Tag Archives: Middle Ages

Book Review: The Hussite Revolution: 1424-1437

Posted on June 15, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Hussite Revolution:  1424-1437, by F.M. Bartosh For English-language readers, the Hussite revolution in Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic) is an obscure subject that is known to few except those who are passionately interested in late medieval history … Continue reading →

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Learn To Swim People: Insights From The Medieval Death Bot

Posted on March 27, 2020 by nathanalbright

For those who are unaware, the Medieval Death Bot is one of the more entertaining bots on Twitter, giving a random death that has been recorded from the death records of the 14th century.  It is strangely humorous to talk … Continue reading →

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Book Review: King Arthur Pendragon

Posted on March 15, 2020 by nathanalbright

King Arthur Pendragon, by Greg Stafford This game has a lot of rolls in it.  If your idea of a fun role playing game is a dark fantasy version of the Arturian legends with lots of magic and as many … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Saving The Appearances

Posted on March 9, 2020 by nathanalbright

Saving The Appearances:  A Study In Idolatry, by Owen Barfield Having never read anything by the author before, although I have long known about him as a member of the Inklings, I can see how it was that both Tolkien … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Birth Of The West

Posted on February 17, 2020 by nathanalbright

Birth Of The West:  Rome, Germany, France, And The Creation Of Europe In The Tenth Century, by Paul Collins This is an easy book to like, although it is not a very well-organized book it must be admitted.  The author … Continue reading →

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Imagined Geographies Of The Celtic Fringe And The Cultural Construction Of The Other In Contemporary America

Posted on February 8, 2020 by nathanalbright

In his essay “Imagined Geographies Of The Celtic Fringe And The Cultural Construction Of The Other [1],” Keith D. Lilley talks about how the Anglo-Normans colonized the Welsh and Irish by denying their urban culture because it did not square … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Greatest Traitor

Posted on December 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Greatest Traitor:  The Life Of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330, by Ian Mortimer I find it revealing and more than a little bit of interesting that the author is at pains to mention that he is not … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Tragedy Of The Templars

Posted on November 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Tragedy Of The Templars:  The Rise And Fall Of The Crusader States, by Michael Haag Historians often face a conundrum when it comes to providing context for their books.  On the one hand, with too little context the historian … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Name Of The Rose

Posted on September 9, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Name Of The Rose, by Umberto Eco I have to admit that this is a book I heard about some time ago but just got around to reading.  Had I read this book before reading other books by the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Aesthetics Of Thomas Aquinas

Posted on September 5, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Aesthetics Of Thomas Aquinas, by Umberto Eco This book happens to have been the author’s first book, and while it was a book whose contents were deeply interesting to me, they are not the sort of contents that I … Continue reading →

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