ROOTED IN STORIES
TAMARA DE BRUIN
HISTORIAN | WRITER | ILLUSTRATOR
Welcome to my website! Here you’ll find studies in medieval literature, research into local folktales and an overall love for fairytales.
AUDIO NARRATION
From fairy- and folktales to medieval epics and romances.
BLOG
Academic research.
Background information.
Everyday thoughts.
ART
A portfolio of work curated over years of practice.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Can you free all animals from the Book of Beasts in time? The cooperative board game Monstrum created by Sven Gins you are invited to explore the medieval animal kingdom from an ecocentric perspective. Play around with historical ideas about animals and discover their abiding relevance for present challenges, such as biodiversity decline and the marginalisation of human minorities.
A multi-media series on history and folklore of my home province in the Netherlands.
Drentia
Writer & Producer
RECENT POSTS
The Dancing Plague The Curious Mass Mania of the Middle Ages This article was first published in Literatief 38.1 by Literary Student Association Flanor in 2023. Saint John’s Dancers in Molenbeek...