History Forum / General / Medieval Period / September 2005

Hello to everyone,
I'd really appreicate it if someone could tell me what is the one
english word to describe the agricultural land owned by the church, and
surrounding it, in medieval Europe. However, I do not mean the

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Russian admiral named patron saint of nuclear bomber force
Mon Sep 26,11:09 AM ET
MOSCOW (AFP) - Historic Russian admiral Fyodor Ushakov -- a hero of

The New York Times today had a front page
story titled "In a Melting Trend, Less Arctic
Ice to Go Around"
It detailed the shrinking of the Arctic ice

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"Officials in Louisiana agree that the governor would not have given up
control over National Guard troops in her state as would have been
required to send large numbers of active-duty soldiers into the area.
But they also say they were desperate and would have welcomed assistance

I raised this in a response to Yuri, but thought I'd ask in a new thread
to attract a qualified and informed answer from our maritime experts.
My question is this.  The VM claims that Eric left Vinland and sailed ad
hiemalem orientem, which Seaver argues is NW, and Slessarev says ...

The really interesting question about Usama Bin Laden is the infamous
Cofer Black Gambit.
If Usama Bin Laden is killed by Americans and his body is relatively
intact, will his head be placed on a bed of shaved ice [ refreshed when

I was just thinking about it while visiting some these huge churches in
Germany and France. Typically these fit a thousand people, I count
quite comfortably. Since these were built long before sound equipment,
so I was thinking. How many people could a person make a speech too?

Gabriel Ronay: The Tartar Khan's Englishman (Phoenix, 1978)
An interesting book. It appears that there is evidence that during
the Mongol onslaught on Europe in 1241 a group of captured Mongols
included an Englishman This is documented by contemporary sources

Hilarious!
Renia Medusa Simmons has been as quiet as a Prod mouse at an IRA
meeting, when it comes to this most recent gaffe of hers.
DSH

Does anybody else think most of the sh.t on this board is not worth reading? I think we should start our own group. Email me if you agree. Stop the crap posting!
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It's unconscionable how we have people to film looters emptying stores
with imputnity and nobody to stop them.
There should be a National Guard detachment equipped with rock salt
loaded shotguns strafing looters on sight.

on 27th September we are going to celebrate one of the most outstanding
victories in the history of wars - the battle of Kircholm (27th
September 1605), 400 anniversary we have this year.
400 years ago about 3800 Polish hussars won the battle with 14000

I do have a reason for this...but...
Did the medievals have doors? Wooden doors I mean? Would they have one
in a monastry?  Does anyone know of a good source for finding about
medieval Italy (about 1340), in particular, their religious orders?

Wait a minute and read this
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bulletin board and decided to try it. A little while back, I was
browsing through newsgroups, just like you are now, and came across an