tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post7088228429013560960..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Coming up in a hard school, 1247Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-63659416196843110252010-07-02T21:00:02.967-04:002010-07-02T21:00:02.967-04:00I guess we should look at the Latin, and some good...I guess we should look at the Latin, and some good scholarly dictionaries. I have never seen that usage.Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-89093084692817652882010-07-02T11:11:26.712-04:002010-07-02T11:11:26.712-04:00I don't think we can be sure that blunt weapon...I don't think we can be sure that blunt weapons were implied, because baston/baton can also mean weapon in the generic senseWill McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685409952186547597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-11656535866158307092010-07-01T13:14:13.991-04:002010-07-01T13:14:13.991-04:00This continues to inform us that, in the middle ag...This continues to inform us that, in the middle ages, very real and strenuous violence was a major part of the lordly culture; not just some sort of literary convention to be dismissed. You show up in the lists as a young aristo pup, you discover you are up against some pretty hard people, and they whack the heck out of you as an admission ritual. And this is what they did to their peers, friends, and leaders in the sport of good fun!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036318734862192846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-28679515270322892312010-06-30T15:35:37.324-04:002010-06-30T15:35:37.324-04:00what the heck does "well batoned" mean?
...what the heck does "well batoned" mean?<br /><br />I doubt it has anything to do with a heraldry reference to bastardy, or a scepter passed to the next generation, or anything like that.STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.com