History Forum / General / Medieval Period / December 2005

Not exactly sure of the best place to post this so I'll try here:
Did Christopher Columbus have an artist on any of his early voyages to
the new world? Seems hard to believe that he didn't. Anyone know of any
good links that might show drawings, or any artifacts of his journey,

Hi! best wishes from me to you!
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Cheers
Grethe

"Cock-a-Doodle-Doo"
"The chickens are coming home to roost on West 43rd Street, Reuters reports
from Washington:
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating who disclosed a secret

The Peter Heather book is excellent. Really enjoyed it. Very detailed, well
referenced, etc. - the best account that I've read of the military aspects
of the last 100 years of the Western Empire. He makes his case very well.
Wish I could say the same about Ward-Perkins but I can't ...

Lettice Knollys (1540-1634) was the widow of Robert Dudley, Earl of
Leicester.  She was Queen Elizabeth I's rival in love (over Robert
Dudley).  She was also the mother of Robert Deveraux and Penelope Rich.
Does anyone know if she has any living descendents?

Last night, when I prepared most of the post that is set out below, I was
also watching a football game.  Big mistake.  Because of my inattention I
inadvertently wrote "AI" when I meant  "Eyes Wide Shut," which was the
subject of my earlier debate with Spencer.  Spencer raised AI ...

I was wondering the other day about wheather some mental illnesses are
a product of the modern world. I am not trying to suggest that there
were no mentally handicapped people in the past those suffering from
some sort of retardation. I was wondering rather about thins like

"REVIEW & OUTLOOK"
"Amnesty and al Qaeda
The instructive case of Ahmed Hikmat Shakir."
Tuesday, June 7, 2005

Bingo!
John Jay was one of the three authors of the Federalist Papers, in company
with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, the principal author of the
Constitution of the United States.

Deeeelightful!  As T.R. would say.
Satterfield just keeps digging a deeper hole for himself.
The water is up around his knees now -- but he just keeps on digging.
He is utterly Intellectually Bankrupt -- so he has no choice but to turn to

Were they as kinky as the Romans, who did all the really naughty stuff
as we know from various sources OR did they only f.ck missionary -
style ???

Who do you think is the greatest English monarch?  There are
undoubtedly many...
I'd like to vote for King Cnut.  Here is a guy who helped his father
overthrow the native Saxon dynasty.  He then conquered all of England

There has been a discussion about medieaval military training for women.
To quote:
//
.... wrote:

Can anyone recommend a well notated copy of Beowolf in modern day
english.  I have the verse translation by Seamus Heaney

Does anyone know if Beowulf is available free for listening on the
internet