library, the Dutch Royal Library has some of the best quality scans, while the French National Library (BNF) has by far the largest collection, and the easiest to search through. Some of their scans are rather small, however, and leave you wanting to zoom in. The British Library also has a lot of stuff online, but last time I checked its search feature was rather lamentable and held all manuscript images into a single database. Bah! The UC (University of California) has a whole host of modern academic studies published online, some limited to students/staff, and others available free of charge to anyone. Very helpful. The Dutch Literary Library has a lot of Dutch language texts online, from the early middle ages to modern times, as well as academic publications on Dutch language and literature. A great collection, though one has to speak Dutch for it to be of any use.
Oh, and the first link, the Siege of Maastricht, is an article I wrote for a gaming site concerned with the historical strategy game Medieval II: Total War. An updated version of the article should be uploaded shortly, and I also hope to get an article done on the Battle of Othée (1408), the exciting conclusion of the conflict between John of Bavaria and his Liégois subjects.
Also, my sister got married! This was of course a joyous occassion, a great party, reception, and dinner, and the ceremony also had an excellent civil servant run it, with a speech actually catered towards the couple, not something I had expected from a civil ceremony. It was also very good to see family again - in the months leading up to my grandmother's death we saw each other only a few times, as she was generally too tired to have any family meetings, and having them without grandmother seemed rather odd.
So I now have a brother-in-law, which seems strange and made me realise I'm now in the marrying generation. Gasp!
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