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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

A stimulating morning --Jethro Tull and James M. McPherson

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 This morning I have been listening to a 1984 concert by Jethro Tull on YouTube while reading the last chapter  and the epilog of James M. M...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Are you a fan of micro-states?

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 A fan of microstates named Vlad Geo Top is letting us know that the Bektashi Order -- a branch of Islam -- might establish itself as an ind...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

Interstellar images turned into music

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This is marvellous.
Thursday, March 19, 2026

A super-cargo ship of the 15th century

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li vescience.com has a fascinating article on the discovery of a huge cog -- a late medieval cargo ship -- off the coast of Denmark. ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

A small piece of the "real" Jack Vance

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Here's what I meant t0 include: From Jack Vance's sf novel The Book of Dreams. ...Gersen sauntered along Corrib Place, looking into ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

The New Justinian

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I have been writing a history of the Middle Ages, meant for people who are interested, bright but not necessarily well-informed. It's g...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Charlie Angus quotes Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”

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Thursday, January 08, 2026

Has the next world war already begun?

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Since I started seriously reading social media and blogs I have learned some important things from Umair Haque at The Issue . I haven't...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Canada is heaven (2)

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I believe I wrote a post a year or so ago with the title "Canada is Heaven" My point was not that Canada is perfect -- far from it...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

An excellent review by Ken Mondschein of Pas d’armes and Late Medieval Chivalry: A Casebook.

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If you have a general interest in the Middle Ages, you might want to subscribe to the Medieval Review. It is free and includes reviews on al...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Kirth Gersen goes shopping

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From Jack Vance's sf novel The Book of Dreams. ...Gersen sauntered along Corrib Place, looking into shops, which here affected a sp...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

Mexico: The advantages of having a woman as president

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Politico covers https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-president-sheinbaum-presses-charges-after-street-groping-incident/ar-AA1PTFmC?o...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Some wise words from Umair Haque

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Months, nay years ago now, I used to post material from Umair Haque pretty regularly on this blog. He struck me as one of the few commentat...
Monday, November 03, 2025

The organization of Early Medieval (Carolingian and Ottonian) armies

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Medievalists.net has published an article by a distinguished historian, David Bachrach. He has written extensively on how Charlemagne and hi...
Saturday, November 01, 2025

AI generates a podcast reviewing my article " Heroic Kings and Unruly Generals: The "Copenhagen" Continuation of Prosper Reconsidered. Florilegium, 6 (1984) , 50–70.

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Yesterday an unexpected item showed up in my mailbox: a podcast, based on my 1984 article analyzing an Italian chronicle which preserves un...