Aergeweorc ‘The period of history which we now call ‘Anglo-Saxon’ lasted from about the mid-fifth century to the end of the eleventh, after the Norman conquest. Most surviving Anglo Saxon manuscripts date from the latter part of that period and the majority of them are in Latin, but England was unique in Early Medieval…
Category: Historical Study
On This Day in History: The Battle of Arogee, 1868
“Never Give Way to Barbarians” The British Abyssinian Expedition of 1868: A Matter of Honor The Abyssinian Expedition of 1868 was unlike any military campaign before or since. Today, the idea that an entire expeditionary force could be raised to invade a country on another continent and just to rescue eight people might seem…
Bushcraft: Vikings Used a Gross Survival Firestarter: Here’s How to Make It
Vikings Used a Gross Survival Firestarter. Here’s How to Make It You have to admire the practicality and ruggedness of our European ancestors: All they needed was some fungus and some boiled piss and they had FIRE! Don’t discount this article! When you understand the chemistry involved it is ingenius!
The German Art of Bunker Building – WW2 Special
Western Hunter-Gatherer facial reconstructions and media manipulation [Short post]
The Battle of the Black Sea
The above video is excerpts from a documentary called The Battle of the Black Sea with fellow Texan and former D-Boy Paul Howe. This is the REAL story of Black Hawk Down told from the perspective of one of the men that was there.
Rooted in the Soil
Rooted in the Soil “Which is why the royal personage who was entombed in Plas Gogerddan in Ceredigion in Wales is so important because just like the ship burial of his ‘significant other’ overlooking the River Deben near Woodbridge in Suffolk, he, like his ancestors, are rooted in the soil of these islands and are…
Finland Winter/Continuation War Movie Recommendations
Since my post on The Winter War I got to thinking about a couple of movies that are definitely worth watching on the subject of Finland’s fight against Communism and true independence in the 20th Century. FYI: As is the case with finding QUALITY movies lately, both of these are foreign productions made out…
Lessons in Community: Preparedness is a Group Activity
SAFETY IN NUMBERS: PREPAREDNESS IS A GROUP ACTIVITY Lone Wolves get eaten. Enhance your preparedness by establishing a squad of like-minded individuals with common-core goals. Think LOCAL, LOCAL LOCAL! Because when the fecal impaction that is FUSA hits the oscillating device, that is all that is going to matter.
Know Your History: Russian Invasion of Finland, The Winter War 1939-1940
H/T VikingLife Blog Never under estimate a people that want to defend their culture and homeland. Holding out for three months against the might of the Soviet War Machine is not bad. Of course you cannot discuss the Winter War without discussing The White Death, Simo Hayha. Simo Hayha is proof that cultivating…