Wergeld This thread is all about your legal options if you were to travel back in time to medieval Europe and murder someone. It’s also about measuring the decline of the extended family and the origins of English individualism. On Bertha Phillpotts’ “Kindred and Clan in Past Time”. Say as an example you traveled back…
Category: History Remembered
WW2 Books Worth a Damn: Das Boot (The Boat)
“The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Petersen’s Academy Award-nominated, blockbuster film! Written by an actual survivor of Germany’s U-boat fleet, Das Boot is one of the most exciting stories of naval warfare ever published, a tale filled with almost unbearable tension and suspense. In autumn 1941, a German U-boat commander and his crew set…
A Thousand Year Old Viking Hall in Denmark Unearthed By Archaeologists
Know Your History: The Anglo-Saxon Calendar
The Anglo-Saxon Calendar I think it’s safe to say that everybody reading this will agree that the world is becoming worse off for increased homogenisation and the differences between peoples gradually being ironed out. In an era of aeroplanes and instant telecommunications it’s perhaps not realistic to go back to a world where each…
Happy Wolf Moon!
January: Wolf Moon The year’s first Full Moon, (January 6th) Wolf Moon, is named after howling wolves, but it’s also often called the Moon After Yule in the Anglo-Saxon tradition. The name is thought to have a Celtic and Old English origin, brought over to North America by European settlers. Other Celtic names of the…
Know Your History: The Origin of ‘Christmas Pudding’
Christmas Pudding: Savor the Flavor of Ancient Tradition! “The earliest records of Christmas pudding can be traced back to the 14th century. Back then, Christmas pudding was actually known as a unique porridge called frumenty. Frumenty was a thick wheat porridge typically made with beef, mutton, meat broth, eggs, currants, prunes, raisins, wines, and spices. Some families…
Know Your White South African History: The Battle of Blood River (1838)
On This Day in History: The Battle of Blood River I find it fascinating that white settlers fighting off savages to try and make a better life for their families is not just a purely American story! Manifest Destiny applies to White’s Everywhere! For further reading on the subject, check out Origins of the…
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History This piece goes hand in hand with my most recent essay entitled The Unappointed Gatekeepers of History.
The White Slave Trade
Know Your History: America’s Forgotten Terrorists – The ‘Galleanist’ Anarchists
America’s Forgotten Terrorists: The ‘Galleanist’ Anarchists “Though largely forgotten today, one of the most creative and destructive terrorist groups in the United States was the Galleanists, a fiery band of Italian anarchists active during the early 1900s. Luigi Galleani, a gifted writer and charismatic speaker, tapped into widespread disappointment among Italian immigrants concerning their…