History Forum / General / Medieval Period / July 2007

I would like to read a book about technological progress in Europe
during the middle ages. Basically I am interested in knowing whether
or not the middle ages were dark. So far I have read water mills,
ploughs, cannons, mules, and the invention of cheese, but I would like

One of the most interesting questions yet unravelled in public, for the
Masses, is the precise evolutionary intellectual, political, social,
economic and emotional process by which Hillary, a staunch Conservative
Goldwater Republican when she went off to Wellesley in 1965, became ...

"Vaughan Sanders" <vjs@jamie-san.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:...

You can follow the Sea Stallion's progress here.

Second Conference on Disease, Disability and Medicine in Early
Medieval Europe. University of Nottingham historian Christina Lee,
said "I think the way people behave towards the weak is the hallmark
of a civilization."

Get your pick in!
Who Is The Greatest Scottish Person In History?
Pat Dunlap
of the around the Muddy Hill Gang

a couple of years ago i was driving down a hill, going around a corner
and passed a young girl on a bicycle coming up the opposite way.  it
was one of those "snapshot" moments where a glimpse stays with you for
ever, simply because for all intents and purposes, i saw a living,

Carl Löfving has a new book out. It is a collection of articles
written by him. The title is "vid nordliga leden", and it deals with
questions about west Sweden a 1000 years ago. It is well worth reading
for those interested in Nordic history. I am writing from the library,

Hello - A while back I posted something looking for the location of a
possible viking town called Moax which I thought to be in Norway. No
one recognized the name so I didn't know if I had the right name in my
ancestry journals. But I have recently heard of a town called MEAUX,

someone on holiday here in italy left me a copy of "hawkwood -
diabolical englishman" by francis stonor saunders.  i'm enjoying it
very much - mainly for the fact that a lot of his (collective)
stabbin', shaggin', burnin' and lootin' was carried out not too far

Dear Newsgroup ~
The abstracts of the online Ancient Petitions on the National Archives
website are proving to be a veritable goldmine of helpful new
information for medieval families.  I've copied below an abstract of a

McCain Campaign Is Dealt New Blow as Media Team Resigns
By JACKIE CALMES
July 26, 2007
The Wall Street Journal

Dear Newsgroup ~
I recently came across a new kinsman of King John of England, namely
Enkelinus Willelmi de la Sparre.   Enkelinus Wiillelmi is called
"cognato nostro" [our kinsman] by King John in an charter which dates

"It would be helpful to have a person leading the country who understands
how the economy works and has actually managed something," the former
Massachusetts governor told reporters after a GOP fundraiser. "In the case
of the three Democratic front-runners, not one of them has ...

Assuage your angst.  Now there is the
proposal to build floating houses in which
the clever few can sit back and watch their
obnoxious neighbours - including mUSLIMS - go

Yes folks, a new poll reveals that most Republicans believe that the
Iraq War has been worth the cost.
Wonders will never cease...
How many Republicans can give a good rationale, I wonder, for such a