E R Truitt

Medieval Historian, Bryn Mawr College

E R Truitt is a medieval historian at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Her latest book is Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art (2015).

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Written by E R Truitt

Painting of a Viking ship with a dragon figurehead colourful sail red dragon prow and shields on the side set against a yellow sky.

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Film and visual culture

Fantasy North

The top of the globe has always meant fantasy, myth, adventure. What explains the icy northern grip on our imagination?

E R Truitt

Ancient manuscript illustration depicting a mechanical device with interconnected gears. The artwork features red and green elements.

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Automation and robotics

Preternatural machines

Robots came to Europe before the dawn of the mechanical age. To a medieval world, they were indistinguishable from magic

E R Truitt