#getting medieval

The Wolf of St Edmund

I’m forcing my Medieval buddies @swanfloatieknight and @felagund-fiollaigean ( @kaasknot and @colleyuriko are also invited but not being forced) to make Apple fritters because the nights are getting longer and baby these apples are bringing joy

as you can see I’m RICH in spices and grains and fritters

What does the word ‘medieval’ make you think of? Comics?

What happens when you ask a group of thirteen-year-olds about the Middle Ages? Well, their answers include a lot of peasants, castles, and a fair amount of plague and death. What if you ask a group of medievalists (academics who study the Middle Ages)? Unsurprisingly, these answers include manuscripts, Beowulf, Chaucer, saints, etc. (Disclaimer: I was asking people I knew and most of them work in…

Getting Medieval http://politicalrift.com/getting-medieval

Getting Medieval

By Thomas F. Madden Medieval historians like myself can’t help wincing when the period that we study finds its way into modern political discourse. That is, unfortunately, just what happened on Thursday when President Obama decided to inform the attendees of the National Prayer Breakfast about the Crusades and the Inquisition. According to the president, Christians should avoid mounting their “high horse” when it comes to “faith being twisted and distorted,” since “during the Crusades and Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.”#ad#Well, yes. That’s true. But people commit terrible deeds in the name of everything. The question isn’t whether humans Read More …