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  • Textbooks


    Kevin Stilley Dot ComAuthority Authority: 146
    (A note for my SWBTS students:)  You have been asking what textbooks I will be using next semester. Hopefully, this advance notice will allow you to shop for the best prices. You will find below a list of the textbooks for the three sections I am teaching. CHURCH AND EMPIRES (sections 1203a and 1203b) A Short ...
    8 hours ago
  • Medieval Mixed Bag


    Brokn Heart ArtAuthority Authority: 113
    I took a much needed break from Charm Chicanery and Dabbled in the Middle Ages. WAAAY before DG3 was invented. teehee. I worked on two more Armored Men for the Manuscript: Hes not glued in yet. I have to find a very beautiful male face to add. I just love the crackle stamp on the Armor. I used my fav ...
    1 day ago
  • Dan J. Schulte: Wizard’s Workshop (Medieval Fantasy Volume One)


    Cell Phone OffersAuthority Authority: 166
    Author: DanJSchulte Keywords: dan j. schulte dungeons and dragons gary gygax rpg medieval fantasy dave arneson AD&D D&D old school gaming Added: November 15, 2009
    1 day ago
  • Blogging history


    Muhlberger's Early HistoryAuthority Authority: 131
    Jeffrey J. Cohen, over at the blog In the Middle , is running a series of "blogging histories" by medievalists. This could serve as an introduction to blogs you havent run across yet. Blog history #1 (Cohens view of early days) is here ; mine, #8, is here .
    1 day ago
  • Antiquities-for-taxes swap saves Welsh archive


    The History BlogAuthority Authority: 470
    Unlike the Vasari scheme , this one was even consensual! A little known codicil in the UK tax code allows inheritors of major estates with the attendant major tax bill to give the government assets of historical value in lieu of 40% of payment. The heirs of Penrhyn Castle in Gwynedd, Wales, were therefore able to ...
    1 day ago
  • Is the American civil war really over??


    World Affairs BoardAuthority Authority: 449
    The shooting has long since stopped, but how does it affect attitudes and cultural differences today.
    2 days ago
  • Beautiful 15th Century Gold Coin


    Page in HistoryAuthority Authority: 123
    The article isnt particularly interesting, but the coin is just lovely. Im afraid youll have to watch an ad before the BBC video begins. =====Rare gold coin sparks legal row (BBC News)The discovery of a rare 15th Century gold coin in Powys has triggered a legal row.The coin, from the reign of Henry IV, was unearthed ...
    2 days ago
  • Finding a Medieval Wedding Dress


    Medieval FashionAuthority Authority: 125
    One of the unique wedding theme that has become quite a popular medieval theme wedding. The wedding guests something like medieval costumes and medieval bride wears a wedding dress post. The search for a medieval wedding dress is a very difficult task because many dress wedding dress designers have a very limited ...
    2 days ago
  • Historical Fiction: People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks


    You're History !Authority Authority: 121
    The illuminated Haggadah People of the Book is not a page turner, a suspense novel, or an adventure story. Author Brooks has taken what little is known about the Sarajevo Haggadah, with a focus on a few tiny artifacts evidently left behind, inadvertently, by some of the people who handled it in the past. The ...
    3 days ago
  • Top Chef: The Quiver of a 17th Century Courtesan’s Inner Thigh


    Poptimal.comAuthority Authority: 532
    After last week’s fun Top Chef Reunion dinner , with its gathering of favorites (and favorites we love to hate) from previous seasons, this week seems a little bit of a downer. Can we just eliminate Robin and Eli already? And as much as I don’t want to see it, as she’s always been a favorite, let’s get on ...
    3 days ago
  • Anti Aging Natural Supplement Facts That You Must Know


    Weight Loss SurgeryAuthority Authority: 131
    The wonderful thing about selecting anti aging natural supplement over those additions that contain too many chemicals is the previous sort of additions have been used from very traditional times and with good results too. From medieval times to the present there have been various different kinds of anti aging natural ...
    3 days ago
  • Name of the Day: Robin


    Appellation MountainAuthority Authority: 425
    He brings to mind birds, a comic book sidekick and a bear. Thanks to Bewildertrix and H. for suggesting Robin as Name of the Day. Robin started out as a diminutive for Robert , in Norman England.  Robert remains a classic today, but at #49, has fallen from his former #1 status. Scholars disagree if Sherwood ...
    3 days ago
  • Suffering for my art...


    Gina-B Silkwork, Passementerie & Costume AccessoriesAuthority Authority: 103
    For the first time in many months Ive been doing quite alot of fingerloop braids. All with fine silk and three of them nearly 2 meters long (thanks to my hubby for helping!). I enjoy doing it; I can get a good rythm going, but as I havent done them in such a long time I am now suffering! (horrid picture follows) ...
    3 days ago
  • Clerical ‘Knights’


    War and GameAuthority Authority: 135
    Bishop supports King!The vacancy of a legitimate central temporal power prompted the Church to fill the vacuum and arrogate to itself some basic duties of government. The Church started preaching the Peace of God (Pax Dei ) in the hope of preserving peace and justice from the anarchic, bellicose counts emboldened by ...
    3 days ago
  • When Was the American Civil War a Done Deal?


    World Affairs BoardAuthority Authority: 449
    Lee surrendered on 9 April 1865. Johnston surrendered on 3 May 1865. However, it was clear before then that it was only a matter of time until the North would win. At what point was it inevitable that the South could not win? Id date it to the re-election of Lincoln. Once he was secure in office with a veto proof ...
    4 days ago
  • Can I see it in the daylight? New visualisation technology


    A Corner of Tenth-Century EuropeAuthority Authority: 119
    [Im sorry for the blank few days: there was some marking, I was ill, then there was a man wanting something written fast, then another, then a lecture to plan and write and oh yeah, paid work too. However, I am briefly caught up with blogs and this one has already had to be updated once in its draft state, so, have ye ...
    4 days ago
  • "Swine Flu", Fear, and the Middle Ages


    The Lay ScientistAuthority Authority: 524
    "Never confuse movement with action." - Ernest Hemingway [1] Tis the season of the flu, just like every year. But this year, theres something different. How different, you ask? Well, lets take a look at Ukraine: “ Ukraine is in the midst of what some might call swine-flu hysteria . The country is in virtual ...
    4 days ago
  • The Monasteries of Meteora and my next novel


    Heroic Dreams - All Things MedievalAuthority Authority: 113
    I have been working on my third novel (The Left Handed Sword) or a while now and there is this one section where the main character comes into this town called Speyer. On the outskirts of the town is a massive stone pinnacle called the finger of god. At the top of this pinnacle is a monastery. Its a critical idea in ...
    4 days ago
  • Some Historic Banquets From The Past


    So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager...Authority Authority: 414
    In the year 1213, Englands King John (1166-1216) ordered 3,000 capons, 1,000 salted eels, 400 hogs, 100 pounds of almonds, and 24 casks of wine for his Christmas festivities. King Edward I of England in 1274 ordered his sheriffs to provide 278 bacon hogs, 450 porkers, 440 fat oxen, 430 sheep, and 22,600 hens and ...
    4 days ago
  • Activities At The Renaissance Faire


    Medieval FashionAuthority Authority: 125
    If you have never visited a renaissance or medieval fair , you probably do not know what to expect. Fortunately the crowd and the staff are almost always welcome in these fair newcomers, and there is always plenty to do. In fact, there are very irritating to the average fair, easy to use. Before the gate, its a good ...
    4 days ago

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