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White Paper: The Unavoidability of Politics: Why Practice Matters More Than Presence

Posted on September 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Politics in its broadest sense is not confined to legislatures, parties, or elections. It is the unavoidable process of collective decision-making, resource distribution, and the negotiation of values within every human community and institution. Attempts to “avoid politics” … Continue reading →

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The Kingdom of the Picts: A White Paper on Political and Military History

Posted on September 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary From late Roman times to the mid-9th century, the peoples later called “Picts” forged powerful polities north of the Forth, culminating in the over-kingdom of Fortriu and a period of regional hegemony. Their ascendancy was punctuated by decisive … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Political and Military History of Dál Riata

Posted on September 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dál Riata) was a Gaelic overkingdom spanning northeast Antrim (Ireland) and the western seaboard of Scotland (Argyll, Kintyre, Islay, Jura, Mull, and adjacent isles). Between the sixth and eighth centuries it pioneered a … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Historicity of Tristan and Isolde: People, Places, and Sources

Posted on September 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The legend of Tristan and Isolde sits at the confluence of Insular Celtic memory, Breton transmission, and Continental literary craft. While the fully developed romance—love potion, clandestine affair, and chivalric fatalism—reflects 12th–13th-century court culture, multiple early Insular references, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Preservation of Older Language and Cultural Forms Among Settler Colonists: Implications for Identity Politics

Posted on September 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Settler colonists across history have frequently preserved linguistic and cultural forms that have diminished or disappeared in their countries of origin. This process occurs due to geographic separation, limited exposure to cultural change in the metropole, and the … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Regional Ethnography and Autonomy Concerns in the Carpathian Region of Europe

Posted on September 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary The Carpathian arc—spanning southern Poland and eastern Czechia through Slovakia, Ukraine’s Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), northern Romania (Maramureș & Transylvania), and a corner of Serbia—is one of Europe’s most intricate cultural mosaics. Its upland “highlander” communities (Rusyns—including Lemkos, Boykos, Hutsuls), … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The MacDuff Family and the Coronation of Scottish Kings: History, Meaning, and Implications

Posted on September 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Introduction Throughout medieval Scotland, legitimacy of kingship rested not merely on lineage or conquest, but on ritual and recognition. Among the most symbolically potent roles in this process was that of the MacDuff family, hereditary earls of Fife, who were … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Political Meaning in Greek Society of the Terms Used in Ephesians 6:12 for the Realm of Spiritual Evil in High Places

Posted on September 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Introduction Ephesians 6:12 is one of the most cited passages concerning spiritual warfare: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Theological Common Ground between German Radical Anabaptists and the Levellers & Fifth Monarchists of the English Civil War (with Notes on Related Radical Sects)

Posted on September 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper maps the theological terrain shared by two clusters of early-modern radical religion: (1) the German-speaking Radical Reformation, especially its Anabaptist wing (from the 1520s through the mid-16th century), and (2) the mid-17th-century English radicals of … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Defining the Scope of a Comprehensive Regional History of Appalachia

Posted on September 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper establishes the scope for a comprehensive regional history of Appalachia. Appalachia, stretching across more than a dozen U.S. states, represents one of the nation’s most distinctive cultural and historical regions. Too often framed through external … Continue reading →

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